砂漠のJeffire

Jeffirean Stories

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Today I shall write with good grammar.

It was a traumatic experience today at my job.

A very free old man asked me to find some weird books on the internet catalogue for about half an hour! The scary part was not the length but the conversation he was trying to strike up. I have a hunch he's trying to get someone to discuss with him the current global situation as he is very well read and most likely his age group he won't be able to find someone as well read as him (unless he goes to the universities and talk to the professors). I just had to concur with him like:

"Not all Singaporeans girls are that bad right? Not everyone is after the 5Cs"
"Yeah..."
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"No..."
"How old are you?"
"24"
"Never mind, you are still young. Earn money more important."

"Do you think the current Bush regime is similar to the Rome sovereignity?"
"I guess so..."

And blah blah blah....

The other guy is an Indian national. He sure has lotsa hand actions when he speak, with a little whiny voice.

"I don't know how to register on the computer? Can you help?"
"Sure. No problem."

dak, dak, dak..

-At the E-Kiosk-

After keying in some of his details...
"What is your name?"
"Jeff"
"Jack?" -proceeds to choose his userid as "jack"
"My name is Jeff. Why don't you use your own name so that it is easier to remember?"
-types jeff but decided to change his mind and types "jesusisxxxxx"
"Choose your password please" -on to the next screen"

dak, dak, dak...

When he was all done, I asked him to proceed to top up his prepaid account so that he can then go up and use the internet to surf.

"How long would you want to use the internet? The rate is 3cents per minute"
"What time does your library close?"
"Everyday 9pm"
-looks at clock above- "Oh, that means I can still use for 45minutes"
"Then maybe you should top up $2 so that you have an hour usage available"

Then I press $2 for him and prompts him to use his ez-link card, but before I can do so, he GRABS MY HAND and says "No! I just want to top up $1"

-_-|| and guess what? his passoword "maryisxxxxx" (last letter missing because not enough space)

10minutes later...

While I was serving the abovementioned old man, he came down and screamed with his whiny voice:

"I tried 20times but I still cannot log in! Can you come and help me?"
"Sorry, do you mind waiting for a while as I am serving this customer?"

-he waits patiently for about 2-3minutes and stares at me intently-

I then decided to tell him that this:

"I think you shouldn't key in the last letter for your password" (I noticed it when he was keying it in that there was no space to key in the last letter which was 't'). He doesn't understand, but I repeat again. Then without any better alternatives, he went up again to try.

I didn't see him anymore. =)

Interesting, right? But, WAH LAO EH, don't grab my hand la! eeeks... if it was a girl then I won't mind la =p hahaha.

-busy but lazy-

Acknowledged my existence at
12:42 AM