Being pregnant, tired and extremely lethargic seems to be making me a meaner person..
2 weeks ago, my Philips hair straightener went bogus again. When i switch it on, it switches off automatically within 2 seconds. I got so pissed that i wrote a complaint letter and emailed it to a few email addresses i found on the Philips website. Ever since i bought this hair straightener, I have sent it at least 3 times to their service center in Toa Payoh. The last time being in August / September this year. And they always give me a new piece as replacement. It's only been 2 months since i got the new replacement, and now this. And everytime i have to go without the straightener for a few days or sometimes even weeks while waiting for Philips to get me a replacement. As if i don't already look ugly enough, i had to bear with messy hair.
Anyway, in my email, I kind of "exploded", claiming that their product is extremely disappointing, that i am NOT going to go down to their Toa Payoh service center anymore because I am pregnant and tired, that they have caused me a lot of inconvenience, and i even demanded that they give me a different model and deliver it right to my door step. Few days later, i got a call from Philips. The result? They came to my house to collect the faulty set, went back to test it, said there was nothing wrong, and delivered the same set back to my house few days later. So far, it's been working fine. But if it fails on me again, i am going to give them hell. = )
Also, I haven't been exactly that nice to my suppliers / vendors recently. The way i speak to them i guess.. cause some of them really make me lose my patience. I asked for a quotation for some carton boxes yesterday via email, with an attachment that already specified all the dimensions. Then this sales guy can still call me and ask me questions about things i already stated in my email attachment. So i got impatient and rather sacarstic with him.
Yesterday afternoon, while i was strolling along the street in front of Isetan Scotts, i was approached by this young girl asking for donations for people who didn't have money to buy food. She was representing this orgnization that gave away free food for these poor people, most of them elderly folks. So mean old me started asking her a series of questions that eventually left her dumb founded.
First, i asked her where these old folks live. She told me they lived in small HDB flats. So i asked her how come they can afford to have a place to stay but cannot afford to eat. Then she told me maybe their children is paying for the HDB flats. So i commented that it's rather strange that their children would pay for their parents' lodging but not feed them.
Secondly, i asked her where these old folks come from, and whether the organization screens them before giving them free food. She said no, they just provide free food to whoever comes and queue at the center. So i asked her how then is the center supposed to know if these people are REALLY poor, or just pretending to be poor? She kept emphasizing throughout our conversation that these people are just eldery people, that they are old folks, as if old people are the most pathetic and miserable people in the world.
So i commented that there are a lot of old people around who are much richer than you think. I then smiled at her, donated $2, and told her that I was just giving her something to think about before she asked people for donations. When i told K about it, he said i was just being mean to the girl.. To me, i feel that people should know and understand the cause they are working for rather than just doing it blindly.
Well, maybe I am becoming a mean mama, that's why these days, i just don't feel like going out anymore. I guess the less i go out, the lower the chances that i will meet someone who annoys me and causes me to be mean to them.. = )
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