the harder u work, the luckier u get

Much has happened for the past few days.


-On Friday, a Chinaman came into the shop. Cut the story short. EVerything I shove to him, he agreed to buy. Then just before payment, he was very rude and demanded immediate alteration for his pants, else, he won't pay. That was a whole lot of money for my own credit, so I really want to keep the deal. But that sometimes-quite-scary colleague of mine got very angry with his unreasonable expectation of her that she was very very rude to him! The two of them were yelling at each other. She got angry with me because he was "my customer". It was terrible k, there were other pple around and the two of them wanted to fight. I had to keep telling her not to lose her temper and all. Next day, told our supervisor about it. She was surprised that I didn't cry when that happened. ...

-Because I am weak in sales, which is the main judge of my competence, several of those 'above' kept asking me to make display changes. For practical reasons, I ignored despite being told several times. Finally, one of them lost her patience and demanded to see at least, the blouse section changed the next time she steps into the shop. So... I spent hours arranging the expensive but not-so-great looking blouses. Very dusty. Had to retie all the bows on the blouses.

You know, I really don't approve of all the displays they do. They lack functionality. First, customers cannot tell how the shirts actually look like when they are all folded up which deters them to try.

I have to submit weekly and monthly reports, but I haven't been doing so. I don't care anymore. EVerytime, I suggest something, they will laugh and act like they know better, just because they have more experience and they can sell better than me. Not being as good in selling is my choice. Because I hate pushing people to buy more items. I hate trying to convince them that the pants/shirts/ties/ and whatever are very good buys, when I am not convinced myself. Well, anyway...

Let me quote you an example. I said that we should have our own paperbags. We should put some efforts into coming up with a paperbag that can help us do some advertising. They said that they want to save money and prefer to continue to use paperbags that do not even bear the brand name of the house brand. Can't be bothered to prove my point here, but aargh.. they made me realise that I should just keep quiet and act like I have no ideas at all. EVery idea you tell them is silly. I have a lot more. But I am telling myself not to get myself into trouble. They would not appreciate, but would only laugh at what I say.

I actually have a lot more to write. but.. dozing off ...

btw.. enjoyed watching soccer and a documentary on penguins with JJ yesterday. haha

and currently also looking for alternative source of income.