Hate-list...After working for KCOM for a few months, I found that there are actually a few types of people whom "amused" me.
Type 1Uncles, sometimes aunties, who dunno what you are selling. They will stand in front of the posters for a long time holding a cigarette. I usually dun entertain them, but they will stand there till I finally have no choice but to talk to them. And they will ask me, "What is this?" Then I will say "Cable TV and Maxonline". Then they will usually ask back "What is Cable TV and Maxonline?" They will only leave when they feel like it.
Type 2Late 20s or early 30s people. They too will stand in front of the posters for a long time. Sometimes they even pace up and down. But the moment I stand up, they will walk off. Irritating...
Type 3The little young primary school kids. They are not irriating...in fact they are cute. They will stand in front of the Maxonline poster and point to the modem and router, showing off to their friends that they use it at home and know what it is. I will only start to avoid them when they start to involve me in their conversation.
"Kor kor, this 1 is modem hor."
"Kor kor, this 1 my house oso have."
What do u want me to reply then? Luckily, they dun appear tat often.
Type 4Typical S'poreans households. Normally this grp of people will come str, and ask what promotions we have for Cable TV. I will usually ask them if they are existing subscribers. Coz we dun do re-contract for Cable TV.
When they reply
"Yes, I'm an existing."
I will reply
"Oh...there are currently no promotions for existing customers."
Then they ask
"Let's say, WHAT IF I'm not an existing, what promotions u all have?"
Then I will spend alot of time explaining to them, answering their questions without any hope of earning money from them. Then they will leave hitting their chest coz they can't get the promotions they want. That's typical S'poreans...they know they can't get the free gifts and everything in the 1st place, but they WANT to know what others will get. In the end, they dun feel good.
Well, welcome to my life people...