12/08/2004

Experience at the Dentist

It was a traumatic experience for me at the dentist yesterday! I finally mustered enough courage to extract the other wisdom tooth that was supposed to be out early this year..I was already feeling nervous when i walked to the dentist with Jeff..
Found out that this extraction wasnt a simple one as the last one i had..this tooth was embedded more deeply in my gums..and that it will require something like a minor operation..the dentist had to section my teeth into half and if it is still lodged, he will need to slice my gums...*arggh* when i heard that..my heart sank even deeper...
The whole ordeal lasted for around an hr...the injections were the most painful!! The circumference of the syringe was bigger than a 50 cent coin! No joke man..then again the needle wasnt that big lah..haha...
I am glad its over..just need to remove the stitches on sunday...Thanks to my girlies that msged/emailed/ tagged on my tagboard on that day..It really meant alot to me to think that it wasnt a big deal to have the tooth extracted but you girls bothered...:) thanks girls!!
Went shopping with Mich at Parkway today...Had a great time maybe cos we havnt shopped there before though i have been there upteen times but its always great to hang out wif my best friend :p
Mich bought a soft toy doggie for her bf's niece..her bday tmr...and the service at tiny toons is lousy man!! Like i was choosing a mug for myself..and there 3 patterns...i was just looking at the other patterns when this sales girl called Jennifer ( i saw her name tag) came over and said..' take this pattern loh( pointed to the one on the rack), i feel the other 2 not nice..( including the one i was holding and i think its not bad) then i said ' i think its ok wat, i was referring to the one i was holding' then she said..no lah..that one not nice lah..wahlau ay..pls loh..i didnt even ask for ur opinion...
then nevermind..when mich was deciding btw the white dog and the beige one..that Jennifer came over on her own accord and said ' the white one is nicer mah..its selling better too'
Then Mich whispered to me ' Didnt ask for your opinion wat' , she said should have answered like this in her face like what ' dao ming si' did in Meteor Garden...Well that Jennifer was relunctant to check if there was a new piece for that dog...only after me and Mich acted that we will go TM to buy instead...then she said she will go and check...
Wahlau wat kind of service is that..in the end..Mich was so pissed off that she decided not to buy from there..hehe..attitude..I LIKE! hehe...
This incident and many other more i have encountered had clearly shown that the level of sincerity in most of the service staff is very low..I told my mum abt it and her view about this is that most of us will have this mentality that i receive the same pay even if i am very nice, helpful or hospitable or not to my customers..why should i waste my energy to be nice?
Sighz..Well, some may say i m not in their shoes, i wont know their situation...Well, to start off with..its not as if i am very demanding..i can say i m very courteous to any sales person..as long as they are courteous and helpful to me!! And i have worked as a sales promoter before!
Oh well..just my thoughts...


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