Oh my goodness, breaking news in the Straits Times! Ziyi snubbed by boutique. Wow is this a slow news day or what? I agree with my brother in blog Callan when he posted Why is this even news. An international star snubbed? They did not sub her, they simply refused to reopen the shop they just closed. They probably had counted the cash, ballanced the book for the day. You know, the usual. Pardon me if I commit a ‘crime’ by saying so what, really is that international star going to pay more than sticker price? Buy more stuff than an average day could bring in?
Doing a little googling it turns out Zhang Ziyi went back the next day and got her stuff.
Now the part I have a problem with is the other bit in David Gan’s blog on this very incident.
I’m not saying that they HAD to let us in because Ziyi is an international star but rejecting her would give the brand and the service industry in Singapore a bad name. I would like to say to that 1% of imbecile man and women in the service line, please either quit job or go for some hospitality classes to improve you manners and strenghten your ability to better communicate with the customers. And to the management staff, please choose and train your floor staff properly before sending them out to the real world.
So what is he saying?
Let me translate.
They should have opened the shop for Ziyi, regardless if they had a long business day and had other resposibilities. The staff that refused to open the shop are the 1% imbecile who should quit their job or go to hospitality classes.
And guess what, you are not working in the real world! The real world is where you should kowtow to international celebrities. If they want fresh sushi at 3am you damn well get it FAST!!! Now that is the real world.
Yes sir Mr. Gan has the right attitude. The exact kind that makes people pissed off. Dude you have lost your grip on the ‘Real World’
nuf said.
October 3rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
AAARRGGHHHH this country is full of eejits! Can I just say that? what rubbish. I think people are losing sight of the fact that celebrities, movie stars, supermodels etc are ALL real people and first and foremost, PEOPLE -> like any other. gee whiz.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I think it really depends on how closed the shop is. If they just starting to close, I think there is no harm staying open a little longer. But if they already closed all the accounts and the staff already changed out of their uniform, I think it would be better for them to ask the customer to come back another day so that they can have the full shopping experience with them.
Anyway, I think David Gan has removed away that paragraph. Think too many people shooting at him for saying that.