Customers Say the Darnest Things

This conversation took place while I was working. A customer walked in with her family, her husband and 2 kids.

As per normal, I greeted them and asked the first question that we're supposed to ask: "Would you like to go on the sushi train (kaiten belt/revolving conveyor belt/turn turn sushi/Japanese merry-go-round/whatever-the-fuck-you-wanna-call-dishes-going-round-and-round-on-a-moving-belt)?"

Her husband wanted to give it a try but the wife gave me a very skeptical and concerned look. And then she asked "Are the sushi fresh?"

I told her yes because it was about 6pm and the chefs were preparing the lot for the dinner crowd.

Then she added "I want really fresh sushi, like cold ones."

In my head I went "WTF?!?!?!?!?!" but my mouth just went "Huh?"

Luckily the husband came to the rescue and said "Honey, fresh sushi is warm, if it's cold it means it has been sitting in the fridge."

OMG, I tried so so so so so so so so so hard not to laugh in her face. ARE YOU STUPID WOMAN?!?!?! DO YOU KNOW HOW SUSHI IS MADE?!?!?!?!?!

HOW CAN FRESH SUSHI BE COLD!??!?!!?!

You don't exactly cook rice using a fridge, dip the nori (seaweed) into ice water and freeze every single goddamned ingredient before rolling it!!!

Yes yes, I know. I'm mean. But hey, this shows that customer service is sooooooooooooo not the field for me.

But it is funny how when a customer walks in and we start shouting "IRASHAIMASE!" ("welcome" in Japanese) and the whole restaurant staff chimes in. That's not the funny part. What's funny is that sometimes when we see that there are no Asians in the shop, one of us (usually my MANAGER) would yell out "DIU LEI LOU MOU" instead.

For those who don't know Cantonese, go ask a friend who does XD

MIA

Sorry I've been MIA for so long. Been rather busy with work, I'm dead exhausted by the time I'm home. Project365 can no longer carry on because I can barely lift my baby Alpha anymore =(

Anyways, to entertain you guys, I shall be blogging about my experiences working in ZushiBento Carousel.

Top 3 Things I Learned in ZB:

3. Hungry customers are not nice people. Seriously woman, if another table got up and went towards the sushi train and SAT DOWN even before I could do anything, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO??? Sure, the customers changed their mind, WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THAT?!?!?! CAN YOU TELL ME?!?!?! If that's not bad enough, the husband was complaining about waiting so long, I said there's a table ready, I just need 2 minutes to clear it and they can have it to their heart's content. OMG, JUST 2 MINUTES YOU FUCKING AUSTRALIAN RETARDED REDNECK! He just went on and on and on and on about having waited so long. Excuse me, I need 2 minutes to clean the table FOR YOU. Or if you'd rather stand there and complain to me for 2 minutes, be my guest, don't fucking blame me if someone gets the table AGAIN.

2. People in Perth don't bother reading. ESPECIALLY ASIANS! OMG, not like I don't wanna help my own race, but seriously, there's a HUGE ASS SIGN that says "PLEASE WAIT TO BE SEATED, THANK YOU". I mean, you can see that the place is already small enough, SO WHY DO YOU WANNA CROWD IN THE SMALL WALKWAY?!?!?! I know, kiasu ma...

1. Younger Asian women who appear with older Caucasian guys think that they're better than everyone else. With their branded bags and noses so high up in the air, they forget that people just see them as an Asian whore. What? I'm being mean? Come deal with one of these women THEN talk to me. Kthxbai.

I know, I'm actually ranting in this note, but hey, feels gooooooooooooooooooooooood to do so ;)

A funny conversation

This just happened at lunch:

Me: "Your lunch smells really good. What is it?"

E: "Tuna casserole. Want some?"

Me: "I can't. Still on a vegetarian diet."

E: "So no fish?"

Me: "Nothing that breathes and moves"

E: "But plants breathe, and they grow."

Me: "Nothing that moves on its own free will"

*silence*

E: "I can't think of any vegetables that move on its own free will"

Me: "That's why it's called a vegetable"

Funny? Yes? No?

Maybe it was his facial expression that cracked me up XD

when you dress like this to work

...you risk hearing your colleague say "Avril called and she wants her skater boi pants back".

And also having the song Skater Boi stuck in your head for the rest of your day until you feel that you just HAD TO blog about this.


he was a skater boi, she said see you later boy~~~ nananananana~~~

Communication Breakdown

Email from printer at 4.30pm:

"Will my email be read by XXX while they're away?

If not, we will dispatch your ordered quantity and discuss the extras next week."

. . .

*looks at the stack of boxes full of postcards ordered from printer in the corner which were delivered at 2.00pm*



DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM HERE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

peanuts.

I loved what my colleague said:

"If you pay peanuts, you're gonna get a monkey job."

So true, no?

The thing about FORD

Just heard the most hilarious thing at work.

I've never liked Ford cars. I think they're huge and drink fuel as if it was an unlimited cheap source of energy.

Then today, I heard one of the warehouse staff say this:

"Ford? It stands for Fix Or Repair Daily."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

of designs and revamps.

Tell me how did I end up here?

Bachelor of Science (Psychology)
+
Masters of Marketing
=
A flyer + postcards designer for an auto parts company & menu designer for Japanese fusion restaurants

Does that equation even make any sense?!?!?!?!?!??!

OMFG... I need a new job. A new job that pays better, more learning opportunities and one that provides me with the feeling that I am actually making a difference.



Garh, Monday mornings suck.

Don't you all agree?

of early morning spam and IT people in Melbourne

Muthafarkerkaninachaocibaipukimak!

Just came into office and checked my email. I found that I have 1 email blocked by the filter from this web company that I was liaising with.

Here's the thing, I've always been pissed off with this particular woman because she works at a web company providing web services but don't check email. Replies super fucking slow.

Her "I'll update you tomorrow" means "I'm gonna make you wait for 3 weeks".

Yesterday I emailed her again because my boss wants to know what the fuck are they doing because there's no updates at all. But I got an automated message saying she's no longer working with the company.

OMFG!

So I thought I would just have to wait for someone else in the company to contact me because that's what the email told me.

That is until I got the spam report this morning saying 1 email was blocked from someone in the web company.

So it says that the email has been delayed and sender will be validated automatically. The email will be delivered shortly after. But it shows the email was sent at 1.19pm yesterday. Today it's still not here.

So I contacted the IT person in Melbourne and asked if I could get the email retrieved.

His reply was "Did you read this?" and a copy & paste of the spam report regarding the fact that the email would be eventually sent over.

EXCUSE ME?!?!?!?! YOU THINK I CANNOT READ ARH?!?!?!?!

LOOK AT THE BLARDY TIME LA!!!

Lucky boss not here today... if here I sure kena D-I-U. Geram-nye...

When I saw his reply I so wanted to reply this:

"Kthxbai"
*insert middle finger here*

A typical day at work

Well, every morning I walk into the office, go straight to my desk and set up my laptop, turn on the computer and all.

The office is usually very noisy because of the phone calls and people shouting at warehouse staff XD but it's extra noisy in the morning because every Tom, Dick and Harry wants their parts to be picked and delivered within the hour which is rather ridiculous...

And once in a while (well, almost everyday) there will be some very funny thing that happens. Today, it was this:

Salesman: I can do simple math! 1 plus 1 equals-

Boss: FUCK YOU!

Damn random can?!??!?!?!?!?!?!

Yeap, it's a typical day at work.

Lame But Funny Collegues

Here's another spontaneous funny moment that happened at work:

J: I think Kevin Rudd looks dorky.

E: Excuse me, have you by any chance seen our last Prime Minister? Kevin looks like Fonzie compared to him!

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Lame Collegue

This is just so fucking funny that I have to blog about this right away from work...

N: *puts down the phone* M's on the fucking phone again!

E: Yea, she has got it on vibrate.

*blink blink*

Did you get it? XD

My Work Achievements

I've been working at this place called GMask. It's one of those businesses where you can get your phone wrapped and decorated in a design of your choice.

Anyways, it's not as easy as it looks because there is the chance of me damaging the customer's phone because I use a blade to cut the film wrap. So if my hand slipped.... there goes the phone...

This is the first phone I wrapped. I think I took almost an hour to finish it and the girl who owned the phone was like looking at how I was doing it so I felt soooooooooo much pressure!!!

I think it came out rather good. Though there were a few parts which had some air bubbles under the wrap. But it wasn't anything serious...

Besides wrapping, I also do "bling-ing". Hehehe... It's actually decorating the phone with crystals. For practice, I was told to bling the above speaker...

After what seemed like forever...

This was the result:

Nice rite?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

I'm quite proud of it la... XD

And as for the G, I guess everyone knows who I was actually thinking of when I was doing this... Hehehe... btw, I miss her like crazy... :(


This is probably the most stressful phone I've ever wrapped. It is the new LG Viewty. And when I say new, I mean NEW.

The guy literally brought the phone straight from the shop and brought it for me to wrap.

CAN U IMAGINE THE PRESSURE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

A TOTALLY NEW PHONE!!!

A PERFECT NEW PHONE!!!

WHICH HAS NOT BEEN USED AT ALL!!!

WHAT IF I SCRATCHED IT?!?!?!??!

OR DROPPED IT?!?!?!?!?!?!

STRESS SIAL OK?!?!?!?!???!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I managed to survive...

And I really like the end product ^^

What do you guys think?