group dynamics part II and thai express.

my pet peeve's poor service.period.
i don't expect to be treated like a king..but i believe tat we should respect each other..whether it's either waitor to patron or patron to waiter...
if u've noticed.courtesy and politeness is so important in the way how both waiters and patrons should treat each other..
i saw tat sorely lacking today..maybe cos it's CNY and they are reluctant to work...so meng gam wan which from hokkien translated to eng means "reluctant"
i reached thai express esplanade with my mum and aunt.

me to a male waitor,"excuse me we made a reservation under the name Serene"

waitor goes into the restuarant to check..another female waitor came out.

f waitor,"excuse me may i help"

repeated myself,"we made a reservation under the name Serene"

f waitor looked at me ridiculously..like wearin a snow cap was so alienic to her..and replied,"which restaurant is it?"

i paused for a brief moment.probably shocked by the qns..i looked up,saw the sign "thai express" and answered.

f waitor,"i'm sorry we don't make any reservations during new year"
f waitor went in and a few minutes later a man dressed in black assumin he's the manager confirmed our reservation and ushered us in.

yea...if the f waitor first few words were sayin tat the restaurant doesn't make any reservations during cny..i could understand..
but the way she looked at me..was tat of ridicule..like how the friggin hell can we get the restaurant wrong...
maybe i'm sensitive to poor service...but in my whole life..i don't rem and don't think and don't expect any waitor to ask the customer if they got the restaurant wrong...
i don't noe manx...i was kinda offended by tat stupid qns....like my face spelled stupid to her...
thai express can be mixed up with which other restaurant?
ridiculous qns...
never mind..i stepped into the restaurant and i couldn't feel a whiff of cold air in it...
air con probably spoilt...
never mind...
everything went quite okie..till the end when we were finishing our food and my aunt asked for a cup of ice...
the same male waitor came back with a glass of ice and sorta banged the cup down..
this i din hear...it's my sisters who remarked about it..
even my aunt's face was shocked..which led me to ask wat happened...
tat was the last straw i think..i reached boiling point alr..and jus spoke loudly..
"wah the service here damn lousy"
i din shout but i made sure it was loud enuff...

when i was young..i would feel very pai seh whenever my dad made noise about the long period of waiting time before the food came...
to me i can wait for the food....even if the food takes friggin long to come..i would jus walk to the waitor and speak nicely..reminding him of my order..
i wouldn't..unlike my dad..ask in a demanding manner for my food..
patience is not a problem to me..but poor service is..
i'm not loaded with money..i'm only there to enjoy the food..and this kinda basic courtesy in serving for the waitors..and for us showing our appreciation to them...is kinda universal isn't it..
i don't noe..i think i've reached a stage whereby i won't be afraid to speak up..when there's seriously a problem to be addressed..
unlike in the past..i got stupidly scolded for cycling on the pavement..got stupidly scolded by this fuckin female bitch in a car...
she was exiting from her condo..and din really notice it..almost ran into the path of the car...
she stopped came out and gave me a lecture on how it's against the law to cycle on the pavement..
at tat time i din wan to create a scene so i jus quietly said my apologies and went on...
she even stopped her car nearby to ensure tat we don't continue to cycle on the road..
i thought back on it..when i went back tat day i kept thinkin about my stupidity..my timidness...
so much so tat this time round if another fucker of an ang moh comes and lecture me..
i'll jus ask him to go back to where he came from..of course i'll skip the vulgarities..i don't need them to emphasize my point and i think ang mohs should be "civilised" enuff to understand tat.
fuckin shit..they come here with the strongest currency in the world and buy the nicest houses tat u can find in singapore and they are still so fucked up demanding...

in case if anyone doesn't noe...i flashed a third finger at a bus driver before..who so happily rushed off from a stop even though i was running...i was running towards the bus with my hands out flagging...
yep....do ask if u wan to noe more...
hahhaas
tat was much much more recent..last year...i've learnt my lesson alr...
to not suffer in silence when u noe tat u aren't totally in the wrong..

arghs i've to rush off alr..
to be continued..