July 18, 2006

Goody-2-shoes-in-your-face

Ms Goody-two-shoes wanted a drink. She decided to get a pack of sugarcane juice. It's cheaper and healthier than a 2-freaking-bucks Iced Lemon Tea from KFC.

She walked past a snack hut. She saw that water chestnut drink is being sold there. Uhuh. Not what she wanted. As she was walking away, she saw a machine that she thought looked like a sugarcane juice-making machine beside the water chestnut drink thingy.

She traced her steps and asked the stall uncle if he sold sugarcane juice. Uncle was grouchy. Uncle said he sold the 'brother' of sugarcane, i.e. water chestnut. Ha-ha. So not funny.

But Ms Goody-two-shoes being so goody, and having honestly mistaken that machine for a sugarcane juice-making machine, simply said, 'oh, I thought that was the machine for sugarcane juice.'

Grouchy uncle was not expected to respond and Ms Goody-two-shoes would have said her thanks and walked away.

Grounchy uncle had to redundantly remarked that Ms Goody-two-shoes should have read the sign properly. And, that she should have read the 'menu' properly if she had wanted to buy anything at all.

I think Grouchy uncle didn't get this - she didn't want to buy anything. All she wanted was an answer to a relatively simple question.

Anyway, Ms Goody-two-shoes simply walked away. Pissed.

xxx

My new resolution

Is to not walk away from grouchy hawker uncles.

For 2 days consecutive, I have the misfortune of meeting 2 grouchy hawker uncles. One sells fishball noodles and the other, all kinds of snacks, except the one I desired.

The next time an uncle has to exhibit his grouchiness towards me, my resolution is that I will stay at the exact spot where I've been pissed and rebuke.

Like, 'Uncle, you only have to answer a simple question. Yes is yes. No is no. That will be all that is needed.'

No more Goody-two-shoes.

Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 21:57