Monday, January 11, 2010

Last day of work...

Its my last day of work, since i've already told auntie that i'm quitting, but somehow i feel so sad the whole day, even though i hate this job, a part of me actually liked this job.

Ok, i mean this job isn't that bad, You are required to cook some pasta throughout the day for customer's sampling. The amount is decided by you. You will be paid RM50 per day plus commissions for every item you sold. Looking at what i wrote, i bet you are thinking... thats a really good job right ?

Well think again. After checking the stocks and cooking the pasta, here comes the real AGONY... I am required to stand at my booth serving sample pastas for customers, and when there's no customer , i have nothing to do. Just standing there , staring at blank space. Thinking of things, a lot of things, my future, my relationship, my friendships, my lil cute baby niece, and my agonizing job =.= Put that aside, i'm still having fun in my job.

So i tried to enjoy myself to the fullest today, since its my last, I am having the slight relunctance of leaving work today. I spend a lot of time looking around the store, and found there's a lot of creepy spiders (I HATE SPIDERS!!!) Then i spend time looking around the place where i'm stationed at, there's a lot of party wares and maggie noodles ^^ But the fun part of today is, that i made 2 new friends, whom are slightly older than me, They came over to my booth (they are stationed at the 2 lanes right beside mine), and asked if they can try the pasta i made, and they even traded something from theirs, One of them is selling cookies, the famous koala bear cookies from Japan, (heck its so damn expensive, but i ended up buying 1 box too T.T)
Another is selling chewing gums. Specifically , the sugar-free chewing gums. So we ended up hanging out together during work. (Means, we went over to each other's lane and stand there chatting). The guy selling the cookies is a final year student at INTI studying E&E (Electric and Electronic), which is something i'm interested in. But then again, that courses is slightly a bit mixed , it has a lil bit of this, and a lil bit of that... End up will turn me into Jack of all trades again... So i'll still have to think about it , whether to take this course or maybe other alternatives.

Spending my time with them, makes me so happy. Also i almost forgot to state, Wei Fen and her friend (whose name not known, T.T) came by and visited me earlier before they start their work. So we had a nice short session of conversations, and it really made my day. Back to them, well through them i realized that we can actually trade our sampling items to another promoter for their sampling items ^^. So i then filled some sampling cups with pasta and went of trading with a few promoters around my area. Well mostly just sell snacks. But it tasted quite nice. I also got hold of a few informations about Tesco hiring promoter. I've contacted my friends about it, they live near by there, so it will be easy for them. I'm too lazy to drive all the way there to work. (Call me lazy if you want , but i dun care)

For once, today , i never really bothered looking at my watch , since i'm not bored anymore, i'm having fun with them , chatting with them , looking them selling their things, and looking Wei Fen from afar (she's working on the outside area, not inside the giant hypermarket sections). And we exchanged some hand signals from time to time when we are bored. Similarly, today, for the 1st time, i've notice how fast time moved, otherwise ,it will be such a slow crawl, i guess like the saying goes, time flies when you are having fun. And honestly, I'm really thankful to both of them , Kok Pin and Evonne for coming over to approach me, made me notice that i'm surrounded by friendly ppl, Its me that is being unfriendly, but today i changed. But i guess its too late. Also i really am grateful that wei fen and her friend came over to say hi, since they really help to boost my morale for the day. So, Thanks again !!!

Overall, its been a pleasant experience working at Giant as a pasta sauce promoter. Even though i only worked for 5 days. (2 weeks, since i only work on fri, sat n sun)
I've learned a lot (like how to clock a punch card = =) learn how the system of a hypermarket works, looking at how they offload products, and most importantly gaining new friends.

As a side note, for the days i've been working there, i felt that it is necessary to note this fact, most ppl that approached me are Malays, and if others were to approach they will often than not use BM to talk to me, And i, will automatically replied them with BM as well. I've been wondering do i really look like a Malay, i noe i'm dark. . . but thats all there is to it. Haiz... Whatever. . . i dun care.

I'm used to it now. And its really getting late now. Its been a while since i slp so late. I better stop here for today.

Wish all the best of luck for tomorrow's day. Let everyday be a nice day and a new start ^^

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