Do you know which are the most powerful words in the world?
"I Don't Know"
Starting from schooling days.
Teacher: "Edwin, do you know how to do this question?"
Me:"i dont know"
Teacher: "nevermind sit down, john, you know?"
Teacher: did you know you shouldn't do this?!
Edwin: I dont know
Teacher: Nvm next time dun do again ah!
While a bunch of friends are deciding what to do after school
Tom: Where you wanna go?
Edwin: I dont know.
Tom: nvm i will ask john to think of a place.
These are just some examples.
The most powerful "i dont know" has yet to come.
watch how i use "i dont know" to get some free cheese cake!
I walked into the usual cheese cake shop.
Intending to get a dozen cheese cake.
however i do not have any money on me.
so i decided to use the "i dont know" to get away.
Right infront of me, a huge sign displayed the cost of the cheese cake "$2.00/piece"
But I DONT KNOW its there even though i just saw it.
Took a dozen cheese cake and placed it on the counter.
ME: can you help me wrap these up.
The staff helped me wrap the cheese cake and said: $24.00 sir.
I heard it loud and clear but i decided to act as if I DONT KNOW and walked out of the shop with the cheese cake.
Another staff stopped me and requested that i pay for the cheese cake.
"what?! 24.00?! WHY SHOULD I PAY?! I DONT KNOW IT IS NOT FREE!!!"
The staff explained that there is a huge sign stating "$2.00/piece"
"what?! WHY SHOULD I PAY?! I DONT KNOW THAT THE FREAKING BIG SIGN WITH RED BOLD WORDS IS THERE!"
The staff explained that the cashier did mention its 24.00 for 12 cheese cake.
"WHAT?! I DONT KNOW! I JUST SO COINCIDENTALLY HAPPEN TO BE DEAF JUST AS THE TOTAL COST WAS MENTIONED. I SO COINCIDENTALLY HAPPEN TO BE BLIND WHEN I WALK PAST THE PRICE BOARD!"
The manager came out to check what was the commotion about.
I told him, " I DONT KNOW! I DONT KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT FREE!! I JUST HAPPEN TO TURN INTO A TOTAL RETARD WHEN I STEP INTO THE CAKE SHOP!"
The manager did not buy my story.
But i know, this cake shop people are very easy to scared one.
"i will email your management to say you charge me for something that I DONT KNOW has charges"
you know what? i walked out of the shop not with 12 but 24 freaking free cheese cake.
so the next time you visit this cake shop again.. and want some free cheese cakes? just say the magic word I DONT KNOW!
28 February 2010
27 February 2010
cant believe how much we complain everyday.
before work.
during work.
during lunch.
during break.
before work ends.
after work ends.
while we are at home.
in our dreams.
first thing in the next morning.
in the shuttle bus.
we have already mentioned about resigning 837492 times but we are still here.
especially me.. lol.
Just back from steamboat with colleagues from the same batch.
cant believe we actually discussed about work the whole evening.
discuss may not be the correct word to use.
you can said we complained and bitch about work.. HAHA!
and the same questions were always asked.
"when are you going to resign?"
I am fine with this job as long as nobody disturbs me.i.e. the bosses.
and if there's ppl for me to joke around with in office.
craps. i am having a bad headache since afternoon.
work starts at 830am in the morning.
25 February 2010
My head chef set targets for us to hit in the month of march and i dun find it fair.
13.5 cheese cake per hour for a newbie like me.
equivalent to the senior bakers that have been at this bakery for way longer than me.
the funny thing is, my head chef only requires other newbies from my batch to hit 11.5 cheese cake per hour.
You can argue that, my head chef thinks that i am a baker with higher potential therefore higher expectation.
Whatever happens at the end of the day, i am the one that gets more trouble.. for the same pay and not being appreciated at all.
so i have decided to heck the 13.5 cheese cake per hour and to bake at my own pace!
pay me well and i will only do half hearted work.
treat me well i will do it whole heartedly.
24 February 2010
Today, not such a bad day, at least not so bad until now.
In this cheese cake baking job, you will not know what's going to happen until after the customer takes a bite at the cheese cake you baked.
some things may come back to haunt you awhile later.
something like the customer gets stomachache after eating the cheese cake you bake.
then after some investigation you realized that they actually kept the cheese cake out in the open for 2 freaking weeks before eating it.
of course stomachache la!
come purchase cheese cake from the bakery i work in, probably the best cheese cake shop.
KPKB, shoot email to management, cfm can get free cheese cake one.
23 February 2010
customers are so important, thats why customer retention is such a major issue in every company.
what about employees?
The people who worked their ass out to service these customer?
why is there no employee retention?
especially temps like us.
we are like disposable waste.
"what? you don't like the job here? leave lor, i can always get replacements"
i dont really care about monetary incentive, i never cared about money.. haha!
all i need is appreciation.
if you dont appreciate, its ok, but at least don't "un-appreciate" ppl like us.
we are like human shield for the company.
taking in all the shit for the company.
a batch mate left.
i felt happy for him. He got a better job.. haha!
what am i doing here at 12am in the morning when i need to wake up at 6am later?
the next 1 mths is critical.
22 February 2010
i ran out of japanese drama to watch.
and i dont really like taiwan or korean.
how how how?!?!?!
Back to baking cheese cake tml.
and somehow i got volunteered to do OT.
extra money! and extra trouble! congratz!
my mom told me, when it comes to love its about 公平竞争.
I said fine.
I know what 公平竞争 is.
It's like a game of international chess. (i almost typed international CHEESE.. zzz.)
Its when 2 players with equal number of chess pieces pit their skills against one another.
i dun mind if if its 16 chess pieces vs 16 cheese pieces.
but why did you only give me 2 freaking chess pieces?!?!?!
where are my other 14 piece?
I am only left with a "king" and a "pawn"
to make things clearer.. here's an illustration.
This is 公平竞争 ..
See.. same starting position.. same number of each pieces.
This is NOT 公平竞争!
If you still dont understand why its not.. then you must have never heard of what is international cheese. sorry, international chess.
I am only left with a freaking pawn and king even before the game started!
if anyone.. in this world can win a game like this with 2 pieces..
i swear i will eat cheese cake for the rest of my life. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.
why am i complaining so much, not like its the first time i know that life isnt fair.
I walked into the cheese cake shop and saw a brochure placed on the counter titled "corporate discounts".
curious, i picked one up and took a look.
oh! It has a list of 100 companies whose staff enjoys 20% discount when they purchase cheese cake and by showing their company staff pass to the counter assistant.
I began to search through the entire list for my company's name.. um.. "Cheese Pie Private Limited..."
YAY! Saw it!
I was overjoyed! I get 20% off the cheese cakes! WOHOOO!!!
So i asked the counter assistant " Hi, i can get 20% off if i am from "cheese pie private limited right?"
the staff answered "yes"
so i asked again, "is this a recent promotion?"
the staff smiled and answered this promotion has been around for the past 10 years.
"10 years?!" I mumbled to myself.
"10 YEARS?!" I shouted, " I have been purchasing cheese cake without 20% for the PAST 10 YEARS?!?!"
"WHY DIN'T YOU TELL ME I AM ELIGIBLE FOR CHEESE CAKE DISCOUNTS?!"
The staff answered that he did not know i was from "cheese pie private limited", and the brochures has been placed infront of the counter for the past 10 years.
YES I KNOW! I have been seeing this damn brochures infront of this counter for the past 10 years, however i am just too lazy to pick them up using my own freaking hands despite knowing that there might be some discounts off the cheese cake.
I am so angry, i felt so cheated. I know its entirely my damn fault for not finding out that there's a cheese cake discount however.. being a typical fussy customer i cant admit that i am wrong. I AM ALWAYS RIGHT! The customer service staff is ALWAYS WRONG!
and so i order to proof that they are wrong i turned, looked at the staff and said "look at my face."
The staff was confused, but followed my instructions and stared at me.
" DO YOU SEE THE WORDS "I AM FROM CHEESE PIE PTE LTD" WRITTEN ALL OVER MY FACE?"
"HELLO! IT'S SO FREAKING OBVIOUS THAT I AM FROM THAT COMPANY. I HAVE THE CHEESE PIE FACE OK!"
"So whose fault is it for not notifying me that there is a discount for me company?"
"IT'S YOURS!"
Before the shocked staff can say anything i continued "What should you do when you are wrong?"
"COMPENSATE!"
I actually kept track of the number of cheese cake i bought from this shop, lucky me.
Total of 3819 over the past 10 years.
And guess what, i kept all the 3819 receipts for situations like this AND I BRING THEM AROUND WITH ME EVERYDAY!
hahaha!!! Am i a genius or what?!
So i took out all the 3819 receipts, all nicely laminated and showed it to the staff.
Oh i even laminated them for such situations.
"NOW, YOU BETTER CALCULATE ALL THE DISCOUNTS I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN FOR THE PAST 10 FREAKING YEARS AND REFUND ME MY FREAKING MONEY!"
I dont care if it's my fault.
wait, i am the damn customer, i am perfect, IT'S THEIR FAULT FOR NOT ABLE TO READ THE INVISIBLE WRITINGS : "I AM FROM CHEESE PIE PTE LTD" THAT WAS WRITTEN ALL OVER MY FREAKING FACE!
21 February 2010
i was told to bake 13 cheese cake per hour.
so.. i baked 13 cheese cake per hour for 8.25hrs per day.
total of approx 108 cheese cakes.
and i got screwed because one of the cheese cake wasn't bake properly.
i admit its my fault.
i looked at my fellow bakers.
10 cheese cake per hour for 8.25hrs per day.
total of approx 83 cheese cakes.
they also got the same screwing if one cheese cake was not baked properly.
and i dun see them being screwed because they din hit 13.0!
Makes me wonder why in the world should i work my ass out when i can do a more relaxing job, get the same pay and get the same screwing if i make mistakes.
if i bake 10 cheese cake / hr, i would have 1.4 mins more time per cheese cake.
i would have more time to attend to my cheese cake, making sure it doesnt burn.
like i have mentioned before, noone is going to give a damn if you can bake 10,13, or 20 cheese cakes/hr. The head baker is still going to jump on you if you screw up one cheese cake.
There's totally no incentive to bake more cheese cake.
so i have made up my mind.
from the next working day onwards.
i will bake 10.0 cheese cake per hour.
i will still get the same pay.
i have more time per cheese cake = minimize burnt or deformed cheese cakes.
and most imptly, i can have more time to relax.
this is final.
enough of cheese cake stories for now.
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apart from screwing up in my job, i am also so screwed up in the romance department.
to make it simplier, my life is screwed up now.
0806 CNY stayover @ Zinc's was fun, even though i dont rmt that we did much.. lol!
next event will be yt followed by zinc's bday in march, cant wait!
i was on painkiller since ytd night.
din't know it was so painful until it wore off this afternoon when i woke up.
din't know harsh reality was so painful.
20 February 2010
why am i always given such huge obstacle that i can never overcome?
why why why why why why?!?!
Its not something you can attain even if you work the hardest.
Its not like baking cheese cake.
or running the marathon.
swimming across the Atlantic is much easier than this.
somehow one bad day screwed up my stats for the entire month.
damn.
shouldn't have worked so hard for the 1st 18 days of this month.
oh, and 2 more other colleagues from my batch are going to tender resignation.
seriously makes me wonder.. "what the hell am i still doing there?!"
oh well, even if i dun resign i think i will be fired any way.
sooner or later. ha.
whatever.
I thought it is going to end in a weeks time.
so i can forget about everything and move on.
all of a sudden i was told.. "edwin.. you are given another 4 mths"
not exactly sure if its a blessing or curse.
17 February 2010
i often find myself in similar situations throughout the years and i am sick of it.
however.. there is nothing i can do about it.
ha *pathetic laugh*
once is bad.
twice is really bad.
thrice?!
omfg!
i am not sure why all these stuff happen.
can only blame myself for being so suay.
ha!
somehow my presence is always being overshadowed by someone else.
Its like a solar eclipse.
The sun is being blocked out momentarily.
Except mine is permanent.
14 February 2010
need to work on the second and third day of CNY.
HA!
Lets hope no one buys cheese cake on CNY.
so i can get released early.
lets hope tml will be a better day =)
11 February 2010
There's probably 20 plus junior bakers from my batch that enrolled tgt into the bakery.
1 left.
1 leaving tml.
2 leaving before the month ends.
a few more considering to leave.
Baking cheese cake is serious business.
It such a difficult job that we have a bunch of ppl leaving every month.
I am also considering if i should stay and continue to bake cheese cake.
or leave and start selling ice cream.
i realized there's is there is no point working extra hard.
My company told me to bake 13 cheese cake per hour.
I am seriously going to bake just 13 cheese cake per hour.
i can bake up to 16 cheese cake/hr, but.. what's the point?
The more cheese cake i bake, the more mistakes there is.
Noone is going to say "hey great job! you baked 16 cheese cakes/hr!"
neither are they going to say "good job, you have baked so many delicious cheese case"
no compliments.
However..
if you screw up one single cheese cake, the head baker is going to kill you.
the whole damn world is going to come after you for that one screwed up cheese cake.
Noone is going to care how many thousand of good cheese cake you baked before.
welcome to reality.
10 February 2010
once again, i am craving for some $2.00 cheese cake.
went back to the same old bakery that i go my cheese cake from the last time.
despite sawing the huge sign indicating "self-service" + tongs + trays in-front of the cashier,
i told the cashier " hi, i want one piece of cheese cake"
The cashier indicated politely to me that its "self service" and i can select the pastry using the tongs & trays provided.
Irritated, i demanded " hello, i am your customer C-U-S-T-O-M-E-R , i am buying a $2.00 cheese cake. IT IS 2.00 FREAKING DOLLARS! NOT 2 CENTS!"
"I AM SPENDING 2 FREAKING DOLLARS AND YOU CANT HELP ME GET THE CHEESE CAKE?"
" THIS IS CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE OK! I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR MANAGER. WHERE'S YOUR MANAGER?!?!?!"
"I HAVE HANDS AND LEGS AND I AM HEALTHY BUT I CANT BE BOTHERED TO WALK 2 METERS TO GET MY OWN FREAKING CHEESE CAKE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE 2 DOLLARS I AM PAYING!"
just another day on the sunny island.
09 February 2010
i was telling a friend ..
"i only have 2.5 weeks left! what should i do?"
he looked at me and said..
"you still have 2.5 weeks left! do whatever you can!"
so unmotivated to go to work tml.
07 February 2010
You know, i bought this piece of cheese cake 2 years ago @ $2.00 at a bakery.
After buying it, i realized that the cashier charged me wrongly.
There's suppose to be a 50% off the cheese cake.
However, i did not tell the cashier about the wrong charges at that point of time.
Instead, i decided to wait till 2 years later, go back to the same bakery and make a fuss about the damn piece of cheese cake which i bought 2 years ago.
"i want a refund of $1.00 for the damn cheese cake i bought 2 years ago. LOOK HERE'S MY RECEIPT FROM 2 YEARS BACK!"
welcome to Singapore.
05 February 2010
I don't find my job interesting at all.
Probably a few weeks ago, i found this job interesting and challenging because i wasn't able to hit the quota.
And was constantly challenging myself to hit target.
Now that i am able to hit the quota and even exceed, i found it pretty meaningless.
It's like.. "wth am i doing here?"
how i wish i am not me.
because being me sucks big time.
if only i can be... someone else.
i could only pretend to smile happily.
04 February 2010
history is repeating itself.
i have been through this 518412 times,
i can survive one more,
.. no prob.
i hope.
wtf.
03 February 2010
There's a reason why i hate reading romance novels.
and it has always been the same reason - bad & sad endings.
that's why i stopped reading them for awhile.
A couple of weeks back when i visited a bookstore,
came across a book lying alone on the half empty shelf.
being curious, i picked it up, and had a look at the cover page.
The title wasn't catchy at all.
Another one of those typical romance novel.
i tossed it back onto the shelf and went off.
A week later, i revisited the same bookstore again.
That same book was lying at the same position as i had left it last week.
"Din't the shopkeeper tidy the place?" i thought to myself.
I picked it up and decided to place it nicely on the shelf.
Being curious, i began to read the synopsis at the back of the book.
"not bad" i thought to myself.
However based on previous experiences, nice synopsis does not equate to nice ending.
Despite having a bad feeling about the ending, i bought the book.
The first couple of chapters were nice - as usual.
Things began to change in the third chapter.
I realized that it is not a bright & cheerful novel as described in the synopsis.
Got cheated once again.
This book cost me freaking $15.90!
But i really hate sad romance novels.
i stare down at the book now, pondering if i should continue reading, or toss them into my cupboard like i did with all the other half-read books.
should i quit? lol.
there are a few people from my batch are planning to quit the damn job.
i dont mind a lower salary as long as i dun have to get the " I-am-ur-customer-so-you-better-do- whatever-damn-thing-i-say-or-i-am-going-to-complaint-to-your-manager-and-terminate-all-my-services" attitude everyday.
