Saturday, July 30
I went to NIE to buy my SM (Strategic Mgt la...) textbooks on Fri, and the uncle there was so kind!
There was a really long queue extending all the way to the entrance, and if I were to join the queue, it might take one hour or so. *sianz* Then at the entrance there, I saw some piles of books there, probably coz they had no place elsewhere to place them. And I saw my SM textbook there!
There was an old uncle there, probably a sales assistant there. So I asked him politely that I just wanted to buy a textbook, which is just there right in front of him, and since it's just ONE textbook, must I queue too?So he just took the book I wanted, and led me all the way to the cashier in front. His colleague sorta asked and he replied that it's just one textbook I wanted, so what for join the queue? Therefore, I got priority queue and bought my textbook in 5 mins despite a long long queue! And I got a free foolscape pad too!
The lessons I learnt:
1. Ask and you shall receive. Many times, we think "cannot, cannot" before we even asked, and we do not ask in the end because we expect to be rejected. Mine is just a simple request here, but sometimes, there are more difficult requests and we may feel paiseh in asking. But, who knows the result, right?
2. Be polite when asking for requests. I believe there are occasions when we forget to smile or say a "please" when asking for favours, from both strangers and friends. Or we forgot to add a "thank you" when our favours are completed. In fact, we should be courteous always, not only when asking people for favours.
3. Know precisely what you want before asking for favours. I know what textbook I want beforehand and I could recognise it there. Thus everything went smoothly. When asking people for requests, we should always explain clearly what we want, else the other party would be confused as well.
Once again, thank u NIE uncle!
