Which Is Worse? Bad Service Or No Common Sense?

The skies were not smiling at AstroBanana this afternoon after they finished watching Confessions of a Shopaholic. Deciding not to brave the rain as it was a rather heavy downpour, they walked around and did some idle window-shopping. Stepping into a certain outlet that sells a particular brand with a swoosh, Eric Banana spotted a small pouch which he took a fancy to and took it to the counter for payment.

After waiting for what seemed like a lifetime at the counter, he finally got the attention of a female retail assistant. Another male retail assistant also emerged at this time. Apparently, they were helping two customers to look for a certain item in the storeroom while leaving the rest of the store unattended. The male retail assistant even went on to use the barcode scanner to scan the price tag of the other customer's item in Eric Banana's presence. Whoa, Eric Banana just became invisible. Just because one of the customers was a Caucasian male, so he deserved priority service?! Oh please~ the other customer, a non-Caucasian, went to the extent of asking whether there was a further discount for an item that was already marked down at 40% off *eyeballs roll*.

At that point of time, the female retail assistant spotted the pouch on the counter and asked Eric Banana the ultimate obvious question: "Are you making payment for that?" And that would be a no - Eric Banana was merely posing with the pouch at the payment counter and taking up valuable space while denying others of a chance to make payment. Sensing Eric Banana's impending fury, the retail assistants had the common sense to serve him first.

Okay, maybe it was a bit premature to comment about their common sense then. Within 30 seconds of leaving the store, AstroBanana had to make a u-turn and head back for the store. Apparently, Mr. Smart Genius had forgotten to remove the security (sensormatic) tag from the pouch. The security sensor alarm did not go off when they left the store but gave a low whimper when they re-entered. Wah lau eh~! Had Eric Banana not checked the merchandise, he would have triggered the security sensor alarms at all the subsequent stores he went to. And he sure did not fancy the idea of having to explain himself to the security personnel for someone else's mistake which arose due to the latter's utter negligence and possible stupidity. Also, how do you explain stupidity?

"Oh, he's stupid. 'Nuff said."