Saturday, January 14, 2006
What's the use of making an appointment at a specific time when u can't be served at that time?
I called up Reds this morning at 10.45 and made an appointment for 1.30pm coz the time that i initially wanted which was at 12.30pm was not available. I agreed to come at 1.30pm and arrived at Reds about 3 minutes later. Well, its either im late for 3 minutes or im was punctual coz i know my watch is faster by about five minutes.
I went to the receptionist (is that what she's call? The girl who's at the counter) and was told that there was no available seats and that i might have to come back later. She asked for my handphone number saying that she'd call when the're ready. When i asked how long, she said maybe about one hour and told me to go have lunch. Since she was polite to me, i said ok.
I did not have my lunch but went around to look for shoes and tops and bags, but nothing seemed to catch my eye.(Well, not really coz now as i'm typing i'm considering that pretty heels and beaded slippers from Charles and Keith ) From first storey to second till the 4th storey i walked around i couldn't find anything for myself. The crowd, dun let me get into that. And whats with people easily bumping into u when u walked through that crowded shopping centre? I was walking towards the escalator when this woman/girl/nyonya/amoi simply 'langgar' me that made me yelled "EXCUSE ME??!!!" at her, with a dirty, frustrated look on my face, but she just walked off with an ignorant look on her face as if it was pretty normal to langgar people frm the back. She ruined my day already.
To pass time, i went to Times bookstore and read some books. That was the only place that was not too crowded/noisy for me. I picked out some books about cats (??) and "If he didn't call you, he's not into you" (??) or something like that, which i find too demoralising for me and decided to put it back to the shelf after reading 4 pages. Picked up another book, "Cats did the cutest things" (??) [Ok, what's with me and cats today?] and read frm first till the last page and manage to amuse myself. Done with that i picked up Donna Hay's cook book which wowed me. And one hour passed by and then 15 minutes later the girl from Reds called me.
"Hi Linda, i'm sorry but u have to wait for another 15 minutes. I will call u again ok?"
15 minutes later i went up to Reds and asked her if the seats were available, coz if not, i"i'm just gonna cancel my appointment and come back another day" And she had the nerve to say, "Oh, dun la, u waited so long already" and i snapped at her by saying. "EXACTLY". We waited for an akward 1 minute before she told me if "u could wait for another 15 minutes..." And i told her, "its ok, just cancel my appointment. What time do u open?" I meant to ask what time they close, but the wrong word came out instead. The other girl at the counter told me that i shd come earlier coz thats when there's not many people and i told her back that i called and made an appointment for 1.30 but i had to wait for nearly 2 hours?? [What you think i have all the time in the worls is it? Sit by the phone like you waiting for people to call? Well, of course i didn't say that.] She kept quiet.
They apologised and i walked off feeling pissed and angry and sad that it made me wanna cry.
lynn-delysa just penned that down at 6:12 PM
