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Ice cream, ice cream!
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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So you get these teenagers running up and down the HDB estates nowadays. What are they doing? Selling ice-creams on push carts/trolleys for the extra pocket money.

Nothing really bad about this except the ATTITUDE!

Here's how they work.

First of all, they (usually in pairs per area) will take the lift up to the top floor of a block. From there, they will start going from house-to-house, floor-to-floor trying the 'peddle' their ice-creams.

Now, the most annoying thing about all this is, the way they try to convince you to buy.
A knock on my house door.

Cute Boy(CB): Uncle, good evening! Care to buy some ice-creams? <-- WTF! UNCLE! I'm not so old ok!

moe: I'm sorry, but this is not a good time as my kids are all down with cough and runny noses...

CB: But our ice-creams are very nice! <-- well, he didn't get my point

moe: (still sounding very nice)I'm really sorry but I guess I'll have to let this pass.

CB: Come one lah! Look at us two teenagers running around at this time selling ice-cream... support us lah! Help us lah! <-- Time was about 2100hrs

CB#2 comes closer...

CB2: Yah lor! We are so tired and wanna go home earlier lah! Help us out here!

moe: ...

CB2: How about this, we sell you Cornettothis cone ice-cream at a super discounted price of just a dollar each??? That way, you can buy 5 from us and we charge only 5 dollars! 5 dollars only lah you can't afford meh? <-- Hey, I know my maths and besides, I. DO. NOT. WANT. ICE-CREAM!

moe: (Getting annoyed)Look here, I do not want ice-creams, not today.

CB2: ok, how about these then? (Turns his 'sales brochure' around to show more pictures of tubs of ice-cream).

moe: (VERY VERY ANNOYED now)This is still ice-cream right? No thanks!

CB: (to CB2) Let's go lah! He dun wanna buy lah!

CB2: (mumbling VERY AUDIBLY)Ok lor, wasted so much time and strength, still not even one cone he bought.

moe: ...!

This is not the first time this happened to me with these ice-cream peddlers. This kind of shit attitude sucks big time! The ice-cream companies should really look into this matter!

By comparison, those aunties peddling Vitagen or Yakult are much better sales persons in terms of attitude!

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 At 9/14/2005 10:57:00 AM, Blogger Dickson bitched...
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 At 9/14/2005 10:58:00 AM, Blogger Dickson bitched...
If you don't want to buy, just say no and slam the door in their faces...

1. They don't need to waste saliva
2. You don't need to hear their lengthy speeches
3. You don't need to see their attitude
4. You don't need to feel sorry for your pocket when you buy out of sympathy...   
 
 At 9/14/2005 11:38:00 AM, Blogger moe bitched...
I would love to but my door is fitted with a hydraulic arm to prevent the door from getting slammed... child protection mah...haha   
 
 At 9/14/2005 09:06:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous bitched...
i buy b4 leh.. twice... the boys i met quite friendly & polite..but so coincidence everytime i buy they can close shop wor.. hmm.. aniway mebbe u need check your house feng shui y you kena the rude ones~ XD   
 
 At 9/14/2005 09:39:00 PM, Blogger Dickson bitched...
Wah... Just got two CHIO bu sell ice cream at my house lor... Wear till lydat purposely hook old uncle to buy lydat...   
 
 At 9/14/2005 11:15:00 PM, Blogger moe bitched...
aMie> they served you well because they think you chio bu...maybe?!?!? :-)

Dickson> haha! so, did you buy from them, 'uncle' Dickson?   
 
 At 9/15/2005 12:00:00 PM, Blogger aMie bitched...
hah..'chio bu'? i wish but m not leh.. ;p Anyways.. there must be better terms to greet a person other than "uncle" or "aunty" hor.. -.-"   
 
 At 9/15/2005 12:48:00 PM, Blogger moe bitched...
Yup, there is! "Ah Soh" and "Ah Pek"... duh! :p

Haha! I guess a simple "Mister" or "Miss" should suffice.   
 
 At 9/15/2005 06:54:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous bitched...
If I'm not wrong, it's actually illegal to sell food (icecreams and fozen pizzas etc) by going door to door. Read it on the Sunday paper some times ago.   
 
 At 9/15/2005 10:49:00 PM, Blogger moe bitched...
Hi Little Dowager,

That's interesting news! :) I will use this to scare them off next time.

Btw, welcome to my blog! :)   
 
 At 9/19/2005 11:17:00 PM, Blogger moe bitched...
Yes there are! The common foodstuff/drinks sold are Yakult/Vitagen and ice-cream.   
 
 At 9/20/2005 05:08:00 PM, Blogger Pkchukiss bitched...
For everyone's benefit, I must add that 7-11 is selling the Cornettos (Vanilla and Chocolate Vanilla flavours only) at $1.

So that you have leverage over all those door-to-door cute little boys who insist that their $1 cones are steep privileges.   
 
 At 9/20/2005 08:53:00 PM, Blogger moe bitched...
Thanks for the tip pkchukiss!   
 

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