Saturday, February 03, 2007
I *heart* Esso uncle
Too bad I didn't get the uncle's name. Could've sent him a "bouquet" in ST. Nice fellow. I was at Esso at Pasir Ris, the one around Elias area, and first thing the uncle said to me was "Wah you work until so late ar?" It was about 2.30am, and I said "No la uncle, I went out." Cuz I was dressed in nice office wear which you don't see me wearing often. So the uncle thought I worked very hard. Anyway, I said "Uncle, I want the cheapest. Full tank k." I then proceded to the mini Fairprice to find myself a can/bottle of coke to satisfy a sudden craving. But the only coke they had was the 1.5l which costs $2.15. Being the cheapo I am, I decided to give the coke a miss and went for Mug root beer instead. Anything gassy and black would do (No pepsi please, it sucks). So I paid, went out, and saw the uncle cleaning the windows for me!
You see, I don't pump petrol often, and I don't follow people to pump petrol often too. So I wasn't sure if windows cleaning is part of the service or not. And being so tired, and seeing the uncle cleaning the (quite dirty) windows for me really made my night. Then I thought, must I give tips? I didn't though. Just found out from ah Lye the regular petrol consumer that it's part of their service and they will usually ask if you want your windows wiped. But I've never gotten such offers. Probably the car looks like it doesn't deserve clean windows or maybe the uncles have too many cars to attend to or something.
Whatever it is, I think the uncle was a really nice man, cleaning my windows whether or not I wanted him to. =)
Then I was thinking, I want to marry a man who will wash my car for me. And do the dishes too. I think men who are willing to do that for their ladies, are good men.
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janet at 3:30 AM
