WOW~! Today is the first day eversince the 27th April, that I get to wake up at 1.00+ pm. Especially since it was such a terribly nice weather to sleep in (it was raining birds+cats+dogs+etc) 8)
Oh well, actually today's supposed to be the last day of our first Robinson's assignment. But since we've managed to clear up the necessary mess yesterday, we're given a day off today (without pay thou :roll:) Wateva~~~
Man... The last 8 days of work had been both great torture and fun! Lol!!! Like they say, there's always a blessing in disguise of all the bleakness (almost always lar ya~)
[b]Torture as in:[/b] - had to travel from one corner of the hall to the other just to punch in and out for meal breaks (which was only an hour long each) - no chairs for us to rest our backsides and loosen the tight muscles in our legs and feet - almost 11.5 hrs of standing behind the counter - having annoying customers not trusting our cashiering prowess and insisting that they hadn't spent that much (wth... don't they count how much they're spending? at least give a personal estimate!!!) - having customers asking for more than 2 extra plastic bags (kiasu???) - having customers who DON'T HAVE PRICE TAGS on their items for purchase (thus, giving us extra work on running around the hall for the prices and stalking the walkie-talkie guys for the bar codes) - having customers asking time and again about the 5% monthly rebate on the Robinson's OCBC card (don't they listen to the card people when they became the members??? adults with no brains??? or short term memory???) - having customers who want the silver shopping bags provided (only for SHOPPING IN ROBINSON'S) for their own shopping usage outside of the Singapore Expo Hall 5! (can't they buy their own big silver bag? nothing's free in this world ya know...almost...) - having to pack enormous items into the flimsy plastic bags provided (just realized being a packer ain't easy for my height :? ) - having to pack all the glassware and fragile items!!! (papers and papers and plastics and plastics) - having to change big money for smaller change all the way up the cash office when they've ran out (to think the supervisor ENSURED us that the cash office people would be [i]running[/i] around for us to change money! hahz! they did but not as often as required!) - the extra eXtRa extra long queue on Labour Day!!! (and we don't get paid extra eXtRa extra for our hard work...aAaAaRgH) - the stingyness of not having air-conditioning during our hall-tear-down yesterday!!! (it was extra damn hot!!!) - having to balance myself on the damn slippery floor yesterday!!! - having injuries on my hands caused by the stupid scotch tape dispenser!!! - to be called "auntie" by a small boy... (o bother~) - lastly... to be called "turtle"... by you know who... darn it... -______-"
[b]Fun as in:[/b] - I got to work beside great+crazy+cranky+funny people! (you guys bring teary and throat sore laughters to me :lol: serious!!!) - got a great partner, Sophia! (5566 fan!!! nu ren!!!) - got a great shift packer, Ying Rong! (ma lai nu ren!!!) - got great neighbouring cashiers and packers, namely; Fangru (ai ren), Amanda (auntie), Ai Shan, Chen Hanwei (lol), Adillah, Yee Huan, Suseela, Muhammad (turtle... +_+) - got a great meal break gang; Joanna, Lixuan, Vanitha, Yee Huan, Fadilah, Nadia, Rohaiya - when Jason finally acknowledged me as "jie" not "auntie" :lol: - when all the cashiers and packers and walkie-talkie guys went slack+bonkers+chaotic on our last sale day, 3rd May!!! - when we all started wasting the PAID and FRAGILE stickers on our fellow colleagues~!!! (first victim was Firdaus, QC aka walkie talkie guy :lol: ) - when Mummy dearest came for shopping on our last sale day!!! - when I met some old acquaintances shopping in the area - when I heard that my aunts and uncles had came for shopping (thou I didn't get to see them) - when we had sweets to eat! - when we turned nonsensical due to boredom since there was no customers! - when Suseela wanted to stuff me into a luggage! - when Sophia drank like a water tank! (lol) - when both Sophia and Ying Rong were around and the three of us just went totally nuts sometimes! - when Adillah took off her shoes and found them missing when she wanted to wear em' back!!! :lol: - when I started to try my massaging prowess on you guys and all of you freaked out in pain esp Adillah :lol: (only Yee Huan could stand the pain) - when we had sweets to eat! - when Joanna always had mayonaise smearing her lips everytime she munched on a burger or takoyaki! - when Vanitha resembled a guy, regardless of how we took a photo shot of her and regardless of whose camera phone was used! - when Yee Huan started kicking people's backsides! - when Fangru giggled everytime she saw the cute big-eyed guy walk past! lol - when Fangru laughed even though I said nothing :lol: - when Kok Wai had his whole face made up into a girl on our last sale day!!! (man~ he is pretty~ :lol:) - when you guys didn't believe that I'm turning 19~ lol - when I thanked the logistics' guys everytime they came to unload our white rectangle bucket - when I fell down on my backside yesterday, trying to arrange the metal bucket into the line (the floor was damn slippery!!!) - when we just talked all nonsense yesterday about "ai ren" in between our labour jobs! - when we tried to find suitable and comfortable spots to rest our backsides~ - when getting bullied (=punched/pinched/poked/t eased at) by "turtle", though I hate to admit it... he's a real nice guy :oops: funny too... very tall too... very helpful too... o bother~~~
Well... that somehow summarises my 8 days of Robinson's Expo Warehouse Sales :) But only the fun remains engraved in my memory, every night and every day... :wink:
[i]"Oh sweet memories can sometimes be in the guise of the painful experiences we go through... Sweet but bitter... Just like coffee..." :) [b]--- my 8 days[/b][/i]
