The end of the 1st week of preceptorship... (a.k.a attachment/IA/ etc.)
It was tiring, stressful, enriching and interesting all in one...
I was super blur on the 1st day... customers just walked in and ask for a particular brand.. some customers would be happy that you are actually helping them to find even though you do not know where the product is.. but some are not too happy... i got a few "what-a-lousy-salesgirl" look from some customers.. @_@ people just walked in to ask where's the toilet and where to buy oranges o_O... and the round round white balls you put in wardrobe to repel cockroaches... hmm...
on one of the days, this rich tai-tai came in looking for Biotherm (said in her high class English accent).. I didnt understand her.. and she said "well, if you havent heard of it, i guess you all dont have it.." Well, she's right... We dont have Biotherm... Then she went to look at Vichy (another brand of cosmetics/skincare) but the promoter wasnt there... and she asked me whether the cream she holding is a face cream... erm.. it was like my 2nd or 3rd day... and i was still trying very hard to memorise where all the products are and she asked me to recommend skincare??? I wanted to help her read through the label and explain to her.. BUT she pulled away the cream and said to me "When you are selling something, you should know it well.. " o_O O_O O_o
I learned to be the cashier yesterday and i like it! hahaa... cause when you are at the cashier, you get to see more people.. and most of these people will smile at you and say THANK YOU! which is great... at the pharmacy counter, they are usually sick and in pain... so they are most probably grumpy and all...
and we realised the pharmacist is really important... cause we can't sell Pharmacy Only medications without the pharmacist being there...
hmmm.. the pharmacy assistants are nice people also... funny... and helpful...
our preceptor is great.. she has passion in doing what she does... so she explains a lot to us.. and teaches us a lot of things.. sometimes it's really quite a lot..hehe.. the other pharmacist is really nice as well.. she's more a sales person i felt.. so she showed us sales analysis etc.
the stress part, my partner is smart! and i'm not... so i dont know a lot of things.. haihz... stress... and the homework that we have to do.. plus i try to read up more cause my memory of medicines is almost zero.. and my pharmacology is like o_O ... haihs... hopeless... me...
and i have difficulty explaining some things in Mandarin.. what do you call "mildness" and "calming" in mandarin? @_@ and i had to convince customers about the skincare products.. one of the customers today said that Guardian is not a good store cause it doesnt sell wrapping paper... o_O huh?? i even showed her where she can get wrapping paper le... then she asked me whether the biscuits we sell are expired... I showed her that the expiry date is Aug 2008 and she said "whoa! so long.. sure got preservatives..." ermm.... explains to her nicely why have to have preservatives and all.. then she decided she should buy sweets instead cause sweets got no/less preservatives? maybe... ok..now i feel bad bloggin about this poor customers... at least the preservative auntie was nice and understanding... unlike *ahem* tai-tai...
on the good side, there are really appreciative customers that will say please, thank you's and smile.. plus point if the customer is good looking.. wahaha... there are some!
there are a lot of foreigners in Funan... dont know why.. is it like a tourist destination or something? yesterday, i saw this super cute little boy with afro red hair... and he was wearing a cap but his hair was too big for the cap so the cap just sits on top of his hair.. very cute! haha... we do get some cute ang moh kids running in and out of the shop... hahaha....
today, there was this funny woman who called the shop and asked for a favour... "can you help me check whether the Funan atrium still has a stall that sells embroidery cushion covers?" I ran out to check for her... lolz... It was the last day.. great sales.. 3 for $10! super cheap...
very tiring work for the feet...
and i'm super happy cause today is Friday! i dont work tomorrow.. not that i dont enjoy working.. I just dont enjoy waking up early and sit in the bus for 40mins to get to work.. tonight is Germany vs Argentina! but i'm not watchin cause i dont have cable.. great... i'm just goin to online and wait for result... even greater... not goin out to watch cause i'm poor.. i'm like really really poor! i can't believe it.. i'm desperately poor.. yea.. cause i ate McD yesterday and Ajisen Ramen today... with a salary of $5 per day, I'm super exceeding my allowance.. super sucky.... anyway, back to Happy Friday.. I just watched my last 2 episodes of Grey's Anatomy.. love it.. but i dont have supply anymore.. how? o_O and i'm happy today cause i'm going over to ky and sw's room to talk my night away... without fear of not completing homework.. great!
