LABOUR DAY ? DOUBLE PAY !

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A week or less and i'm gonna say 'bye bye' to this miserable place of disaster filled with demanding and barbaric customers who just loves to bargain whenever they got a chance.

Yeay, right now, i m so happy, happy, HAPPY! *Can't stop grinning*

Yesterday, i just told my tall and skinny skeleton-like boss that i m gonna resign on 30th of April, this is beacuse school starts on 15 of May, and i just had to have even more time spend on my private affairs at home, such as playing PS2 and blogging! My boss was desperate when he heard this, because he still couldn't find a suitable employee who is a chinese and easily to be bullied and inmature enough to do as he said, like me....

Well, serves him right!

Since the begining of this month, I had been telling him that i had to resign at the end of this month and yet he refuses to let me go, he wanted me to work till a day before school starts! Maniac and inconsiderate boss! As 18 year old teenager, i do not know how to refuse my bosss request. i just nodded foolishly. Eventually, i had to use an excuse related to my parent, as i said to him ,'My parents wants me to stop work ASAP!' knowing that he is an obedient son to his still alive parents, this excuse indeed work it's way to his heart, and he had to let me go. Yet, not on 30th of April but on 1st of May as my last day! LABOUR DAY!

He knew that on Labour Day, many people especially the office worker dosen't work on that day, save for those who works in shopping malls. Again, feel inferior to the fact that he is THE BOSS, i just nodded speechlessly.

The next day, Monday was my shift with SuWei. This day, the boss had an interview with a Malay guy who came asking for a job few days ago. After the boss left, SuWei told me about having double pay on Labour Day, After all IT IS LABOUR DAY.

Both of us kept practicing to make our arguement to be convincing , we even had a scretch of what HE might reply to rub away our arguement with ease as he usually does with other topics. We thought of everything we can to make the arguement feel right, not too shabby nor too tense for the 3 of us.

At nite, 8.29p.m., our boss came, i knew he purposely came on that minute knewing that the end of my shift was a minute away. Yet to his surpise i did not leave. Both of us had to had a word with him about our salary. As he sat down on the metal chair, i could hear my heart was jumping in a rather rapid manner. I was waiting for SuWei to signal me so that both of us could just 'take him on' together. I waited and waited. Still she have not yet give me any signal or even a glimpse from the moment he came. Suddenly she spoke out without a sign.

"Erm, JacK, are you gonna double pay us on Labour Day?" She asked boldly.

And you know what that stingy old fox said?
His face slightly changed, "Double pay? Oh, only those who work permanently as Full time can enjoy such thing, part time dosen't have these," I sighed quietly in my heart as he carried on, "still, i will increase your salary that day though not double pay,"

BullSh*t! What do you think we are?
And then he left.

I gave SuWei a look. "Erm, SuWei...?"
"Yeah?"
"How much does he meant by, 'i will increase your salary that day though not double pay' ?"
"Most probably our original salary of that current day plus 10 ringgit,"
"What the Heck?! He IS that stingy?! But how do you know?"
"Well...last time i worked on 1st of January*, he only gave me additional 10 ringgit of the total salary of that day..."

*In case you haven't notice what 1st of January means, it mean that that DAY WAS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR ALL WHO WORK including the people who work at the shopping mall as sales assistance.*

"OMG! I ain't gonna let him do that to me!" i said with a little rage building in my heart. "I m gonna ask him to double pay us on that day!"
"Well, you do it, i just did my part, now it's your turn,"
"Oh, okay then,"

Then the boss returned. he kept himself occupied with those accounting stuff and kept counting his money and etc etc...while in my mind i was thinking of a convincing story to MADE HIM DOUBLE PAY US.

This time my hearts jumped even faster than the previous one. "Jack? About the double pay..." i paused while waiting for him react. He stopped, and raised up his head and looked at me. "Yeah?"
"My aunt said that on Labour Day, even part timers get double pays,"
"Your aunt said that?" he grinned with a unconvincing look hung on his face. "Well, part timers don't get double pays, " he repeated.
"But my aunt said that EVERYONE IS EQUAL!" i shot him back a little raise in my tone. "Those who works on that day got the right to be double paid,"
He looked at me still with that grin but now speechless. I carried on, "My family even told me that if i can't get double pay on that day, then i rather stop working on 30th of April, then we all can have a Family day on that day,"

"...."

Guessing what he was thinking in his heart, after listen to what i just said, i know his heart was probably thinking, "Don't let your parents know about it then,"
My mind somehow was thinking faster than usual, kept thinking and making up dozens of excuses he might say while finding a better way to encounter of what he might say, i immediately continued not wanting to give him the chance to reply, "My parent even checks on my salary voucher,"
This time he couldn't keep quiet anymore, he asked in surpise, "Your parent checks your salary voucher?! I thought you kept your salary all by you own?"
"No, i gave 3/4 of my salary for my parents to keep while the rest i use them whenever i pleased. Thus they had to check the salary voucher to make sure everthing is right, " seeing his face, i knew this is convincing enough but i had to add more, "after all i'm a just kid who lacks of exprience while they are the one with experiences,"

Now he was really really speechless, while forcing himself to give me another grin.
After that, he kept quiet the whole time while i stared SuWei for quiet Victory. Yet SuWei as if not being present to our whole conversation kept ignoring me the whole time. I was a little confused with her actions.

At 10.04p.m. both of us left the outlet and headed for the entrance, only then, she showed her excitement to what i had just done an hour ago.

"You are Damn yong(brave) speaking to Jack like that," she said while grinning. "I never expect you to shot that mercilessly at him, DAMN STRAIGHT FORWARD!"
"Really?" Only then i realise i did something really brave in my whole career as the luaguage bag outlet sales assistance. "Well, i just said what i could think of, though there are are some parts of stories are false but they are based on what my family said to me," (or rather nguam).

*For your information, my family always ask me to resign after learning how terrible my boss is, they kept asking me to demand the boss to increase my salary since i'm just a part time who can always come and go as boss wishes me( so he can save his money on my salary). My salary was based on 4 ringgit per hour, both me and SuWei dosen't have a basic Salary like the other full timers.*

"Didn't you see how he face looks like when you shot him?"
"Erm , i think so... i was too occupied to think of a powerful story to convince him..."
"He can only force himself to smile!" she smiled even happier. "I never thought you would be so yong(brave) to do so,"
"REALLY?! I guess this is my 1st time being so brave in my whole career as his weak and powerless employee, Hahaha..." both of us laughed while we waved each other good byes as we parted ways.

I Grinned as i walked towards the entrance as i waited inpatiently for my father to fetch me. I just couldn't wait to tell them what i just did at my office.

Not too shabby ey?
Hahahahahahahahahaha....