Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:12 PM
hoi...
calling out to all good ppl out there.
those who crave to have retail therapy but r too broke to do anything abt it.
pls...heed my advice.
[work for it]
as in literally.
cash dont come falling from skies
or grow from trees,
and money definitely dont keep flowing from ur parents' wallets.
cos they worked equally hard for it.
***
today is officially my 3rd day of work.
working as a cashier as ntuc agn.
not tt i wan to.
but...[nvm]
my boss told me yday.
***
[convo w boss]
boss: u nxt yr 2nd yr rite?
boss: aft tt go uni got v long break hor?
boss: uni april then start lessons rite?
me: (nods)
boss: then when u a lev finish u come back here n work la! (all smiles)
me: (raise eyebrows. stunned)
me: err...orh. (too shocked for words)
***
not tt i'm flattered but i just din wan to work at ntuc anymore.
lol. pay is lousy n i have to put on the 'all-smiles' face to those disgusting customers.
i have to follow the
GST rule
which meant
Greet Smile Thankyou.
although i do admit tt my supervisors n colleages were v nice to me.
but just the thot of having to smile at ppl whom u reli feel like slapping makes me uneasy.
as least if i worked as a data entry clerk i wldnt have to feel so uncomfortable.
as least the computer wun grumble or even talk back at me.
at most the only way of showing displeasure wld be tt it hang on me.
but i wldnt mind tt.
haha.
***
just 3days of work n i'm facing hell loads of problems.
i dont know which is worst?
1.
9 voids in 3days, which will leave a bad record even tho it is clearly not my fault
or
2. a
man who is a do-do head, comes round asking for discounts on a non-discounted item. eventually leaving me with 1 void receipt. (clearly the dettol handwash500ml cost $4.90, a newspaper cutting showed that 2 for $5.15 and tt is for the 400ml 1 which our branch does not carry. so he came to me w 2 btles of 500ml handwash and asked for the $5.15 price. even a retard wld noe that it wldnt have been so cheap. when 1 is like alr $4.90!! how can u expect 2 to be only a freaking cheap $5.15??! [flabbergasted] unless the handwash is some brandless shit n is near its expiry n when u use it only 1% of the bacteria gets killed. only then wld 2 btles of handwash cost some cheap!! RETARD)
or
3. an
old man who comes in w a cigarette in hand (me being v sensitive to cigarette smoke, immediately told him politely that tis was a non-smoking area). the old man who was clearly in the wrg stil reasoned w me. =.= he was even trying to hide the cigarette behind him while queueing. but my highly-sensitive nose detected the smoke, which was so choking!! i told him tt he was not allowed to smoke here but he told that he came to pay for the bread n smoking was a diff issue. come-on la mister!! who u trying to kid sia?? obviously it was a diff matter n he was not allowed to bring a lighted stinking stick into tis vicinity. but wadeva. cldnt be bothered to reason w him too much. so i hurriedly scanned his item, cash out n he went off, ntuc bag in 1 hand, cigarette in another.
or
4. met a
mad woman who was got pissed for no rhyme or reason. -.- well...it went like tt...tis angmoh-speaking chinese woman came to the counter w 5 btles of carbonated water, then she said she wanted 6 so she went off to get another btle. me, being a v nice n professional cashier did not wan to let the rest of the queue wait so i did the nxt person 1st. then the woman came back w her 6th btle of carbo water she saw tt i let the nxt person go 1st so she got pissed. she slammed the btle on the counter table n she scolded 'shit'. she folded her arms n was looking v bad. when it was her turn she was v displeased w me. it wasnt my attitude tt made her blew her top. it was her problem. tt's y i dun like working in the service line. cos no matter how a costomer scold u or even if u noe tt obviously it wasnt my fault u still have to GST(Greet Smile Thankyou). she threw the money at the table n waited while i scanned her items. i almost punched n screamed at her. but i tolerated. bcos if i had cont w my positive attitude, other costomers wld have regarded her as a
siao cha bo(mad woman in hokkien) n i wld be the nice n polite cashier. so i just cont n then she left. wad a biatch.
***sometimes some costomers r just annoying.
they get cocky when they have a bit of money.
pls la.
ben siao jie bu shi qiong de lor. (it means tt i m not poor in chi)
i'm a rich man's kid. lol. jkjk.
haha as in not poor enuf to be so desparate for the cashier job.
i m not obliged to work there. only bcos my supervisor asked me back.
so here i m! stuck.
at 1st i worked there cos i thot it wld be nice to earn my 1st dollar all by myself.
haha. it feels good to have cash in ur pocket.
but during last yr chi new yr(peak period), i had a v bad experience which made me cry.
haha. so when the mad woman came to me, i thot "sian it's de'javu".
nvm. i will be there for 1mth only. till the end of dec. =)
haa. i will not be short of cash during nxt yr. yeah. hurrays.
***
will be posting my pics taken in south afica v soon. :)
