Majorities in s'pore stays in a hdb flat...& of cos unless i strike toto im no different.
But im totally not sadden abt tat part, im so contented wif wat i have, happy...glad & treasured it! Save that for my next life lah!
Everytime early in the mornings, we would get irritated by the 'karung guni' man aka the used newspaper collector a.k.a used radio, tv & clothing collector who pays a miserly sum to our used items. Of course, at times they get items for free.
Each time they would travel from level to level in hdb high-rise buildings, shouting -------> Karung guniiiiii...videoooo...radiooo...dian si giiii ('tv' in hokkien). It ryhmes!!!
& late sleepers would probably b annoyed by em'. & Yes...my place got plenty of karang gunis too. Tat's d disadvantage staying in a hdb. BUT, but last time when i used to meet customers who stays in landed, i must also say that i get pretty annoyed by dog barks, especially during the evening times, or when some ppl passing by or when they go haywire? Its nothing better than those karang guni shouts.
Alright, im definitely not boring my post with this karang guni thingy, its just a phase of tots. Its actually the ice cream.
Sometimes we do get vendors visiting our home for the so-called 'door to door' biz, selling items of non edibles to edibles, eg: yakult, curry puff (in d old days), hifi, wok series etc.
Oya'...i used to do tat too...but selling alarm clocks! I combed a few blocks but i got ZERO sales! & i tried another time selling children's educational products in commercial buildings to OL, responses were equally bad. So, from then on, i gave up and decided to hate door to door sales!!!
Okay, back on track... to the ice cream thing. Yes, now so oftenly we get ice cream sellers. (Teenagers)....(used to be yakult sellers are aunties and curry puff sellers malays)..
ok, today we got a pair of teenager, a guy & a gal at the door. My grandpa walk to em' & spoke to em', yes d' finally part is we bought from them too. I did walked to the door after my grandpa wants to buy the ice cream & while waiting for her change, i briefly looked at the white styrofoam box they contained those assorted ice-cream flavours from durian to choco to red bean & sweetcorn.
This ice cream cost us $12.90.
Which i would labelled as expensive! Same sentiments is shared by ah gong. So we chatted after we bought the ice cream and i got to know that the young girl actually told ah gong that she's from malaysia...and her parent is sick back home & she's working part-time during her school holidays now, and wants my ah gong to help her.
Initially i tot they r some flyers distributor, but when i know we're going to buy some ice cream, i did not hesitate, thinking that its gd to help ppl who works hard & since we could afford and it doesnt cost a pinch, i wouldnt say no.
But it sorta annoys me to find out the fact that she resorts to sympathetical dialogues for selling her stuff, and getting a soft-hearted elderly to buy the ice cream from her.
Take this-------without knowing the conversation between them, i bought the $12.90 ice cream gladly for it being expensive. Hey! 1 tub of haazen daz might juz cost merely a few bucks more & sometimes i couldnt even bear to buy for myself.
So, principally or morally or i should say conscientiously i dislike the way she made her sales pitch. She did caught a customer at heart to buy from her & no doubt a sale is a sale, but i juz dislike how she used pity to made ppl to buy expensive products from her. Surely there's a better way????
Reading till this part....thinking tt im mean to say this? Thinking tt she might be truely poor?Well, im not one who likes to pick on ppls fault & showing it off.. but judging the way shes dressing, her speech... she doesnt sound malaysian to me, & her well-pedicured toes totally sold her off.
She's probably a student whos earning the bucks during school holidays. It doesnt matter so much as to the overpriced value of the ice-cream but the scheming conning lies to make ppl buy from her.
=o Probably it might be my misjudgement of her, but whether its experience or six sense or feelings, it seemed to me a packed of lies for her explanation to close the sale. Nonetheless, its just a pea issue, but i just feel like voicing my points.
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