“You Wan Buy PlastiCKbag At 10¢ Each?”

Okay, first things first, my mistake. I don't think peaches are quite in. But I still like the colour, so I'm just gonna continue wearing my peach-coloured tee.

And also, to say I love pink is misleading because it comes across as being princess-y. I love MAGENTA, instead.

So back to my main point:

I went shopping at Ikea Tampines today. I had no idea they were literal in stating that it's a 'self-serve' kinda thing. So much so that I didn't feel quite served as a customer, therefore not much customer service to talk about. And having close-to-none customer service is much worse than having bad customer service.

So I toted their ghastly yellow trashy Ikea shopping bag and plonked in quite a few items: knives and glassware and pots and pans and such(I said cooking is the in thing, right?!).

At check-out, I heaved the ghastly bag onto the conveyor belt. Then the nice cashier told me, “You have to take the items out of the bag,”

Okay... But it really wouldn't hurt for her to take it out herself right? It's not THAT many items in my bag... Then I think I caught a glimpse of a notice stating that we should place our items so that the barcode faces the cashier. Perhaps to ensure efficient check-out flow. But for God's sake!, do I really have to arrange every item so that the freaking UPC stares dead in the cashier's face?!

Then she asks the golden question, “You wan buy plastiCKbag at 10¢ each?” (Word for word, okay! Silent 't', strong 'ck'. And yeah, plastiCKbag is ONE fucking word, kays?)

At first I was taken aback by her question. I thought, “What audacity!” But I replied, “Yeah, sure!”

Then she fucking chuck the plastiCKbag at me! I came to the startling realisation that I had to even pack my own shit... 我靠！then她站在那边摆美啊？！呸！人也不美咯！… 烦leh！

(Translation: Dang! Then what the fuck is she there for?! For ornamental purposes? *spits* Hardly ornate at all! 'Tis a frustrating thing.)

OMG, since I paid electronically, I was thinking I should probably swipe my own card, key my PIN and complete the transaction myself since they're so adamant on* the self-serve policy. Heck, I want to be the one scanning my items too! Then the cashier can just sit and watch while acting ornate(keyword is 'act'. Which suggests the non-existence of beauty and the need to feign).

I mean, company policies aside, out of good will, she could have at least helped me to pack my barang-barang right? Plus it's freaking Monday for God's sake! Can you imagine the crowd at check-out?! Well, by right you shouldn't be able to because there is N O N E. It's so bloody desolate that most of the cashiers end up 打苍蝇而已…

So I only had to assume that she'd rather swat flies than help me pack my stuff...

*P.S. On a total unrelated note, wrong usage of word with 'adamant'. Remember how we should all be advocates of good English? Okay, 'adamant' used in the right context. Just that you are adamant about something. Not adamant on something. Kays?