First thing first;
MY LEGS' ARE GONE! NUMB FROM PAAAAAAAIN!
*inhales*
Okay, we're ready to go =D
But with no colours.
Miss Lim the Show Runner Day 1
Let me introduce what I am supposed to sell; F&N’s Good Night milk.
It’s supposedly a new product launched three months prior to this week’s road show.
We are to sell off the bottles for only one Ringgit each.
It contains lactium, honey and chamomile.
Okay.
The night before there has to be no electricity.
Allan said they're doing restoration.
I woke up shivering at 0500 in the living room, with the window wide open. All night long, the mosquito has no mercy to me.
Got ready and dashed out of the house at 0600 plus. I reached my working place at Bukit Nanas monorail station at 0730.
I was told by a girl who is known as BC that the team leader, Jack is always late.
She was right.
He came and started managing things around.
He doesn't even look at me.
That's really discouraging. I am a first-timer in this business so I was really looking forward.
The dark morning where I was waiting for my bus is exciting. Throughout the whole journey I was prepared to go for the job with energy. I almost imagined myself sitting in the cat bus in Totoro =D
But I was way disappointed.
Jack is not a good leader. He is okay as a man, not much as a friend even worst as a leader.
Not only he does not talk to the newbies, ie, me, he also makes others do the job while he only stands there and shout out what is for sale.
He made me go to the next monorail station to get some objects without offering to pay for the fare.
I am so claiming it anyway.
But that's how I found out MeiQuin and MayJean is only at the next station.
Ahh~ Seeing them work charges me with a whole lot of battery. I felt energized to go all out again.
But when I go back and see what my team is about, it's just sad. SAD.
And Jack told me it's all about teamwork.
I don't see what is so teamwork about it when the seniors are making the newbies like YongKai and I work.
Eventually Jack DID talk to me.
Here on, he just cannot stop talking.
People are walking pass so I was thinking, should I continue to stand there and listen to him or should I just leave him talking to himself and go and promote the products?
I tried both ways.
AND HE STILL CANNOT STOP TALKING.
Now I wished he just doesn't talk.
That aside, I would like to call YongKai a new-found friend. He's nice.
Shyness which brings a degree of annoyance but at the same time cute.
And his surname is "Lim" too. Super marks awarded.
The other two? Yeah, just some people I just met.
Gosh, now the name Jack is so tainted.
And can you believe that his surname is Hor? OMG!!!
The surname is now WAY TAINTED! WAY!
About 1700, they sent me over to the next station again.
I worked under a different leader, Tim.
Now he is a way better leader.
I got home around 2140 yesterday and I was worn.
If you ask what is best yesterday, it would be the time when I'm working with MeiQuin and Tim.
And my delivered-to-doorstep McDonalds dinner consisting of double burgers =D
I was deprived of food okay!
My legs are gone. I went to bed at 2230.
Miss Lim the Show Runner Day 2
And I thought yesterday is bad.
I received a text message last night JUST before I go to bed.
Initially I was supposed to go to Hang Tuah at 0800. Now I have to reach Central KL by 0700.
The public transport only operates at 0600 the earliest.
I need an hour and a half to reach Central KL by public transport.
You can do the math.
I reached the place half an hour late.
Looking at a bunch of people I don't know.
Again, no one cared to introduce themselves. Up until now, I still don't know what another two girls are called.
And I'm not bothered.
One of the girls; we shall call her Girl One ORDERED me to go in front of the counter, out to the walk paths to promote the products.
Fine. I went after I finally actually tried the milk itself.
And so I did that for five hours.
Why is it only me? I mean, MayJean and another unknown girl; Girl Two as well, but shouldn't everyone take turns?
Oh but they're kind to ask if I'd like a break now and then.
The leader Sarah and Girl One are the constant ones who only sit inside the counter and talk on their phones for God knows how long.
And what?? Sarah told me no phones when I checked my phone whether there are messages?
WHAT? WHAT?
Bullshit.
Oh do you know that initially I didn't know it was Sarah who's the leader?
I asked Girl One;
Me: Who's the team leader here?
Girl One: Why would you want to know?
Me: "Can't I know who I'm working for??" Err, I just want to know?
Girl One: It's Sarah.
Me: Who "the hell" is Sarah?
Girl One: The tall girl. You can see her later.
Me: Okay.
I approached the tallest girl in the group and asked if she's Sarah.
*Sigh*
It was a bad morning, having to put up with team members like that.
It's so discouraging!
Why are the three of us working our ass off when they can sit inside and enjoy all the like?
Why can't they stand out and start promoting to the people as well?
I mean, teamwork?
What?? WHAT???
Poor MayJean her back hurts already and she don't dare to at least sit for a while.
I tried going behind the counter and make Girl One stand outside.
Instead she came and, "Eh, it's time to come back out here."
What the hell?
I was let off a lunch break for half an hour.
I spent EVERY SINGLE MINUTE, dreading to go back there.
In the midst, I asked Kao-chan, Aki-chan and Audrey what is lactium.
Apparently it's in the milk.
I would never mention things I don't know to customers. Especially that this is a drink that people actually put it into their mouths.
All the while I never mentioned lactium to the customers.
So I asked the trusted people to one, find out what it is and two, to prove that they're stupid.
Apparently they memorised it from the information so they know it's to reduce stress.
Lactium is a kind of protein derived from cow's milk. It's a type of anti-depressant.
Only then I started to try mentioning it to customers.
Now, we have three batches of milk to be sold, each with different expiring dates.
At one Ringgit per bottle, it's really easy to get people to buy cartons by cartons.
Sarah keep insisting that we tell them we have only the batch with milk ending at the earlier date when we obviously have the later dates.
Sarah: Can you stop doing that? Can you don't make me angry? I told you! We have to sell off all these September batches! I don't care!
Me: But why? Since they wanted to buy cartons, we can always give them the later ones to store.
Sarah: Just do as I say! I have my own reasons for doing so!
Me: But they asked?
Sarah: Just do as I say okay??
At that one moment, I really wanted to throw the bottle I'm holding to the floor and walk off.
But I hold in that urge and continued.
For about two minutes, the energy is totally drained off.
I felt like a cheater.
Why are we telling lies?
Why are we lying to the consumers?
How would you feel if you are a consumer??
I have very high regards for consumer rights.
On the posters it's written "TODAY ONLY" when they've been there for the second day.
And they have the guts to tell people it's the last day of promotion.
I yelled that out too. Until I found out that they're going AGAIN tomorrow.
So why can't they scratch off the sentence?
And on the same poster, it's written clearance sales.
Is it really clearance sales or not I am not sure.
Jack told me it's a new product. So shouldn't they scratch off that sentence as well?
On the same poster, it's written a minimum of five bottles per person.
But we're selling for one bottle only as well.
I feel retarded now.
I feel like a cheater.
On my way home, I was texting Siong and telling her how I want to quit.
The next thing I knew, XY, one of the people I met, called and told me I don't have to go to work anymore tomorrow due to some cancellation crap.
Hmm. I wonder.
So I texted MeiQuin and MeiQuin told me she's still working tomorrow.
I called XY again and asked why I am not needed to which she reply it's because of some locations being cancelled so they don't need as much people.
That's fine.
Minutes later, XY called again and told me she made a mistake and told me I should go to Central KL again.
After me inquiring, after me telling the people in Central KL that today was supposed to be our last day, after being bitched at by some bitches, after breaking so many principles of mine, do you really expect me to go back there?
You know, if they didn't like me working for them, I'm really fine with it because I didn't like working with them as well.
But creating some crap to cover up? That's really cheap.
Maybe that’s the nature of the job of this kind.
This just means that I am not suitable for it.
And so be it.
People whom I met yesterday and today, I detest you. Please go grow a brain.
To MeiQuin and MayJean; YongKai and Tim, thanks for the great time I spent with you people.
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After the kids had gone to bed, we remained outside and talked until 0100 =D
