Today is my last day of being a waiter.
At the start, it was really a mental torture for me. Nobody knows my background. I was unable to write or read traditional chinese. I got bashed by both my colleagues who are now my friends and many many customers. In addition, there were just too much cantonese phrases I didnt know and at first, people were speaking at a speed I couldnt catch because I am just not use to hearing cantonese that "fast".
I didnt know how to handle them. I had to adapt fast. The culture is totally different.
Soon I adapted to the workplace and I made friends and knew a few customers.
Too bad, I had to leave as soon as I started to enjoy the life here. Now I got to start adapting to another job. A harsher environment with higher expectations.
Its the end of an adventure and the start of another challenge.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Leaving.
SO Sunday will be my last day. Confirmed.
Hope no shit happen and let me leave in peace.
And the replacement for me came for work starting today. A very pretty looking girl with sweet voice and of course, the horny uncle who is working in the restaurant had a few jokes with me when he saw the newcomer. It is very clear that customers are treating her with more respect than me or other aunties around.
The world is so unfair.
Hope no shit happen and let me leave in peace.
And the replacement for me came for work starting today. A very pretty looking girl with sweet voice and of course, the horny uncle who is working in the restaurant had a few jokes with me when he saw the newcomer. It is very clear that customers are treating her with more respect than me or other aunties around.
The world is so unfair.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
upup
Typhoon hits HK again but no holiday for me still.
Have been working for the past 20 days and I am really tired. Luckily, this Sunday will be my last day of work in the restaurant.
WIll be going up to China to work.
I wonder where can I get milk when I get there.
I don even think the place that I am going to live in is going to have any internet access.
I am going to try and learn as much as possible for the next 2 months.
Do or do not, do not try...
Have been working for the past 20 days and I am really tired. Luckily, this Sunday will be my last day of work in the restaurant.
WIll be going up to China to work.
I wonder where can I get milk when I get there.
I don even think the place that I am going to live in is going to have any internet access.
I am going to try and learn as much as possible for the next 2 months.
Do or do not, do not try...
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Old granny pisses young man.
Disclaimer: Lots of swearing in this fictitious story.
Business in the last few days wasnt very good for the restaurant this young man is working in. So the supervisor thought that it is okay for her to take leave and leaving minimum people working.
Life is strange. On the slot with the least number of people working, business became extremely good, even better than normal days. There were not enough people doing the job. Not only man power became a problem, utensils and cups were out too.
Customers were pissed. There was this old granny sitting at the back. Obviously, she will be attended to last since her the position she was sitting at was far away from the young waiter and although she raised her hands more often than the others, she didnt raise it as fast.
After she had her meal, she was sitting there chatting with her friends. Young waiter was then serving a table beside her. She complained "I raised my hands alot of times just now he also never come. So slow. If I am the boss i definitely will not hire him."
She continues the complaining but young waiter was too busy to hear. But there a thought flashes across his mind...
YOU FUCKING OLD BITCH SHUT THE FUCK UP. CANT YOU FUCKING SEE I AM TRYING MY BEST AND WE ARE SERIOUSLY LACK OF PEOPLE HERE. THE REASON WHY YOU ARE SO FUCKING BLIND AND CANT SEE IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN A BOSS OF A RESTAURANT BEFORE BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO FUCKED!!!IN ADDITION, THE REASON WHY YOUR EYES ARE FILLED WITH SHIT AND CANT SEE THE PROBLEM WE ARE FACING IS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN DONE THIS BEFORE. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND EAT YOUR OWN SHIT BECAUSE YOUR TITS PRODUCES MILK WHICH CONTAINS MELAMINE!!!
Wouldnt the story be wonderful if the young man had said what he was thinking in this story??
Business in the last few days wasnt very good for the restaurant this young man is working in. So the supervisor thought that it is okay for her to take leave and leaving minimum people working.
Life is strange. On the slot with the least number of people working, business became extremely good, even better than normal days. There were not enough people doing the job. Not only man power became a problem, utensils and cups were out too.
Customers were pissed. There was this old granny sitting at the back. Obviously, she will be attended to last since her the position she was sitting at was far away from the young waiter and although she raised her hands more often than the others, she didnt raise it as fast.
After she had her meal, she was sitting there chatting with her friends. Young waiter was then serving a table beside her. She complained "I raised my hands alot of times just now he also never come. So slow. If I am the boss i definitely will not hire him."
She continues the complaining but young waiter was too busy to hear. But there a thought flashes across his mind...
YOU FUCKING OLD BITCH SHUT THE FUCK UP. CANT YOU FUCKING SEE I AM TRYING MY BEST AND WE ARE SERIOUSLY LACK OF PEOPLE HERE. THE REASON WHY YOU ARE SO FUCKING BLIND AND CANT SEE IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN A BOSS OF A RESTAURANT BEFORE BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO FUCKED!!!IN ADDITION, THE REASON WHY YOUR EYES ARE FILLED WITH SHIT AND CANT SEE THE PROBLEM WE ARE FACING IS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN DONE THIS BEFORE. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND EAT YOUR OWN SHIT BECAUSE YOUR TITS PRODUCES MILK WHICH CONTAINS MELAMINE!!!
Wouldnt the story be wonderful if the young man had said what he was thinking in this story??
Saturday, September 20, 2008
So many things
Quite a few things happened today.
One good.
One normal.
One bad.
I will start with the normal one first. Business in the restaurant is really bad today and that is abnormal, even if the market is really bad. The reason is clear. Today is the second last episode of 家好月圆, a tvb show. As the people in the restaurant were very little, all the staffs get to enjoy the show too. One customer was tearing and we were laughing behind =x.
The bad one is the tutee is not improving. I think not many know about my tutee. I thought that as long as I am much more patient with him than the other tutors before him, I will be able to do the impossible. But I think the other tutors gave up not because they had less patience, it was because they saw what I see now...The boy cannot be saved unless he wakes up his idea.
The good was I received a small little prize from the tv station. Its a Pilot Frixion pen in which the ink can be removed by frition.
Quite interesting.
7 more days till I leave this job.
14 continous working days.
One good.
One normal.
One bad.
I will start with the normal one first. Business in the restaurant is really bad today and that is abnormal, even if the market is really bad. The reason is clear. Today is the second last episode of 家好月圆, a tvb show. As the people in the restaurant were very little, all the staffs get to enjoy the show too. One customer was tearing and we were laughing behind =x.
The bad one is the tutee is not improving. I think not many know about my tutee. I thought that as long as I am much more patient with him than the other tutors before him, I will be able to do the impossible. But I think the other tutors gave up not because they had less patience, it was because they saw what I see now...The boy cannot be saved unless he wakes up his idea.
The good was I received a small little prize from the tv station. Its a Pilot Frixion pen in which the ink can be removed by frition.
Quite interesting.
7 more days till I leave this job.
14 continous working days.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
wtf
WTf is wrong with the people today.
Today everybody seems so grumpy. Ask for some many things and none seems to be satisfied. It makes my job difficult.
People are never satisfied with the good things they have. But they always say enough of this shit. Why cant they be saying. I had enough of good things and more shit please?
The world would be a better place.
Today everybody seems so grumpy. Ask for some many things and none seems to be satisfied. It makes my job difficult.
People are never satisfied with the good things they have. But they always say enough of this shit. Why cant they be saying. I had enough of good things and more shit please?
The world would be a better place.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Embarassement
Yesterday, a Caucasian couple came into the restaurant and I was the one serving them. They were exceptionally polite and I was really flattered by their thank yous and the words they use. I dare to say that they are the best customers I had served.
Today, they came in to dine again and I was the one serving them again. I was also taught how to handle the billing machine too. The problem is it does not calculate how much change you have to give back. You have to do it usuing a calculator. Just so happens that the receptionist was not around while the Caucasian couple were paying the bills so I took over. Their bill was 81 dollars and they gave me 120 dollars. I was shocked and panicked. They walked away after saying "They are for you."
I told them to stop and said "No, I cant do that"
The reason is because they are too kind and I don deserve that. There is no tips system in the restaurant in the first place anyway.
But here came the problem. The entered 100-81 on the calculator and I just gave them 19 dollars of change; short of 20 dollars.
I only found out that I gave the wrong change when the receptionist came back and saw the money.
I know those Caucasians will never read my blog. But if you do, I will gladly return the 20 dollars to you from my own pocket. (The boss kept the rest of the extra anyway).
I will always remember their faces and smiles and I will always have a 20 dollars note in my wallet so that one day when I see them on the streets, I will insist on returning the money back to them.
I know it sounds silly and people must be thinking that I am a madman. But they are really too kind and I don deserve this 20 dollars.
Today, they came in to dine again and I was the one serving them again. I was also taught how to handle the billing machine too. The problem is it does not calculate how much change you have to give back. You have to do it usuing a calculator. Just so happens that the receptionist was not around while the Caucasian couple were paying the bills so I took over. Their bill was 81 dollars and they gave me 120 dollars. I was shocked and panicked. They walked away after saying "They are for you."
I told them to stop and said "No, I cant do that"
The reason is because they are too kind and I don deserve that. There is no tips system in the restaurant in the first place anyway.
But here came the problem. The entered 100-81 on the calculator and I just gave them 19 dollars of change; short of 20 dollars.
I only found out that I gave the wrong change when the receptionist came back and saw the money.
I know those Caucasians will never read my blog. But if you do, I will gladly return the 20 dollars to you from my own pocket. (The boss kept the rest of the extra anyway).
I will always remember their faces and smiles and I will always have a 20 dollars note in my wallet so that one day when I see them on the streets, I will insist on returning the money back to them.
I know it sounds silly and people must be thinking that I am a madman. But they are really too kind and I don deserve this 20 dollars.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
MOONCAKE2
The weather in HK is extremely hot now. Actually its not only now, it has been so hot since I came back from Singapore. There was only about one week of "coolness" due to continous raining and the typhoon.
This is much hotter than in Singapore. In fact, since last week, I had been switching on the aircon since I get home and will only off when I leave the house because the heat is just unbearable.
And why has this got to do with mooncake?
Because I think the temperatur for this mooncake festival is going high you can bake your own mooncake by putting the raw ones just under your pillow. In addition, everybody is going to be so hot tonight that they will be glowing. Nobody needs any lanterns anymore.
Im actually starting to worry about the electricity bills. =/
This is much hotter than in Singapore. In fact, since last week, I had been switching on the aircon since I get home and will only off when I leave the house because the heat is just unbearable.
And why has this got to do with mooncake?
Because I think the temperatur for this mooncake festival is going high you can bake your own mooncake by putting the raw ones just under your pillow. In addition, everybody is going to be so hot tonight that they will be glowing. Nobody needs any lanterns anymore.
Im actually starting to worry about the electricity bills. =/
Saturday, September 13, 2008
MOONCAKE
So I am not really soon when is the mooncake festival.
But my boss gave each workers 50HKD so that they can buy mooncakes themselves. I donno about the others, but another youngster and me were happy. In fact, we were saying its even better than having a moooncake.
Because seriously, I can eat a much tastier meal by topping up another 50 HKD instead of eating a boring mooncake supper.
But my boss gave each workers 50HKD so that they can buy mooncakes themselves. I donno about the others, but another youngster and me were happy. In fact, we were saying its even better than having a moooncake.
Because seriously, I can eat a much tastier meal by topping up another 50 HKD instead of eating a boring mooncake supper.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
time
Finally the restaurant hired a new guy.
This means i will be working one shift now. Which means I am going to earn half of what I am earning now from now onwards. But that also means I have twice more time for myself too.
Hahaha.
This means i will be working one shift now. Which means I am going to earn half of what I am earning now from now onwards. But that also means I have twice more time for myself too.
Hahaha.
Monday, September 8, 2008
stock
Yesterday, I went to the supermarket to buy some stocks for my breakfast and supper.
Spent 357 HKD.
I hope it can last me for at least 2 weeks.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Bad.
Today, I pissed a couple off real bad and I am deeply sorry for it. Because of me, their wonderful high tea session is ruin. Because of me, they might hate the restaurant I am working in forever.
I am filled with guilt now. I know they will never read this, but I just want to express my guilt here and explain why it happen. I am not trying to make any excuses but such an unfortunate incident happened because of a series of coincidence.
Disclaimer: Wall of text below
Firstly, it happens that was holding many small stacks of paper to take orders today because I picked them up from a cupboard and I thought that since nobody is using them, I will collect them and use it as one big stack. So after taking their orders, I carry on to take orders from other customers using other small stacks (easier than flipping). Thus, the couple's order shifted towards the middle of the stack. After that when I was about to give the orders to the reception, I remembered that I have to give my employer my address (I was already late for 2 days). So, I went to undate my address and had forgotten how many orders I had actually taken.
It was rather busy this afternoon and thus I didnt have time to go through all the small stacks of paper. Therefore, their orders were not entered.
After their long wait, I realize something is wrong and I checked my stack. I found their orders and I went to the reception right away to place their orders. I think they had also sensed that something was wrong and they approach to ask me too. I apologized for my mistakes and told them that their orders were coming.
But they orderd baked rice which takes the longest time to cook. So after a few more minutes, they couldnt take it. The guy complained loudly and the girl stormed out of the restaurant banging the door. After the complaint, the guy walked out angrily too.
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I am such a cock up.
I am filled with guilt now. I know they will never read this, but I just want to express my guilt here and explain why it happen. I am not trying to make any excuses but such an unfortunate incident happened because of a series of coincidence.
Disclaimer: Wall of text below
Firstly, it happens that was holding many small stacks of paper to take orders today because I picked them up from a cupboard and I thought that since nobody is using them, I will collect them and use it as one big stack. So after taking their orders, I carry on to take orders from other customers using other small stacks (easier than flipping). Thus, the couple's order shifted towards the middle of the stack. After that when I was about to give the orders to the reception, I remembered that I have to give my employer my address (I was already late for 2 days). So, I went to undate my address and had forgotten how many orders I had actually taken.
It was rather busy this afternoon and thus I didnt have time to go through all the small stacks of paper. Therefore, their orders were not entered.
After their long wait, I realize something is wrong and I checked my stack. I found their orders and I went to the reception right away to place their orders. I think they had also sensed that something was wrong and they approach to ask me too. I apologized for my mistakes and told them that their orders were coming.
But they orderd baked rice which takes the longest time to cook. So after a few more minutes, they couldnt take it. The guy complained loudly and the girl stormed out of the restaurant banging the door. After the complaint, the guy walked out angrily too.
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I am such a cock up.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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