Exchange of the week:


Girl (happily enjoying her Oreo McFlurry as she heads back to office after lunch) is stopped midway by a grinning Malay/Indian/Eurasian guy with a suspicious agenda.

SGM (Suspicious Grinning Man): Hi Mdm, can I talk to you about... (stopped mid-sentence by Girl with Oreo)

GWO (Girl With Oreo): I'm sorry, I'm in a rush. Heading back to office.. (gesturing towards the office building as GWO continues walking)

SGM: It'll only take 30 seconds, Mdm. I want to talk to you about a donation for children (blah blah blah)...

Note to reader: Although calling a decently-clad lady "Mdm" is pretty courteous, be careful of over-usage as it makes Girl feel OLD (a MAJOR taboo, tsk tsk).

GWO (starting to feel irritated now): Sorry.. (Continues walking and ignores SGM)

SGM (delivers an ultimatum): Don't you believe in charity, Mdm?

Ah-hah!

Dear reader, at this point, please note that SGM has committed 2 (2!) major boo-boos!

For your own well-being (in case you should ever bump into a GWO when doing similar part-time jobs), never never never persist on being a leech when your "prey" has made it obvious that he/she is not interested. It may be that time of the month (for the female), it may be that Man U just lost to Arsenal the night before (for the male), but NEVER NEVER NEVER over-step that boundary. Clinging on despite an early refusal not only shows a lack of courtesy for the other party, it also goes to indicate just how desperate a salesman you are.

Secondly (boo-boo no. 2), NEVER NEVER use emotional blackmail (especially when it comes to donations and such). They can back-fire badly (REAL BADLY) in your face, as the rest of the drama shows.


Flashback:

SGM (in a slightly accusing tone): Don't you believe in charity, Mdm?

GWO (mightily mightily pissed off now, looks at him from the corner of her right eye, and says in a deadly tone): Yah, I'm heartless. (Never letting her pace fall all the time)

SGM (clearly taken aback at her reaction, his signature grin has been wiped off clean from his face by now, is lost for words for just a second, and stammers): Then you're just part of 1%. (1% of what, you moron? Of the genius clan??!!)

GWO pretends not to hear, and continues walking, all the while enjoying her Oreo McFlurry.


Moral of the story if you did not understand anything at all from the above exchange:

NEVER DISTRACT A GIRL FROM HER OREO MCFLURRY WHEN SHE NEEDS IT BIG-TIME. OR YOU WILL SUFFER BIG-TIME TOO. THANK YOU.