I was working at Gurney Plaza the other day. It was about promoting the "mini-Ferrari" from Shell Petrol, besides targeting at the V3 (velocita 3) collectors/freaks, we also target on the children.
And to my surprise, children nowadays are so smart. Unlike the other day, when I was still a child, I guess I was extremely innocent and brainless I would say. Playing with those little toys and dolls, compared to the children now, they are dealing with PSP and even cellphones. Cool!
I don't really know whether it's good for their health. But that's the trend..
Alright, that wasn't what i wanted to share. As I said just now, we're targeting on both adult and children, and for me, children's roll were just to be the one who 'bring in' the 'opportunity' for me to 'approach' the customers. Yet, I was very wrong.
I thought they wouldn't understand what's the promotion for, but in fact. They do.
Met couples of boys that asked me some shocking question, they are even smarter than the adults!!
1. What I'll have to do to buy the mini cars?2. What the petrol card can do to me? / What's the usage of the card?3. How much is the amount of money consist inside the card? How to use that? With password?4. Alright... So do the petrol card has a due date?Can you see that?? New generation!! Fulamakk.. Cause I had came across customers that lost the PIN code which is written inside the envelope. They took the card and throw the papers away.. Pity... LOL! And there was one, the customer told me he forgot to use the petrol card, he bought it at the roadshow last year for V2 =.=... I totally speechless!
I even found out that children understand what I am talking about much more faster compared to the adults/parents! Is this what we called it ---> communication gap?? Haha!
One more incident, that made me felt guilty of that, and that's really what i wanted to talk about, is about a cute lil chubby boy.
It was like:
Kaka: Hi boy, what are u looking for?Boy: Ya, I wanted to ask u how am i going to play that game? (****we have a stimulator at the roadshow, like a F1 car stuff***)Kaka: Oh, u have to buy 2 packs of the Power Pack in order to play that.Boy: Arghh... So u mean i need to buy the cars? How much?(****so I have a friend that already started to expalining to the boy..
Guessing that he might not understand with the pricing stuff, I said****)
Kaka: Boy, why not u ask your daddy to come over and I'll expalin to him everything that u wanted to know.And what's up next????? I suppose
neither one of us would want this to be the answer.
Boy: My daddy divorced already lor~(****then keep on asking questions to my fren which is expalining to him just now****)
Seriously, for a few seconds me and the fren was stunned. And when the time I realize, the ONLY word that came out from my mouth is only a SORRY.
Well, the boy is tough, wondering his age?
Ha! Fren i tell you.. He is just around the age of 10.. I guess is 8.
And he didnt even seem like care with my question and my apology.
Sigh... Frankly speaking, I consider myself born in a happy family. Thanks God. And I dont really feel the hardness and agony a child (with only a papa/mama) have to go through. What I know, is it's tough, how tough? I don't know.
Pray for them, all of the people who lost their mom/dad, or those who grown up lacking of their parent's love. May God shower u with His blessings.
Just a little sharing, and it's time to bed again.. Take it as a bed time story! lolz.. g9 dudes! =]
--kaka--
half way eating alrdy then only i rmb to take picture. haha
