I have some choice words for certain people…

I don’t like sales. I mean, I do, but only when I’m the one doing the shopping. The last two days have been horrible! Early morning starts, grumpy stupid old women, screaming toddlers and as if it wasn’t enough, its cold!!!!!

Woman came up to me the other day, and asked to return something. I told her it was fine, but I would need a receipt or a driver’s licence. She didn’t have either one. So I asked if she got a Medicare card and another card. She looks at me like blankly then pulls out her Medicare card. I asked for an extra ID, and she just stares at me. I repeated and she finally goes, ok. Then I explained to her, without her receipt, she would only be refunded what the price for that day is. As there is a sale on, she would get 30% less than the normal selling price. She said she don’t care, she didn’t want to come all the way back another day. I said it was fine. Then when I entered in the amount she would be refunded on the till. She asked how come it was less than what she paid for. I repeated myself again. She then looked angry and said to me, “I am going to lodge a complaint. This is not fair.” I told her again, “If you had kept your receipt, it would be enough proof for me to give you the normal price. ” She glared at me, but by then there was a giant queue behind her and I did not care if she wanted to yell. I’m pretty sure the six other people would have a few words to say to her for taking up all that time. Then while I was serving the next customer, she cuts in and demanded that I go downstairs to look for stock for her!!! FIVE MINUTES before the store closes, and there was only myself and one other staff in our department, with about 12 people lined up to pay for their stuff. I told her I can’t go anywhere, and she just had to pick and choose what was on the floor. The other customers by then were really angry at her. But that’s not the last of her! She bought stuff to the counter, paid for it, and then her daughter bought stuff and paid for it. While her daughter was paying for it, she went and got more stuff. Her daughter then did the same. They did it another time after that. But when they came up to get more stuff again, I didn’t care. Told them that this register was now closed, and that they had to go find the late register. She wasn’t happy but I didn’t care. It was well after trading hours. But that is not the end of that! The both of them came in again today. I didn’t want to get caught up in it again, so I went to go “find stock for a customer”.

Another thing that really irrates me is the lack of respect some customers have for others. They had pulled out some ceramic casserole dishes, and just left it on the floor, in the middle of the pathway! Then, as if that wasn’t inconsiderate enough, rather than at least pushing it to the sides where no one could trip over, she STRADDLES OVER the freaking dish!!! STRADDLES!!! I just stood there in disbelief. I mean it bad enough u just left it there, but then to step over it would have been just rude, but to actually split open your legs and waddle over a dish. I just could not believe that there are people like that out there calling themselves a lady.

Tis the Birthday Season….

It has begun again. Every year from June through to the middle of October, I go through a lot of birthdays. I average out to about 3 birthdays per week. This means, that there is at least a party a week. I basically have my weekend plans set out for me. The only decisions I got now is, do I go out or do I stay home. It has its good points, and it has its bad. Good one being, I don’t have to plan my weekends anymore, bad one being, if I don’t go, I may offend, and it can get quite costly.

Well last night was Cr’s birthday drinks, and it was quite hectic but fun. Our original plans didn’t work out, but everything just fell into place. I think it was just one of those nights where things are just meant to be. I found out, even though I am at the point where hard liquor just doesn’t seem to cut it, the wines and champagnes still get me tipsy. I know I wasn’t in the partying mood on Saturday night, but I think last night more than made up for it. There was quite a lot of talent around too. Hehehe! V and I wandered off for a bit to find the others, but then we got distracted and were taking random photos by the elevator. We found some nice sights, but nothing worth sticking around for.

It was quite fun overall.

Down down down

Went out last night, but really wasn’t in the mood. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just at that cycle.

Got pulled over by the cops. I think because I was trying to merge into the right lane, and no lone was letting me in, so I was driving super slow, and they thought that I was a drunk driver. Hehehe. They did a license check and made me blow into the breathalyser. I didn’t realise that it was me they wanted to pull over, so I slowed down, went to the left, and they followed, I stopped, nothing happened, so I drove a bit more to see what happens, and then they flashed me. *blushes* But how was I to know it was me that they wanted to pull over?! They really drove up close behind me. I was like “NO!!!! Not that close!!! I just had it fixed!!!!!” Then they asked if I had been drinking. I said no, and he goes, “so yes?” I’m like :O I said no. Then he goes “Oh, sorry.” He then let me go. We drove past the street on the way home, and someone else was pulled over. I was like, I think they are just circling the block. LOL. There was a booze bus just a bit past Metros too.

Lack of talent at Metros. But it wasn’t all bad. Just very humid there too. V was so sticky. Hehehe. Stupid odd guy who dances like a girl kept bumping into us. I tried to bump him back away, but V had to go smile at him. X( Thanks V. XP He tried to dance with us. Oh the tight shirt guy was with him.

R got me to drive his brother and friend home too. He never told me his friend was drunk off his face. Had to pull over for him to puke. Why he chose to do it behind my car is unknown to me. I was like “can you go somewhere where it is not likely if I let go of my brakes that the car may roll onto you?!” T wanted him to puke on the grass. I didn’t want to drive over the vomit, so I drove through puddles all the way home. Hehehe.

But a rather “bleh” night  last night.

Ups and Downs

I got told the other day that because of the sales, the training I was suppose to go to tomorrow has been canceled. Phew! Or so I thought. I still have to work all day. >.< But it gets worse. I saw my roster for next week, and it appears I’m working every day!!!! >.< But wait… there’s more. Everyday is an 8am starts with a estimated 6pm finish, which means, 6am wake ups!!! T.T Come Friday, I think I’m gonna wish I was dead. My only hope is my dear friend… caffeine…. Sigh. Damn sales.

I had a really pleasant day of lounging around the house doing my own thing, watching Ratatouille. Hehehe love that movie. Then mum came home and lately she’s in her “no one helps me around the house” moods. Take in the fact that I’m at that time of the month where little things piss me off majorly and I think you can understand how my day was ruined. ARGH! I hate how she thinks no one helps her out when we all do our part all the time. Maybe I should complain about how she doesn’t help with the cooking or how she doesn’t change the light bulbs and iron the clothes.

My hairdryer blew up today, and when I mentioned it to her, she said it was my fault and that nothing I owns ever lasts very long. I’ve had my hair dryer for well over 6 years!!!! How long does she think these things are suppose to last?! There is a damn good reason why they only give you a three year maximum warranty on it!!! ARGH! Luckily there is a hairdryer I have had my eyes on that is on clearance. Only thing is that I can’t get it till Tuesday, and I’m gonna need a hair dryer over the weekend. >.< I’m really really dreading the week to come…..

What goes around, Comes around….

Ever have a day where you wake up all optimistic and ready to live, only to have a series of events that by the end of the day you want nothing more than to just get a baseball bat and smash the **** out of everyone and everything that gets in your way?

Stupid chick at work is pissing me off. It all started yesterday, her job to to make thing look pretty around the store, I was helping her move some stuff, and I found extra stock for her to fill up the spaces. She turns to me and goes: “Thanks, so you’re not completely helpless.” I was so pissed off. I decided that I have had enough of her arrogance and just walked off to “help a customer”. I’m not doing her ******* job for her and then have her throw it back in my face, implying I’m useless. She’s the one being paid to move things and make things look good, my job is to just help the customers and to sell the stock. If she doesn’t like it, she can do it herself.

She didn’t say much to me today. I avoided her too. She’s so loud, I was getting a headache from just her voice droning on and on and on about how no one helps her, blah blah blah. She will tell off people in front of customers, and then doesn’t understand why people don’t seem to get along with her. I felt sorry for her a few weeks back, when she said that no one liked her and that she was considering going back to Melbourne. I had never worked with her longer than five minutes prior to this week. You have no idea how relieved I am after today that I never invited her out anywhere. She needs to realize that if you treat people with respect they will give you their respect. I do not have to be nice to someone who treats me like crap.

Becareful what you wish for…..

I have a hard time getting to sleep at night. I always have. Its just that after being use to the past few weeks, where I didn’t have to start work till much later, that I gotten use to sleeping in until 9. Now, because two people from my department have been relocated, I’m picking up the slack and doing most of their shifts as well as mine. Which means, I am a work MORE than the full timers in my department. I also found out I have to go do training on Saturday. Yes a SATURDAY!!! That’s not the worse part. Worse part is that I’m suppose to start at 8.30 and I don’t finish till 5.30. On a Saturday!!! The shops don’t open until 9 and it closes at 5!!!!!! Why am I going to be there before AND after it closes!!!! X(

I found out yesterday that one of the people that transferred to another department only got it after she gave our merchandising manager a letter saying that our line manager is pushy. I’ve heard her and the other one that transferred complaining saying that when our line manager tells us to try and include the product cover on the electrical items, its harassment. Its not harassment. It is far from it. It’s his job to try to get us to increase our team’s sales, and as a manager it is his job to give us sales targets. I think my line manager is a little bit odd and sometimes says things which can be annoying, but that’s only because he treats us more like a friend than a  worker. But when we tell him we can’t work on a certain day or if we need more shifts or if we have a problem with a customer, he is really accommodating about it. If anything is harassment, it would probably be the head office calling him during his holiday asking why there were no product covers sold. He’s only doing his job and I can’t believe she wrote that letter. I just truly never expected that out of her. If she didn’t like it, she should have just told him straight to his face, but she never even discussed it with him. Also, those product covers are not hard to sell. They pretty much sell themselves. It is mostly just a lot of paperwork that looks daunting, but after doing it a few times, they are actually quite easy too. I know for a fact that person stresses out A LOT. I’m not just talking about every now and again. But she’s always stressing. If it is not because she doesn’t know how to work the till, its because she’s worried that someone is trying to steal something. Yes, people try to steal things, but not all of them. She fully stares at people even when she is right next to them. One customer that she did that to asked her what her problem was. LOL. As for the till, if she calms down, she wouldn’t hit so many wrong buttons and then she wouldn’t have so many problems. >.< Now that she’s transferred, the other manager has her moving from department to department, and has more hours than most people, so talk about stressful.

The other one that transferred, is i guess in general a nice enough person, but I don’t think she liked working in our department for the same reasons that a lot of the younger staff don’t like working there. Its so busy, it never stops. I hated it when I first started there, I knew nothing, and there was just no time for me to just stop and take a breath. But the longer I worked there and the more I got use to it. Now I don’t mind it. I actually kinda like it sometimes, because it means my day passes a lot faster. But for others who are only filling in every now and again, its hard work. And they get very lazy and just want to stand and do nothing. The other thing is, we are right next to the office, so management staff are always walking in and out of there. It doesn’t look good to be standing around chatting when we should be working. I know that person wanted a position where she could get more hours and that wasn’t such hard work. So now she’s gone down to men’s wear, and has much less hours. She’s not happy about that, but hey, she didn’t want a hard job.

Oh well, their actions put them in their current positions, they just got to learn that you can’t always get things your way all the time.

Shameful confessions….

I have several secret shameful indulgences…. one…. I like Britney Spears new album. *blushes* I know I know. But damn the songs are so addictive. It doesn’t help that I am currently very addicted to the overly cutesy songs. The other song I seem to like at the moment, is the Snuggle Song By Schnuffel Bunny. *Cringes* I know. Its so bad!! But I love it!!!!! Every time I hear the music I want to sing it or bop around the house. >.< How can you hate that song though? I mean listen to the lyrics!! “You are my sweetest love, that love I always want to hug, because I really love you, the world just has to know” I think I found it cute because in the video clip, he is singing it to his carrot. Hehehe. So cute. “snuggle cuddle and then hug me! With you I always want to be!!!”

Mmmmmm…. food…

I’m back to my “I’m still hungry” phase. Sigh.

I made Jiaozi last night. It was quite yummy. I think my mum liked it. She kept trying to find ways to make it slightly different. I was at the point where I’m thinking, its not broken, just leave it! Oh well. That my mother for you. She can’t tell us she likes something, you gotta read between the lines at all times. My brother is picking up her habits too. I made Tom Kha for dinner the other night, and he got home. He asked if I made the soup. I was like “Yeah, why?”. His response: “No reason. You never made it before hey?” So I asked if he liked it. He goes: “Its alright.” Then he walked off.  Translation: I liked it, can you make it again. Argh! I think they were put here on Earth to make my life difficult. ARGH! Can’t they just say what they mean?!

Anyways. Right now, I need more food. the Jiaozi was soooo not enough.

I <3 Youtube!

It has bought me so much joy, helped me pass those horrible times known as bordem and it provides me with such strange and unusual entertainment such as the following link.

Reminds me of the weekends don’t you think? I mena replace the “beers” with either rum or spirits, but you know.

I need to go shopping. X( Left my card at home on Sunday. Sigh. Couldn’t go shopping.

I is weird. I embrace my weirdness and if you dun like it… well too bad! :P

HELLO!!!!

Seems a lot of people been on my blog lately. I don’t know why. So I guess welcome? If I don’t know you, nice to meet you. Who are you? If I do know you and you found this blog by accident, I don’t know you and leave me alone!

In the mean time, I’m craving cheesecake.