Today was a long day lah.. and i dont really intend to blog down event after event wad happen lah.. Anyway, i woke up at 6.35am today, yeah i am not joking, to meet Tak Kian, Melcher and Hao Ran outside school. i arrived there bout 30 mins late, which i was surprised dat i was not the latest lah.. We waited for Melcher before we took the Mrt to Bukit Merah station. Actually wanted to take bus, but then duno which bus to take. Today i was supposed to go for this job interview, which also happends to be my first day at work. I wore shorts there, coz lazy to wear longs, and although i knoe it is not appropriate, i was running late so had to grab wadeva i could grab. Went to Henderson Building via cab from the mrt station.
Arrived there den had to fill in the application forms, den the guy was asking how come i was in shorts. The guy also so happens to be my new manager. Den i say i duno, i neva go interview before. Den he was like, ok youre forgiven, tml come in longs. Luckily i not the online one lah, got Melcher who was in shorts also. Lol, i was contemplating whether to wear slippers a not also coz i was late, lucky neva lah. Ok, the job was basically some sales stuff lah. Met out leader there also, his name Fadly i think. He one hell of a joker. You did be amazed how much crap can come out of a guy. We were thought this system lah, the 5 steps system. Although cannot remember all, i remember the first two steps very clearly.. First step to a salesperson's job is to have S.E.X. with the costomer. Not physically lah, sex as in 's' for smile, 'e' for eye-to-eye contact, and 'x' for xcitement. Suppose to approach customers with a smile and some style i guess. Next step is to K.I.S.S. the customer. Kiss as in Keep it short and simple. Introduce wad u are selling and for wad cause lah. I think their motto was "For every 'no' brings you closer to a 'yes'.". Kinda lame but very much the truth yeahh? Aiyah all the basic crap.. Den after dat we had to practice before we go to public. Den it was really funny practicing coz we were all like a little shy to be as enthu as the other leaders. The way the other leaders talk arh, damn stylo arh.. u hear liao also wanna find out more about the product.. Ok den they were like talking bout how much cards they gonna sell. It was like this lah, for every $5 donation u have to give the customer this 3-piece postcard to thank them for their contribution. But the catch was only 30% of this was to be given to charity, the other 70% to the company we working for and to our own pocket.. So it was like being kinda like a scammer i guess. Anyway, they were boasting bout how many they could sell lah.. den there was this part when the manager went, "eh you pussy, 100 more cards also cannot arh?" to another leader in a joking manner. Lol the leader reply, "Hello, i am no pussy man. 100 den 100 lah!" lol, damn funny, imagine talking to your manager like dat. The environment was lively lah. After practicing, we went to Tampines bus and Mrt station to start work officially.
Ok, this part onwards bout wad really happen. People are like damn freaking dao these days, esp those damn act cool guys who smoke and wear sunglasses who u talk to dont even give a fuck dat u are there. They totally treat you like you are non-existant. Ok anyway, starting dat time abit hard to approach people lah.. den learning from Fadly how u approach. Den after dat split into our groups, Melcher and Me, Tak Kian and Hao Ran. Our group was at the bus interchange, the worst spot though coz not many people and all of them were rushing to catch their bus. Nonetheless, we approach our first erm customers yeah.. lol, not i go one ok? Melcher went to approach this bunch of girls. First customer already so jialat liao. We were like explaining and stuff and they were like no money and giggling away.. Den was like, erm u donate $2 she donate $1 your friend cover the rest something like dat lah. Oh man, they giggle giggle giggle, den even wanna donate sweets instead of money. Den they say, they pull out $4, den we donate $1. Can you believe it, donate money for your own salary. Aw crap, not being spoil-sport, we contribute the extra dollar lah.. Got many incidents lah dat people like dat. one indian guy was like letting me tell finish the whole long story den he stare back at me in the eye, "sry, i am not interested." oh boy i hate it when dat happens. i only remember a few incidents very distinguishly.. We target sch kids lah, mainly sec sch girls coz they easier to crack and more generous yeahh.. Got this one sch boy who had that kind of NERD hairstyle and those Mr. Stingy to be look, ask him donate money he kaobei so much. He younger den me lor, damn him u knoe wad he say.
He say wad, "Oh this arh, i donated alot of times already.."
Den i went, "again lah brother, how many times u donate to charity?"
"oh many times.."
ok, screw him, and he CONTINUED,
"how do i knoe whether this is going to charity a not?"
i showed him the piece of paper we had which proofed we were licenced to do this lah, den he go
"well, this looks fake you knoe.."
woah i tell you, i felt like wacking him, talk so much crap den still dont want donate. Come and make my first day difficult somemore. den i told him, "you not happy u call the company and ask them lah."
Den he nothing to say lah, den dont wanna donate somemore, go tell his friend lend him $2 first to donate, den later pay him back..
Den another bunch of girls we ask to donate they say they donate liao, den i was like told them they could not have coz there was no one else asking for this donation behind as they just came down from bus, den they giggle giggle and run away. Girls like to giggle yeahh.. Giggle their way outta everything. Yah yah, another also this two girls quite kaobei also lah, i duno how come like dat i think just trying to be funny or wad. the charity is to help reunite broken families and abandoned and abused childred rite. She go tell me wad her parents divorced, her uncle just passed away, her cousin duno wad shit and shit. wah piang, how to answer to dat? Den we say donate to kids who are abused, den she point to her friend say, this one lah, kanna abused one.. Ok enough of dat, of coz there were those who would just stop and smile and gladly donate, like the girl in green who had this smile dat was able to melt away your heart just by looking at it.. Another women donated $10 coz her bus was here and she did not have $5. So she threw us a $10 and took off. Why, thank you..
ok lah, miserable day lah, walk for so many damn hours only managed to raise bout $40 together with Melcher, which was only 8 cards. 4 cards each. dats like pathetic lah.. our leader alone raise bout 36 cards lor. But then he malay, got this accent den talk to malay customers also easier lah.. Anyway, made quite a number of friends lah, coz need to talk and this and dat. And other girls doing this same job under another company.. Den guess how much was our pay for dat day. An astonishing $8!! My very first hard-earned $8. Hrs and hrs of hard work paid off for just $8! Wow. Screw them man. coz we sold only 4 cards, so $8. one whole day earn $8, i think be the old lady down at Cathay who sell tissue paper at 2 packets for $2 also easier lor. Just have to claim u need it for an operation and give dat very pitiful look, also can easier earn more den $8 a day. But anyway, when recieving pay dat time the feeling damn nice lah.. even if it's just $8 it is still money yeahh? Lol, did i mention dat the leaders were like the "best" example one could have. i think they more childish den erm, me lor. woah lao in mrt train can just start singing and in bus-stop pose for their own camera phone they kissing. lol, guy with guy somemore. Cocksters sia, den hell they were vulgar. Cursing and swearing like it's some nursery rhymes. But then they had cool personalities lah, not those gangster swearing, but playing swearing. Lol, den at the end of the day go back the HQ. Fadly go distribute magazine for us to read.
"Nah read lah, FHM, Maxim, read lah.." den he put in different stacks for us.. lol, see wad i mean?
Anyway, its basically working for the experience lah, and i am sure the 4 of us had a great time yeahh. i dont think i wanna go back tml lah, even though we have yet to ask for this girl's hp yet.. Ok, really tired after today lah, and lots of reflections to do. Earning money is so difficult man, next time see this kinda people on the street i sure donate to them, coz experience already first hand how difficult earning a living can be.. As for now, i gonna slog really late into the afternoon tml and really look forward to this weekend. It's gonna be a blast.