Sunday, April 22, 2007
i've been fleeced a number of times in hk, but i don't really mind since they make pretty good stories i guess. most of the time it's my fault, i just don't examine the wares closely enough. rotten pears >> frozen pear puree masquerading as semifreddo, and a quietly borne grudge which gave way one day when i passed the stall by, contemplated outside the stall whether to get anything at all, then declared to freddo, that the shop has cheated me so i should get a move on. quite loudly, because freddo incidentally enjoys walking ahead of me and not beside. not unlike a certain doggie we know. freddo is cool because he wasn't in the least disgusted that i was fast dissolving into a puddle of giggles. 7 months of proximity and you acquire some numbness at least. so i got my fruit in the end from a supermart. i don't know. supermarting felt like such a copout at first cos i kinda look forward to getting cheated i guess. when in rome!!! anyway now i'm smarter about it. shop at the supermarts, enjoy the convenience, because they will also cheat you.. look at my rotten tomatoes.the complexion of things changes very significantly when there are larger sums involved. now the expectation that things will get nasty makes me a preemptively nastier person. i'm doubtful, kiasu, demanding, persistent, and a pain. i interrupt you, i repeat myself like i think you don't understand, and i enjoy that you have to put up with me. i also do feel badly about it though. so, after getting my device to work through no help of the hotlining Denise (who had, for all my insistence, refused to pass a direct number on, and reassured me that someone would come to my rescue) i wasn't quite looking forward to her technician's assistance and was all ready to mainline him some contrition but hahah, he never bothered! evaporating apologies then. gotta love this place.
evelyn at 6:32 PM