Tuesday, June 15, 2010
It's been a long time since I wrote down actual LISTS of things to do, but that's what's happening now. Weekends are completely packed, with 3 huge things happening at almost the same time. I'm just glad this is happening during the NS period - I'd just have done away with everything if I were still in hospital now.
We went scouting with my parents for faucets etc for the new place, and got nowhere near deciding. The first stop was this AWFUL place called Viva Nueva kitchen & bathroom gallery at Balestier Rd, which was recommended by a family friend in the construction business. It was pretty ok, and we had more or less decided on which fittings to purchase, when one of the staff told me I'm not allowed to take pictures. Hello, woman, I'm like buying the set already. And all the previous toilet fitting places allowed me to take all the pictures I wanted. You're selling toilet accessories, not some top-secret classified material worthy of 007's attention. It smacked of pettiness, overpricing (good retailers with competitive pricings wouldn't care less if you took pictures of even their pricelist) and overall poor service, so I cancelled the entire order and walked out. On the other hand, the other shop we went into had a different range and an oh-so-different attitude. I'd been there before, and took several reference PHOTOGRAPHS, and even now the lady went out of her way to measure various fittings for me.
In contrast to the absolutely shameful service at that Viva Nueva place, we had another happy experience yesterday at Golden River Shoes at Katong Shopping Centre. The proprietor's son was absolutely helpful during our search, and was all smiles throughout. We went home with a latin practice shoe for me, and a customised order for Yx. Crap ... the expenses this month. =(
Wenky
9:17 AM
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