Comments on: “Marketman’s Umbrella Stolen Despite High Security Detail for Asean Summit”

By: peanut

peanut — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:01:47 +0000

and yes,i went off my brain after the coins were thrown at me!but i did not cause a scene hehehehhehehe.i quietly asked for the manager took her to a quiet spot and expressed my anger in no uncertain terms.

By: peanut

peanut — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:48:57 +0000

last time i was in the philippines the checkout operator gave me hard candies for change.i refused to accept it.i was told to wait as they were going to get change.after a wait of about 15 minutes i went back to her and asked for the manager.when the manager turned up,i asked the person if they were still minting the money for my change!

then another incident,i was supposed to have a change of Php20. plus some change.i was only given the Php20.i was still waiting for the rest but it seemed the operator has finished her transaction with me!when i inquired about the rest of the change she actually threw the coins at me!i told her it’s not about the money but about simple COURTESY of being told she does not have the right change.i know this will sound trivial to mikel but it is about being courteuos to the people who are actually keeping you employed-the CUSTOMERS.

i don’t know why but the pinoys back home seem to take being treated as such hence the abuse as “normal”

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:31:03 +0000

peanut, funny you should mention "change" as rant topic, it was one of my earliest rants and a pet peeve... read the post here. Enjoy!

By: peanut

peanut — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:07:16 +0000

Geeeez mikel give it up!don’t you have a sense of humour?
Anyway,it does get to be irritating but they way you write it it had it’s funny side.i mean losing something.
i love the descriptions!
i’m sure we can all relate to this happening.lost baggage at the airport,lost “checked in” stuff but i’m glad you saw the funny side to it.
i’m sure mikel would love to read about the way i rant and rave about check out operators in the philippines asking you if you have change hahahahahahaahahahahah.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:55:02 +0000

mikel, I agree you are entitled to your opinion. But trivial to you may not be so trivial to me, and even if it was, I’ll write about it if I feel like it. Just skip the “trivial” or “whine-y” posts in future, you have a choice as to what you read…

By: mikel

mikel — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:58:22 +0000

yes MM, i agree with your comments. but lets keep this in perspective…it was just an umbrella. it could have been misplaced, damaged & disposed off, given out by mistake, etc.
yes you were whining. such a lengthy post on such a triviality.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:52:15 +0000

Hi MM, i am in stitches after reading this post. this reminds me a lot about my past work as a ‘hotelier’ in Brunei especially when we hosted the ASEAN summit ( and loads of other regional summits ) a few years ago with all the brouhaha and yes – the ‘headless chicken syndrome’ . . . i will never forget all those scowls – ‘light’ or otherwise that we’d get from irate delegates . . . hehehe . . . at least i never encountered a lost umbrella complaint – hehehe . . . but was caught in a really serious diplomatic tussle between two countries over room allocation and signage issue . . .

By: emz

emz — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:48:08 +0000

it gets really annoying if people lose the stuff that you entrust to them for safe keeping… its good that you asked them to replace it. which i think is just about fair. they lose something, they replace it. by the way, nice work with the “light scowl” hahaha. they got so scared of the “light scowl” that they gave you another free umbrella. geez, i wonder how people would react if you gave them the full on thunder, lightning and brimstone type of scowl hahahaha!

By: miej

miej — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:29:16 +0000

yeah MM, i agree with consol. why not come up with a book of all your posts? i’m a latecomer and just discovered your site latter part of 2006. since then i’ve been reading your previous posts beginning 2004, it will be great to have everything in one book. i’ll be one of the many who’ll be lining up to get a copy!

By: sha

sha — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:14:14 +0000

think you will soon need a subdomain for this kind of posts
;-)

murahin lang payong mo? hehehehe
I was discussing with my ex boss’ butler about umbrellas and he said “I warn you she will buy those one with leather handles for 250quid and u will get a headache checking on them hahaha!