Nak bisnes ke tak?

(Note: Mak's musing on Huzaifah's and Humadi's antics on the car can be read here)

It was frustrating.

I found a nice pair of pyjamas, in Huzaifah's size, in the "buy 1 get 1 free" bargain bin. Asked the sales assistant what's the price of the pyjamas since there was no price tag. She took the pyjamas, tried to find a price tag (which I already did), failed (just like I did) and asked me to check with the cashier.

Went to the cashier and asked her to check for the price of the pyjamas. She tried to look for a price tag to scan, did not find one and said, "Sorry, I don't know the price".

"Can you please check it in the register or something?"

"Ok, let me try."

She asked the sales assistant, who was not far from me (it was only a small shop in Kuala Terengganu after all), who just shrugged and answered she didn't know the price. She did not check for other similar pairs in the bargain bin. She did not bother checking with a price list book/register or something. She just shrugged and said "dok tau".

The cashier shrugged and said sorry, they don't know the price (so I couldn't buy it)

Okay, maybe they did not bother trying harder because it was not their shop. So, they lost a customer, so what? They still get their salary by the end of the month, so who cares, right?

But really, it was kind of frustrating.

(By the way, Ayah had a similar experience in a warung earlier on. He thought of stopping for keropok lekor and air nyiur on a road side stall, but the shopkeeper was keener on keeping on chatting with other customer than greeting new ones. When Ayah asked what they were selling, the shopkeeper just shrugged. Ayah immediately left the warung.)

Nota kaki:
* Mayang Sari Resort in Dungun might lack in terms of services, but the food there is not bad, not bad at all.
* While in Terengganu, try not to miss trying out KLCC and ICT...
That's "Keropok Lekor Cicah Cuka" and "Ikan Celup Tepung".
* They are still selling ice cream potong for 20 sen in Terengganu. Seriously! It was so unbeliaveably cheap, I gave a second look at the seller when she answered "dua poseng" when I asked for the price. The same ice-cream might have costed 60 or 80 sen in KL