Category: Business/Career

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Big Contract Getting Bigger

Remember the camera contract we talked about earlier.. and telling everyone that we are gonna be busy..??

Yup.. looks like we are gonna be busier .. than we planned for.. because customer had requested even higher quality cameras.. and donch mind paying for the difference…! guess they can afford it.. afterall.. it’s a big company in town.

More sourcing and finding the right equipment.. and it really irks the hell outta me.. when PB still shaking his legs at 12.50pm today..!! and not getting ahold of the supplier.. and get a move at things..!!

Are all “ang mohs” so “slageh”..???

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What you see

Is not always what you get..?? Why do i say that..?? It’s because many a times.. we think that the ppl around us .. are nice.. and dandy.. but then in the end.. we find out … they are just making use of us.. if they can. And if they have no use for us.. they turn into some very, very ugly .. cinderella’s stepmother.

So these days.. i donch even judge.. or make judgement.. about the ppl we meet anymore. I just treat ppl really neutral.. and at arm’s length.. but of course .. there are those really good ones.. that we’ve met here in this town… but far too few. As for the customer/s that we have.. i’m just gonna be really professional.. and not meddle into their personal lives. Time and time again.. we try to establish a good relationship with our customer/s.. and maybe i’ve gone beyond.. which i shouldn’t have. And time and time again.. we trust ppl.. but in the end.. they just blow us off.. by skipping their bills.. and the town.

It is really sad.. but these days.. i keep reminding myself.. what you see … isn’t what you really get. I have to learn to look further and beyond.

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Playing Tai-Chi

I used to tell PB that we chinese love to play tai-chi.. but apparently .. the ang mohs too love to play tai-chis.

A customer .. rented a new movie from us the minute it came out, was 12 days late.. and we only got it back after chasing after her for many days. She gave one excuse after another. And finally, she came in with the movie .. and claimed that she wasn’t the one who rented it (but her kids watched it) and that it was her ex .. who WAS with her at the time of the rental who rented it under her name without her permission.

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Apologies first

The security cameras of a huge contract that i had mentioned earlier .. in my blog has just arrived. A sample one of course. PB and I will be busy .. trying to co-ordinate the ordering, supplying and installation of this project, therefore, a thousand apologies first.. if i donch visit your blog as often as i would love to.

But you know how it is.. business is business.. and one has gotta grabbed the money.. when you can. This contract is not the biggest we have done.. for security cameras.. but it is gonna be one of the most expensive… because customer had requested for top quality night vision cameras as well. And this customer is really easy to work with.. and i knows exactly what they want. Very professional they are too, letting us work at the pace we need to make sure that the security cameras are the best we bring in for them.

So please come visit me often.. and see our progress.. i will be posting pictures.. once the contract is completed. In the meantime.. i cannot reveal who are working with .. for this big project. Please wish us luck too..!! because we are talking about huge money here.

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PB Furious

Wow..!! i’ve never seen PB so furious. .and passionate about anything .. especially when it doesn’t concern him at all.

This evening at about 7.41pm.. he was at work.. and I was home with the brat… and he wrote.. “jesus christ wtf is wrong with some people.. a customer just whacked her kid in the mouth outside the store”. When he came home.. he again mentioned about it. And he said that no kids deserved to be whacked in the mouth.. no matter how naughty he or she is. Coz’ i had tried to defend the customer.. by saying her kids can be really naughty.. coz’ i’ve seen them act up.

But PB was quite adamant this time.. and kept insisting that it was wrong. So i let it be.. and didn’t pursue the subject.. afterall.. i wasn’t there. .and secondly.. it wasn’t my business t0 begin with.

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How Goodu..??

How goodu can a person be..??

Yesterday .. a fella who owes us money for years.. from renting our games.. and never brought it back.. walked into our store.. with his g/f. Both looked around for abit.. and left.

He then sends his g/f in.. and got her to ask what it would take to set up an account with our store for game/movie rentals. In which i replied .. a credit card.. and a driver’s license. The only reason why we asked for a credit card.. is usually because the person is a “risky customer”.

Now.. the fella prolly thinks we had forgotten who he is..?? since he didn’t come into our store for years..?? Well..!! sorry.. Dude..!! i’ve got a memory of a stubborn elephant..!!

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What I Hate Most..!

Donch you just hate it.. when ppl come into your store.. and asked you for technical support.. and refuses to bring their computer in.. for you to check it out..just because they are worried.. they need to pay you. One also get angrier.. when they didn’t even buy the computer from you .. and expects free advice from you .. not once a day.. but comes in 3 or 4 times.. a day.. !

And lagi best.. when you tell them.. it would be best if we can see the puter.. so that we know how to help him.. and he tells you.. “ohhhhhh..! i can’t bring my puter in.. coz’ it’s this BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG” !!!

Now .. if your puter was this BIGGGGGGGGGGGG..!! that can only mean one thing.. that you have a server at home.. and not a computer..!!! and if you have a server .. at home.. you better know how to fix your browser..!!! when you lose it..!!! What a dumb..!!!

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Victoria’s Day

It’s Victoria’s Day today in Canada… but of course like all holidays in Canada.. and for the Canadians it starts on Friday .. the week before.

Yup.. the banks are closed.. the government office are closed.. the courts are closed.. and even the cops .. are nowhere to be seen..! On holiday too..?? hahhahaha!! Well.. maybe not all.. but i think i really donch see much cops around.. during the holidays.

And where is the Killam family..??? At the store.. working..!! where else did you think..?? Anyone owning their own business.. would know.. that there is actually not much life for us.. except to work. And since .. we have such a hard time.. hiring ppl.. or getting ppl to work on a holiday.. in which we always end up working on our own.. during the holidays.. we might as well.. not hire right..??

We are very lucky and blessed .. that we got Keegan to come in to babysit the brat.. because i am too tired.. to deal with the brat today. PB just finished some computer work at a local confectionary.. and there are a few customers in the store right now. Keegan and the lil’ brat is watching “futurama” and drawing. So i’m trying very hard to relax..!! while we have Keegan here.

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A Word of Advise

A word of advise.

Just because you see the owner of the store in the store.. doesn’t make him your best buddy .. nor does he actually knows you .. or can be considered “a long time” friend.

Everytime we have a new employee, we have to remember to tell them.. that there will be ppl who would come into the store.. and claimed that they are “best friends” with PB .. or that they know him really well.

Even till today, this afternoon to be exact, there was someone who told Keegan that he knows PB really well.. in which PB had replied.. to Keegan.. that he hardly know this fella..!

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