Testing My Already Thin Patience

It is funny how everything seems to come together.

Episode 1
I was rushing to meet the alloted time slot for school uniform purchase at the school. I thought I should just grab a Koi tea before I head down. I was thrilled to learn that there was only 1 customer in front of me. Guess what? He ordered 20 cups of bubble tea!!!! These were only half of what he had ordered. Why? Why? Why?

Episode 2
I made it in time for the uniform and had to rush off after that to run another errand. I was almost late. At the uniform stall, there was 1 other parent before me. She took a long time to decide on the size to buy and the sales cannot multitask; she can only serve 1 customer at one time.

The decision for the parent before me was "complicated" when the size of the shorts that she wanted was sold out. I was wondering if I should start drawing a decision matrix to help her. She FINALLY made her choice but prolonged my agony by asking for separate packing, extra plastic bag, whatever. Aaarrrgggghhhhh. Then she kept reassuring herself and seeking assurance from the sales that the bigger size shorts that she had bought is about the same as the 2 size smaller shorts that she originally wanted. Please, kids grow up, your kid will definitely one day fit into those. Just go. Please!

The equally slow sales had to reply her..... Oh gosh, I felt like I was Judy in Zootopia, watching in agony as Flash retold the 3-hump camel joke to his colleague. Can cry.

By the way, I got the uniform purchased in under 5 mins.

Episode 3
Zaky needed a new pair of shoes. He wears out shoes at supersonic speed. He had also dated his friends to play at poolside at 6.30pm, which I disallowed bcos exams are around the corner and we have revisions to do.  Maybe bcos he didnt have the avenue to expel his energy, he was super hyper when we were in Bata JP.

We easily locked our eyes on what we wanted and waited for like 5 minutes for the sales to tell out that they ran out of size. We chose another similar design and it was at least another 5 mins for the sales to come back with the only bigger size left and it was obviously too big.

We opted for something different and the sales disappeared into the backroom again. Throughout the wait, Zaky was like a crazy monkey, jumping from chair to chair, trying his turning kick, doing his limbo rock imitation by lying down on the floor and whatever crazy stunts you can think so. I so bloody wanted the shoes and to get out of the shop.

The wait was so painful. The backroom is so big that it took so long to locate one pair of shoes? I had to plead with the other sales in the store to go help her colleague. Finally, after an antagonising wait, we got the shoes. I no longer care if they are the best ones; I just want to pay and go.

Why these people have to test me?

Mummy Lim