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Sunday, July 09, 2006

because i'm a filial son

Yesterday was my off day but i had to work.

for free too!

i helped out at my friend's mom store because there was some event at the mall and there were many many many people.

you know what the highlight of my day was?

playing with the cash register and the NETS machine!!!

i've always wanted to be a cashier. as unambitious as that may seem. but i've always had a fascination with the cash register and when i was younger, i asked my parents for one for my birthday every year. they eventually relented and got me a huge calculator that was able to print receipts.

hur hur.

and when my cousins came over, i'd force them to play shop with me. i'd put stickers on the stuff in my room, pretending they were price tags and my cousins would pretend to be shoppers who'd 'buy' these items and i'd be the cashier.

hur hur.

i should stop divulging snippets of my stupidity with you, really. hur hur.

in any case, we were about to close the store when a Dutch lady came to purchase a blouse and she took quite a lot of time trying the different blouses on. i had to zip and unzip the blouses for her several times and got an eyeful. in fact, i saw the naked bodies of many old ladies today because all of them were trying out blouses with zippers at the back. hur hur hur.

ANYWAY.

after the dutch lady had decided on which one to get, i unzipped it for her and she proceeded to take the top off in the MIDDLE of the store. hur hur hur.
thank God she noticed where she was midway and said, "Oh dear! Sorry! Sorry!" and scuttled back into the fitting room.

hmm.

now that i think about it, when she entered the fitting area, she failed to pull the curtain close. i had to do it for her, mostly because i didn't particularly want to see her naked. hur hur.
but she was very pleased that i was so nice to her even though all she bought was a $15 blouse. she obviously hasn't heard of the smiles2006 campaign going on in our country. ahem. hur hur. I am Going the Extra Mile for Service!

ha ha ha.

anwyay, speaking of service. i was frustrated with this kid who took my call at the Pizza Hut hotline. I was trying to order a pizza for my friend's mom and some fried chicken for them. Please understand that I've done this before and I've never had any problems until today.

Kid: Sorry sir. If you'd like to order from KFC too it'd be a separate order because this area is served by two different restaurants. Meaning there'll be two separate riders who'll deliver the food.

Me: Oh is this a new policy?

Kid: No sir.

Me: Okayyy. But usually only one delivery guy comes even though I order from both KFC and Pizza Hut.

Kid: Sorry sir. This area is served by two different restaurants.

Me: This isn't new right?

Kid: No sir.

Me: Okay, well nevermind then. If it's a separate order then it's a separate order. Go ahead then.

Kid: Okay. (mumbles) 6......X......X.........X.......X..............

Me: (interrupting his mumbling of my phone number for the 2nd time) Just so you know, I've placed orders like this before and it's usually just one delivery guy that comes.

Kid: Yes sir. But this area is...

Me: (interrupting again. hur hur.) I didn't move house, you know. hur hur hur. I've always ordered from this address!

Kid: Oh! Hmmm. Sorry sir. I don't know.

Me: Okay okay, nevermind. Go ahead.

Kid: 6......X......X...........X.........X.... Hello? Hello?

Me: Yes?

Kid: Oh.......X...........X.........X................. Mr........Hei........der...........
(long pause)

Kid: Sir I'm sorry to inform you that the restaurant in your area is not able to make any deliveries at the moment due to the overwhelming number of orders.

&^%$&^.

What a bloody waste of time.

hur hur.

by the way, I made him repeat my order over and over because i ordered some baked pasta and he kept referring to it as baked rice. i told him i didn't want any pineapples with it so once
he got everything right, i hung up.

the baked pasta came and it was FILLLLLLLLLEDDDDDD with pineapples.

i bet he did that on purpose.

I counted SEVENTEEN pineapple pieces.

i should have found out what his name was

HMMPM!!

3:35 PM
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