Yesterday i had trouble understanding people
a man approached me and as usual,
they would usually ask for directions
but this guy, he just showed me his boarding pass
and pointed to the time of his flight
ok so it's 10.40pm.. so?
he didnt ask anything and expect me to understand what he's asking
think he dont speak English
after some time, i realize what he wants
and so i pointed him towards his boarding gate
i can read minds or what? haha
it was already 11 plus and 2 japanese passengers came
they wanted to buy fresh cut orchids
i told them they have to declare the cut flowers upon arrival
they gave me a blur look
maybe they don't understand the word, declare
"You have to inform the custom that you're bringing in cut flowers."
another blur look
and then, they started talking to me in Japanese
"Sorry ma'am. I dont understand. "
it's like cats and dogs trying to communicate you know
suddenly, they're scared they cant bring in flowers
i told them they could bring in, just need to declare
they decided to give up on the declaring part
the first lady paid for her flowers
and gave me cash
i keyed in and passed her the change when she ask me to wait
and gave me a voucher
i had to cancel the transaction
it's been a some time since i last did one
i start to panic for once
while trying to figure it out, the lady showed me a magazine
with japanese wordings on it
i think it's some kind of guide of the goods that you could bring into the country
this time, i gave them the blur look
and they were like "Oh oh."
yes, oh oh.. i dun understand
the other lady also paid by voucher for her flowers
they made me so confused
that i keyed in the voucher's serial number wrongly into the system
and had to do another cancellation
after they were gone, i checked my sales with the computer system
i was so scared it didnt tally
but luckily it did
cos it's already 12am and i cant afford to have any mistakes
it would take me some time to correct it
i went to the money changer cos i have some US dollar
when i pass the money to the lady at the counter,
she looked at it carefully
i was like oh shit.. dun tell me it's counterfeit
when we accept foreign money from passengers,
especially US dollar, we have to check
luckily the money was real
that lady gave me a shock! haha