Thursday, January 17, 201310:19 AM
Just did the most stupid thing in my life-.-
It's even worse than the 2 times I walked into a glass panel-.-
It is so cringe-worthy and embarrassing that I keep using the -.- face because I can't even describe the feeling.
I threw the wrong thing..into the public bin..the kind where you can't take anything out even if you want to-.-
Biggest blonde moment EVER(sorry to all blondes ok, I just meant I did something so..stupid)
I'm not even going to say what I threw into the bin because I'll feel like the biggest idiot on Earth-.- REALLY SO DARN STUPID FAROUTTTTT!!!
Tuesday, January 15, 201311:34 AM
I probably shouldn't be posting now at work but then..no customers are walking into the shop at all..sigh
Was thinking about stuff on the train journey to work today.
What do you consider a good friend or a close friend? When we were kids, being someone's best friend probably meant knowing all the little details of that friend(like their favourite colour for example), memorising their number and playing together a lot (no innuendo intended). But then as I grew older, I think that definition of a good friend has changed. I don't think I know that many tiny little details about my close friends. Even I don't know those tiny little details about me. Like what's my favourite colour? I don't know LOL depends on my mood and the weather I guess, I don't really have a favourite colour anymore. Anyway, back to the main point, I think as I grow older, a best friend means someone who has my absolute trust and someone I can share anything with. There can be tons of little facts you know about acquaintances but I guess if you can't share some things with them, you wouldn't consider them friends. Then again, I think you really know who may be your friends for life(quite literally) when you can disappear for a long period of time, say a year, and still be able to talk with them comfortably. Every time I head back to Singapore, when I meet my friends, it feels like we're just continuing where we left off, like I never left at all, which is kind of touching in that sense I guess. I can't find a friend like that here. It's been what, 3 years(start of the 4th year now)? Sure I have friends but once the holidays start, it's as quiet as a deserted wasteland or something. The people whom I thought I was close to just don't feel close enough if that even makes sense. Maybe because all the people I'm making friends with are at least a full year older than me, I don't know. In all seriousness, I really miss my friends. I miss just taking a bus to get out of the house. I miss going crazy together, I really do. My dad's going to take his citizenship test sometime this year, and my mum's not taking it yet. As for me, I have to do it on my own now since I'm legally an adult. But then do I really want to? Australia is nice, it really is, but then the friends I make just seem..distant no matter how close we may appear to be. And it's not like I'm planning to go back to Singapore to work because I don't see any future in my profession in Singapore. Recently I've been seriously thinking about uni. I don't even know why I chose this course now. At first when I chose it and got in, I guess I was relieved in a way because I guess I don't really have an interest in commerce. But after studying one year, I can say I don't know where I'm heading. I enjoy uni, like the stuff we learn is interesting but about the profession itself, then I'm not so sure. People keep telling my mum that I should quickly try to get a job in a pharmacy because it's now quite hard to find a job there and I need experience, the more the better. And so, my mum has been nagging me now to go to some shopping centre pretty far away to hand in my resume to the 'busiest place in Melbourne' or something like that. I'm really doubting my career choice to be honest. I just got a job one and a half months ago and now you're telling me to abandon ship and get another job? If you didn't know, I'm currently working for my parents' friend from church, aunty E. She was nice enough to take me in without any experience. She's not paying me a lot and has me work almost every day but the fact that I got my first job with her is good enough. I can't just abandon ship now after just one and a half months?! Yes, I will look for another job this year but now just isn't the time. For some reason, I'm starting to dread what my future life may look like.
Some people..
Friday, January 11, 20131:01 PM
Just encountered a difficult customer. Mother an daughter pair, both pretty old, mother being nicer and more reasonable than her daughter..
They said they bought something before Christmas and it doesn't work no matter which phone they try it on. They demanded a refund without a receipt and the daughter claimed to have thrown the receipt away since she didn't think that she would have to bring it back. First of all, which shop can give you a refund when you don't have the receipt-.- want a refund then keep your receipt!! The daughter literally shouted her story at least 5 times consecutively why I should give her a refund and said if I don't give a refund then she will take this further. Like what, sue us? Break or damage the shop or products? Her mum said that she spent $30 on it and it was a lot of money for her daughter. Well from the clothes they were wearing and how they mentioning spending a lot of money in the shop before Christmas, I highly doubt so. If $30 is a lot to you then a court summon would probably get you bankrupt then? You want my pity or empathy? Sorry you get none. It's not like they were beggars or something. Even if the daughter worked part time at a supermarket or something, she would definitely get $30 in at most 3 hours considering her age. The minimum pay per hour in Australia that I have heard if so far is $8 an hour. Therefore if she works anywhere, I can confirm that $30 isn't considered that much. Before I started working, $30 was a lot but then that was because I ha literally nothing and had to ask my parents for money. Now that I'm working, I can get $30 in 3-4 hours, so how much is $30 to her? She's not in rags, has a boyfriend so what in the world is $30?! I think her mother also couldn't stand her yelling her story so many times(in the exact same phrasing somemore) and told her to shut up lolol. Gave her the refund in cash and then they finally left. Worst thing is, after they left when I checked the product to see if it works with my iPod or not(it's supposed to work with mp3, mobile phones or laptops), it freaking works. Looks like those people don't know about an ON AND OFF SWITCH that exists in our modern society and neither did they try looking for one. Should have tried it in front of them and make the daughter shut up-.- if only I checked their claims earlier..the daughter actually looks older than my mum ok, like what is this-.- so ridiculous!!!
