Friday, June 06, 2008

friday

oh i suck at bowling, as expected.

but nvm, that day is over.

today, reb and i met up for lunch at sakae. amazingly, i only had 2 $2.29 plates for lunch + a can of qoo white grape. then we went to substance, where she's currently working at, and it was this afternoon that i learnt the pay there's actually commission based. LOL. anyway, it was pretty fun just sitting there for over an hour, watching the world go by in a shoe shop. i could say that i was people watching while rebecca was busy tending to them.

i spotted the fugliest things, such as people who tried on the shoes and left them on the floor, making the entire shop look SO messy. reb called that action rude, but on second thought, i think it's simply unrefined. i couldn't stand it, so i picked up the shoes after the woman left the shop and left it on the counter for reb.

also, there was a korean family that came in and purchased 8 pairs of shoes. i kinda like the laid-back yet dressed-up style of the girl in that family. she had these black/silver heels, which i eyed in amazement as she walked around in them. well, another thing i was looking at was the mother, who repeatedly stamped down hard on the floor each time she tried on a pair of heels, which honestly was rather scary. thankfully the ground was made of marble, and not of anything weaker. haha :) and i'm afraid i'm still unable to figure out her reason for doing that to every pair of heels, but i kept thinking to myself.. about how that aggression might damage like 1% of the shoes and how i wouldn't ever want to be the person buying shoes that were damaged by that kind of aggression. also, the woman of the family asked for a further discount for a pair of shoes which had a slight defect. with an additional 5% discount, she took them, but asked for MORE. she asked the staff if a discount since she's purchasing in bulk and can pay in cash -_- i wanted to laugh at the entire absurdity of it all.

i've learnt that people watching's actually quite fun, especially when it takes place in a shoe shop! it's like watching a fashion show.. people model the shoes and walk around, and then i decide whether or not i want to purchase them in my size. LOL. anyway, i'm so proud of myself for not buying anything from substance today. haha. i used to buy at least a pair or two or three each time i visited that shop. :X apart from that, another thing which surprised me was that perm staff at substance actually said i look familiar :X now i wonder, is that a sign which tells me i've been buying too many shoes from substance? haha. i think i've calmed down a lot in a shoe-buying sense though, perhaps it was just a shoe-craze phase?

that perm staff asked if i'd like to work as well. :X so i put down my info for employment, hopefully in october when my hols start. wheehee!
bee at 10:14 PM