Stocking
Thursday, 16 December, 2004
General | 笔者: Twinsmom
Read Dr. Liew’s “socks” remind me a story about a couple and a pair of torn stocking:
6 years ago, I was working in a bead shop in One Utama.
The shop besides selling all sorts of beads, also different type of string.
Some people will want us to design the accessory for them, some prefer to DIY.
Usually the price wouldn’t come cheap after add on the workmanship charges.
So some customer after heard the quotation will opt to DIY, and usually we will give some advice on the basic beginning.
So one fine day came this pair of couple, both late 30’; the woman flat looking, got a lot acne scars on her face, still talk and act like a 18 years old girl, point here and there in the shop, like this one like that one. The guy short and fat, act like 50 years old man, know this and know that.
The 30/18 point to the anklet, asked what it is? Too big for hand, too short for neck. One of the staff said it is anklet, for leg, if she want can pick the beads then we make and we charge blah blah blah…
Than the 30/50 act creative:
“Ai yah, this one very easy, just tide here and there, knot here and there only, I can make for you, don’t waste your money on the workmanship.”
The staff retreated and gesture to me: “Kiam siap.”
Then we both sit down and see show lor.
The 30/50 required us to cut exactly ¾ meter of string for him, because previously the staff said that is the length for making an anklet mah.
Then he hold the string on his knee measuring 30/18’s ankle, and 30/18 start telling him how she wants the anklet to look like—like slipper can make a loop on the toe, quite fashionable at that time, she saw one readymade wan on the shelf, she also wants one like that.
30/50 then asked 30/18 to take off her shoe, because he can’t get the right measurement with her hoes on, so she mah took off her shoe lor.
“Walau eh…” the staff tried so hard to hold back his laugh, until his face turn red, the forehead also purple liao, I think my face also about the same. That was the only time I hold a laugh like that.
After 18/30 took off her shoe, what appear in our eyes was a very torn stocking wear on this woman’s feet, but her toes all show, in between her toes still got a string of cliffhanging stocking refuse to let go each other, so baru her stocking still can hold on at her feet, and not scroll back up to her leg.
And amazingly, she don’t feel a bit of embarrass, so as the guy wor.
Then they carry on their measuring, torturing me, the staff, and few others customers.
Then the customers can’t tahan also, quickly ran out from the shop, and I bet I heard them laugh at the corner.
That was real torture man…and she took off another shoe as well, said afraid of two feet different size wor.
Same one another foot.
Finally they got the measurement right, but before she wear her shoe back, one of their companion came in after browsing the next store.
“WAH! LEI-YAO-MO-GAO-CHOU? 你有无搞错! The stocking torn like that you still wear?”
I really cannot tahan anymore, quickly ran to the small store room behide the shop, grab a sweater covered my mouth, laugh till my lung drop.
I can do that because I am the store supervisor mah, but pity the staff lor, stand outside the face turns purple.
And the 30/18 still can defenses:
“Still can wear what, after wear the shoe you can’t see a thing.”
“Ya lor, ya lor, nevermind lar.” 30/50 said.
Then their friend said:
“Lei-dei-zan-hei-juit-dai-shiong-giu 你地真是绝代双骄.” (two of you are the ultimate couple)
After the couple left, the staff didn’t laugh as I was expected, I asked him why? He said:
“Tahan too long, can’t laugh liao 忍得太久，笑不出来了.”
Poor guy.
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