Originally posted by cyberr1981:
As you all know, the gold prices is very high now. but
still got ppl buying.
Yours truly was at a goldsmiths shop yesterday to buy jewellery.
There were 2 customers being served when i got there. Being just
next to them, I could hear clearly all their conversations with the
shop ppl.....
[b]SCENE A 
This
uncle was holding a thread-thin gold necklace (ie; very thin like
sewing thread) and was asking for a hollow one. I laughed in my
heart, "so thin already, still got hollow meh??'' (normally hollow
necklace is for thicker necklaces). I could also see the sales
lady's reaction to the request was like ''dot dot dot'' reaction.
SCENE B This
auntie was saying that the gold necklace she's holding is too long
and was asking the sales lady to cut up into a bracelet. The lagi
best part is that when the sales lady asked her what to do with the
cut-away part, that auntie replied ''sell back to you loh, so that
I can get discount" (trade-in). The saleslady gave a even lagi best
reply, ''Why not you just choose a bracelet, which is cheaper?? The
trade-in deduction and workmanship for cutting here & there
will cost you more!''
MORALS OF THE STORY:
#1 If you've no money, dun even bother to step into goldsmitths
shop!
#2 If you're no common sense, it's best to shut up and not make
brainless suggestions![/b]
As for Scene A: Has it occured to you that Uncle might be asking
for a Hollow Thick Gold Necklace? You know how people are nowadays
....trying to cut corners even during their conversations.
Scene B: Perhaps the craftsmanship for that necklace is what she
had wanted and that even at loosing that bit of money on the
trade-in deduction and workmanship is worth it!!! Afterall, it's
her money and her choice...anything wrong??
TS, I don't really see anything wrong and certainly have a
different view about your "aesop's" morals. Sorry to be offensive
here, but I cannot help sense a little snobbishness on your part to
have such a perception and moral. Besides, does minding one's own
business means that this thread should not have its place here? I
just wonder with my "bliss insanity" here. Look everyone will have
his or her own perception but perhaps if we really look further
than just skim the surface - it will certainly help a lot here.
