Thursday, July 30, 2009

lembek cashier and kuku customers

Was at bata (jurong pt branch) this evening coz my mum wanted to buy a pair of shoes. The aunty staff was kinda half hearted in serving us..she seached for the size and let my mum tried it,,after that,,she went MIA (perhaps went to serve other customers) and totally forgotten about us. My mum wanted to try another pair but there were no other staffs in sight. i went to the cashier and saw one uncle (presumely the boss..he was accepting payment from another customer). So, told the uncle i need size 6 for this pair (hand him the shoe). He took it and passed to another staff in the store room.

The Indian staff was quite fast n swift..she pass us the pair of shoes within 5mins. My mum decided to bought this pair. Saw the aunty sales staff walked pass and told her we dont want the 1st pair. She merely signalled leave it there. So, i went to the cashier to make payment while my mum sat on the seat.

Nobody at the cashier..then, came a guy who was on the phone. He wasnt on uniform,,so i tot perhaps he was checking stock or something.. then, he scanned my box and i realised he was serving me (still on the phone). Hand him the 50bucks and i turned my head to look at some stuffs at the side. When i turned back, the guy was gone! He left my change on the cashier table,,i was astonished! Is it so difficult to stop talking on the phone when serving customers? It is the most most basic manner. He should at least take 30sec off to inform customer to collect the change personally instead of just leaving it on the table.

Encountered some kuku questions today. yes, both are from Sporeans. Customer A wants to order a cd from an online shop. The shop ships overseas (a japanese site but all info is in english) and can accept payment in US$ (it is good,,coz now yen is more ex than US$). So, told him to order himself coz it is cheaper if he does it himself..

Customer B wants all the info abt the armour ring..sent her all the pics and dimension calculation website. she said her size is 5.5cm in circumference and told her according to the site, it is size 15. Size 17 also can if she dont want it to be soo tight as it is only 2.8mm difference. She replied "but i got a ring that is size 17,,circumference rite?" HUH? what qn is tat??

I get irritated by such customers because really encountered alot, 9 out of 10 such questions are from Spore. Self confession: I do no like to serve kuku Singaporeans!

A new and interesting customer from today's order. She is a Hong kong girl but her parents migrated to Ireland when she was very young. She speaks cantonese, english,irish and mandarin. She's not sure why her parents choose Ireland to migrate..these are brave people who have the courage to choose an almost unknown destination. Perhaps i will migrate to Sicily, Baracay or Timbuktu!

I was thinking if i should go backpack around asia or save more $ and travel around Europe..im not sure which is a better choice. My sis in law said it is better to go to the country i hope to visit most. Somehow, it is tempting to visit asia coz the air tickets are really cheap.. as for the locations,,it is mostly countrysides (eg,,.Vietnam,indonesia, cambodia). Im not sure if i like it or not coz it might reminds of malaysia coz of the similarities (if any). So far, im only interested in India. If i want to travel around the world,,surely, i must visit asia..it is a matter of sooner or later..

Last week, an Austria customer said she went to Germany for D'espairsRays lives. Prior to this trip, she was in Slovenia (her homeland but worked in Austria). She said there are cheap flights within Europe (something like our budget airlines) so she can even go to neighbouring countries over the weekends.

She introduced this:
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml

Shall try it out when i visit Europe.

X Japan, show me ur music, not goods! Yoshiki had a neck operation on Monday in the US. Hope he is fine and dandy.

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