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Friends and collegues!

It's almost 8 pm, another day is almost over.  Don't feel like I have acomplished anything today.  Today is my brother's B-day.  I am a terrible sister I forgat to call him today. He's at work now so there's no point.  My sister left for NY today with her class.  I hope she's going to have a good time visiting art galleries and museums.  It's been a while since my last trip to a gallery or a museum, should add this to my "to do list".  I am sooo lazy.  I'll try to get some work done.

adios

it's been a while since my last update.  School, essays, nerves, etc.  So, I wasn't in the mood to update.  Today was kind of interesting.  Dima and I have a tradition to fight on Saturday morning.  This Saturday wasn't any different.  I woke up, went to the living room, he was already sitting there playing x-box--Lord of the Rings.  So we fought for a little, then we made up and decided to go downtown, after a little more of fighting we finaly left the house.  We parked on Queen st. a block or two east of Eaton center.  We decided to go West because there are a bunch of interesting shops over there.  As we were crossing Bay st we saw a crowd of people and a bunch of police cars.  Well, curiosity won, and we went to see what was going on there.  Bay st. was blocked for movie shooting.  The police cars were part of the set.  I guees the movie is set in Detroit because that what was written on the police cars 'detroit police department'.  Anyhow, we saw Samuel L Jackson and Eugene Levi. 

gotta go, details after

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There exist an indefinite number of customers; I however, have identified a number of types that I find to be very annoying.  I learned how to deal with them, nonetheless, I hate them.  

Number 3:  Can you find me a color to mach customer.  Ok, ladies and gentlemen, do you see how many fabrics we have?  There is a very, very, very, very small chance you’ll find that emerald green tone of the dress you used to wear to high school in the 60s.  NOT A CHANCE.  Every time something gets died in the factory, even if it is supposedly the same color there would be a slight variation in the tone.  So please stop bugging people like us.  Some of these people settle for a slightly different color.

Number 2: Is a quarter of a meter going to cost me $25 customer.  The problem with these folks is that they generally don’t know how to count, or read for a matter of a fact.  Every time someone like that approaches me, I save the time for explanation.  I just show them how the amount of whatever they cut is being multiplied by the price.  I apologize if my hand writing is not clear, but other than that I cannot do anything.  LEARN TO READ AND COUNT.  It is never too late; it is also very useful for preventing mistakes and being overcharged.

Number 1:  Hello, hello customer.  These people really piss me off.  Whichever country they came from, they don’t have a clue about polite ways to ask for help.  EXCUSE ME.  CAN I GET YOU TO HELP ME?  Even something less sophisticated like, CAN YOU HELP ME, would work.  Every time I hear people calling me, HELLO, HELLO, I understand it as being pure disrespect.  I am sure that many of those who work in retail would agree with me.  One explanation I have is that ‘hello’ is an appropriate form in some countries, and probably it does not signify disrespect.  You’re in Canada now; I think that it’s about time to learn some customs, and appropriateness.

So this is my list of the most annoying customers.  If anyone has anymore ideas don’t hesitate to share.  Next time I am going to list the nicest customers.  These people are usually very polite and generally quite creative which makes it an interesting experience to help them. 

Well, all that some other time.  Now I have to finish a few assignments for school.