Wednesday, April 20, 2005

lesson #166: thou shalt not...

Remind me to never go to a school bash again? If I'm ever tempted to go, just say the magic words ('gotham penthouse'). Please. Save me.


The first of many wrong things which happened was the bag counter. There wasn't a bag counter. Or lockers. Or pigeon holes, or even a freaking IKEA shoe rack where you can just dump your bags. WTH? They organized a bash and they didn't even think of the availability of a locker service??? Or at least, do tell us ladies that there won't be any lockers available in advance. So that at least we'd know before hand.


Secondly, the organizers were darn rude. I know when you're stressed out, you tend to be quickly short-tempered and attitude-y and the only thing you care about is to just do the job and make sure everything runs smoothly. I know! I've been freaking there. And because I know, I also know that politeness goes along way. Being nice makes both you and the person you're interacting with feel TONS better. When you're gruff and abrupt it leaves a very bad impression. G was pissed too, so I know I'm not the only one being rubbed the wrong way.


Thirdly, this one freaking bartender didn't even know how to serve freaking kahlua. At first I ordered Brown Cow and he said he didn't know. So okay, let's change to an easier one. Just serve me a freaking kahlua on the rocks. Then HE got frustrated, because he still didn't know. He didn't even know how to mix Baileys with milk! Oh God! Please, if you can't serve, get off the freaking bar! Or tell us straight away that you're not familiar with the drinks, and fetch another guy over. Hey, it's not as if the bar was crowded during the order. It was around 2 to 3 am and only a few people were sitting round the bar.


It was nice dancing with Maggie again (who now has curly hair!), dancing with the dance girls, Zhi, Yang, etc. Chang Qi was hilarious. And I'm not sure if Andri was floating in clouds half of the time I see him, he was just swaying around like a drunken master.


But oh, those little highlights couldn't make up for the general pissy-offness that I felt. I definitely had had better nights before. Ugh. Couldn't even avoid seeing people I don't like.


Jing - NEXT WEEK! Me gonna wear the black top.