Oi! Hear ye! Hear ye!

I overheard a couple of interesting conversations over the last couple of days..."no, I was not eaves dropping!". The kind that will make you go "huh? wtf is wrong with his/her hearing?" "someone speaking in some native language?"

Well, I thought it would be light and easy kinda blog today and share them with you. Ahem! here goes:

CONVERSATION 1: At a bakery cafe in Ikano, queuing up behind this lady:

WOMAN : Hi, I would like to order, pls?

WAITER (speaks with heavy Filipino accent) : Of course ma'am.

WOMAN : *pause*.....errr...do u accept credit cards?

WAITER (smiling politely) : No, so sorry.

WOMAN : ok, no problem. Can I order now?

WAITER : Yes, what would u like ? (his hands ready to punch into the cash register)

WOMAN : u don't accept cards?

WAITER (still smiling politely) : No, ma'am.

WOMAN : Ok ok, am sorry...so give me a rosemary chicken sandwhich, combo meal, pls.

WAITER (punches order into cash register) : that will be RMXX.XX

WOMAN : *whips out her credit card* !!!!!!

I swear, I was that close to throwing my mobile phone at her, as she obviously didn't realize what a terribly hungry psycho bitch is capable of doing! But I gotta give respect to the waiter for being so so patient and keeping that smile on. Could have been worse if I was the waitress behind that counter *hehehe*...COS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SCENARIO:

ME (smiles at lady) : ello! what would you like to order, pls?

WOMAN : Do you accept credit cards?

ME (rolls eyes and trying to keep the smile) : No madam, as you can see..we have no signages that says we accept ANY form of cards...*keeps smile on*

WOMAN: Oh, ok, can I order then?

ME : Of course ! (*you moron or what??? make your bloody order lah!*)

WOMAN : I would like the rosemary herb chicken sandwhich combo pls.

ME : That would be RM XX.XX CASH (*note emphasis*)

WOMAN : *whips out credit card*

ME : Didn't I tell you just now that we DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS!

CONVERSATION 2 : traveling in a car with a friend when he received a call from one of his client's PA

FRIEND : Oh hi XXX (*names have been omitted for privacy purposes*)

FRIEND : Ok, u can e mail it to me. Do u hv my e mail address?

*Caller must have asked for the address, cos of this:*

FRIEND : Pls e mail it to xxx@na....what? u can't hear me? I said xxx@n...N for Norway, A for Australia, Q for Quebec...sorry, you want me to repeat that again ??? *friend sighs*

*Friend repeats the e mail address...barely 10 seconds...this happens:*

FRIEND : No no, it is not U , I said Q for Quebec...what? u want me to spell QUEBEC??? *shows a fist at the phone*...

It is funny how people don't realize the importance of being able to listen and not hear - there is a difference between the two! Personally, it annoys me to the MAX when after all the explaining has been done, only then you realize that non-whatsoever that was said, had been understood. As the old saying goes, there is a reason why God gave us a pair of ears and ONE mouth...definitely not for aesthetics reason!

Listen, not hear!