I was on shift duty all day manning the agency's booth and putting on the brightest smile for strangers. Come late afternoon, I was ready to collapse in an indignified heap. I tell you, I have enormous respect for retail staff who have to stand for 8hrs a day.
I had brochures, bookmarks and plastic pens to give away. I wasn't even trying to sell anything. Well, maybe just information to anyone who bothered to stop and listen. I was quite aghast at how rude people could be and how hard-up they were for inexpensive freebies.
Never mind the vagrants who kept coming back day after day to grab our giveaways. I didn't want to guess what they were doing with the items. There was a period when I took out fresh stocks and suddenly, I was crowded in by this whole bunch of people with outstretched hands eagerly waiting for the giveaways as though they were free food or medicine. I had to stop my eyes from rolling at what I heard from the passers-by.
Here, I translate and quote,
"Give me the pen. Bookmark useless."
"Give me quick!!! Faster lah. So slow one you."
"What is this ah? Got free bag or not?"
"I want 2 pens. No, give me 2 more. Oh, another 3 can? I want to give to my mother, father, brother, sister, aunty.....I got 4 aunties..., uncle....."
"You also don't know all the answers. Ask you for what? So stupid also can work here meh?"
"Take all these, got value or not?? Can sell and make up the 2% more GST I have to pay next year? Like that I take whole box can?"
"I got pay taxes okay! So you better give me all these free."
Wah lau. They win. I still had to smile and nod at them. Just for 2 days only, thank goodness. Tomorrow is another day.
I had brochures, bookmarks and plastic pens to give away. I wasn't even trying to sell anything. Well, maybe just information to anyone who bothered to stop and listen. I was quite aghast at how rude people could be and how hard-up they were for inexpensive freebies.
Never mind the vagrants who kept coming back day after day to grab our giveaways. I didn't want to guess what they were doing with the items. There was a period when I took out fresh stocks and suddenly, I was crowded in by this whole bunch of people with outstretched hands eagerly waiting for the giveaways as though they were free food or medicine. I had to stop my eyes from rolling at what I heard from the passers-by.
Here, I translate and quote,
"Give me the pen. Bookmark useless."
"Give me quick!!! Faster lah. So slow one you."
"What is this ah? Got free bag or not?"
"I want 2 pens. No, give me 2 more. Oh, another 3 can? I want to give to my mother, father, brother, sister, aunty.....I got 4 aunties..., uncle....."
"You also don't know all the answers. Ask you for what? So stupid also can work here meh?"
"Take all these, got value or not?? Can sell and make up the 2% more GST I have to pay next year? Like that I take whole box can?"
"I got pay taxes okay! So you better give me all these free."
Wah lau. They win. I still had to smile and nod at them. Just for 2 days only, thank goodness. Tomorrow is another day.
12 comments:
HAHA! The last one cracked me up!!
winner really!
wow...those pens must have really been something...;)
The pens must be gold plated. So many people want it?
wooooottts!!! can i use that last line on u like...."i pay taxes one....so u better spend all ur time listening to me" ????
quite silly to announce GST hike, then have an exhibition right??? u'll all get slimed and none of it ur fault!
Nabeh ... May those pens leak and stain a thousand shirt pockets and handbags.
Wah, those people are really "ugly". I hope there were a few nice ones who made your day.
Poor Coboypb has probably had her share too :)
too bad girl. u THE FACE there... so u kena first. am sure u not the only one. so take heart!!!
Hmmmm. The Real World? Where have you been my little queen?
cavalock + kxbc: by the end of tonight, i thought the pens were gold man.
cheryl: roll eyes.
coboypb: not really. in fact, no. damn sian.
lcn: too sian to even wish them that man.
meteor: yah lor. macham i make decisions liidat.
windowtomymind: in la la land. hate having this attitude frm pple to my face.
wah liao. my sympathies...
wonder if you had thrown them, would they have followed like the dogs?
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