I am not a good customer ,I know that and why should I be the timid, polite consumer who never questions anything , simply ask for a product , get it and go home happily,satisfied. I am of a different breed I like to keep track of my every penny , I will be satisfied only when i know i have spent it on the right person (wink! wink!)or right thing. After all money is important and saving is earning. And by law, I have the right to look at things, question it , get satisfied to the inner core and still have a choice to not buy it .
There have been times when I merely landed in the trolls situations , yes ,yes I am talking about the same troll meme pages which you see on face book .
I will start with fruit sellers. Trust me , they hate me more than we hate our elected leaders.No, I am not exaggerating , Still, you don't believe it ?
Ok, I will tell you some incidents
It was May, Mango season (Pardon me, if I already made you feel salivating) .I had a peculiar habit of smelling the mango before purchasing it .I know it does sound weird but try this one , try it,smell mango and if the smell of the succulent impinges on your olfactory sense profoundly, add in your cart or otherwise go to another cart. What happened was , I went to the fruit seller cart , while I was doing my ritual , he retorted :"what are you doing madam ,you are spoiling my mangoes, don't touch it !" As if my mere touch will diffuse it or change the chemical composition of it . I call it Troll 1.
Next: Troll 2
I went to another cart ,while I was doing my normal picking up, he cried and questioned my existence as a human being , he retaliated:"Madame, insaan thodi naa sunghate hain " . trolled again!!
Next :Troll 3
I went to purchase rubber bands (not hair rubber hands), normal bands that we use in everyday . He showed me a packet of 35-40 bands.I asked for the price: he replied 100 . I , very politely gave all the blame to my damn ears and eventually that turned out to be a scapegoat , I asked him to repeat again the price
le He:100
la me:Are you kidding me? 35 bands-100 Rs. Kuch bhi!!
le He:Madam, look at MRP. We have to sell at MRP only by law.
la me: MRP is maximum retail price, you cannot exceed the price after that but you can always give things below it .(I cursed myself for bringing this statement)
le He: Arey, you don't know the law and order .We have to give at MRP otherwise there will be consequences.
*trolled* I was more upset by the fact that Do I look like some cretin or what that people give me these lame statements?
Troll 4:
I went to purchase Amul Tazaa tetra pack milk from a super market.And the (epic) conversation went like:
He: You have to buy the entire carton . I won;t sell loose . If we sell the whole carton we get 5Rs.
me: Bhaiya , if you earn 10 paise on one , at the end of the day , you will earn 5 Rs. The difference is you earn in installments .
He: No, I cannot afford to make a loss n this.
Me: There are so many students in this locality who won't be having loss.
He:I am in business for 25 years that is not even your age. You don't even know what business.
Sure, I don't even know an iota of Business but aren't we talking about rationality here?
Troll 5:
I went with a friend to a near by Bakery shop to have a sandwich.
Me:Why don't you start selling your sandwich in our college ?
He:Ask your college canteen people to come and contact me .
(I re looked at the shoppe and there were just two of us as customer)
He: I am a very busy man.
Yeah , right!! He must be very busy in ignoring his business opportunities. busy world ,I tell you.
Troll 6:
Scene :Mobile shop.While showcasing some handsets, I enquired about some technical classification.
Me: How is the blue tooth in this one ?
He: This is newest version.
Me: Which blue tooth version?
He: The newest one !!
Me:Version?
He:Bluetooth is the best in this one . I use this phone and it transfers data quickly.
Me: v2.0 or v3.0?
He :both!!
I am very sure in every of these incidents logic and common sense must have cried on each other's shoulders , realising how under utilized they are?!
I will not go to more cynical mode , already it is an overdose. Neither will I go preachy , I will end it up here so that it can just be called an anecdote.
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