Thursday, December 23, 2010 ' 8:48 PM
Well, the mascot job for Giant supermarket is finally finished last sunday. This job, maybe i can say, is both bad and good.
Bad: Sian the "supervisor" (inverted commas because i don't know what to address him as) sponsored my taxi fare and told me to bring back home the mascot and bring to the next location at the next shift or on the next day, by myself. Yeah free taxi home, but i gotta carry this big heavy red bag containing the mascot costume parts and another trolley bag containing the air pumper and misc things. Then got one time the balloon pumper told me to carry along another rather big cardboard box of sweets and chocolates, and bring to the next location. D:
Ok loh got taxi, if i don't bring along who can?
But the journey to the supermarket there itself from the taxi fare is still a bit sian, with and without that extra box.
That time when i was going to the Giant at Sembawang shopping centre basement, i was carrying the large red bag of mascot costume, pulling the trolley bag and struggling with that cardboard box all at one time.
And all the people i walked passed or who are around me just stared, stared and stared, and after that still want to look some more, but don't wanna bother offering any help to me.
I don't have any reindeers that Mr. Santa have, neither do i have a third arm, or tentacles or psychokinesis powers, it would be hard to think i can manage properly.
Ok loh, typical and standard singaporeans. So i just banged my way through, and knocked people here and there when they didn't respond to my "Ooi excuse me". And i was kinda in a bad mood too already.
Actually i am quite okay with doing these shit work assigned to me, but when i see all the people there only stared at me (and blocked my way some more) then i feel a little pissed.
Maybe, we won't offer help to strangers probably because,
1. Fear of rejection- many people like to say "Mind your own business lah, and don't interrupt."
2. Scared getting into unnecessary trouble- it isn't going to be funny when someone helps but he breaks things, or, later stock check then find out something missing then troublesome already.
3. People's mindset of :"Lololol i also won't gain any benefit and not paid, help for what? Some more he is stranger lehxxxx. And my mama always tell me don't talk to strangers or take their sweets alsoooo."
And despite the bad things (plus some other misc. ones not mentioned), there are probably many good things about this job.
Good:
1. THE SANTARINAS ARE ALL PRETTY LADIES !!
Well, for the 4 days of work, there are different ladies coming, dressed up as female santa and helped gave out balloons and sweets as well.
It seems from what i see, it could be that they might be models being called to come down for some extra work for cash. (One of them, i think, have similar height as i do or a bit shorter...YEAAAAHHHHHH!)
2. Break time
Awesome since every 30min in mascot i have 15min break, and this 15min no one kept track of time for me to tell me it's time to come out of the break room. (means i can cheat, but of course i didn't, since i am Jackson, and half the time i came out even only when 8min had passed...)
So it's like, an hour's wage feels way more than the stated $7. (break time didn't minus the wage)
3. Assume a different persona
I would be called a weirdo, or a pedophile even, if i acted like i do in a mascot costume but didn't wear the mascot. LOL.
Anyway, i probably wouldn't ever, in my lifetime, be that lovable and well-liked without that mascot costume, and also wouldn't be able to make so many children and parents smile and happy as well.
AND PLUS without it, i won't get to camwhore with so many people also since i ain't a celebrity or a Korean.
4. Experience
I have about 4 more months before i go waste my life and become a dog for 2 years, i.e. go army.
So i want to try out as many different kinds of jobs as i can in this period of time, and partly for fun as well.
(And since after NS, jumping careers in the workforce probably won't be well-liked by employers as it shows that one isn't committed.)
That said, i still hope that my contract for my current delivery attendant job will be extended, as it will end at the end of this month.
In this job, i am quite clumsy and blur (expected), screw up many times and the main driver had to tell me what to do, kinda disappointed in myself sometimes, but then still, i get to spend a little less than half the time travelling and resting in the lorry.
Nice.
But if it won't get extended, i wonder what's the next kind of job i will go try.
Sleep with the trauma that kept you sleepless
