All in a Day's Work

Made a trip back to Gedong after lunch, bringing with me CHEESECAKE as bribe for the starving(but they get FREE food!), underworked, overpaid (Whoops, heh, shouldn't it be 'underpaid, overworked'? :P) inmates. After hiching a ride to the bus stop on my Senior Medic's Mazda, I was horrified to board an overflowing bus, literally a can of sardines on wheels! Thursday and Nights off day for some at Gedong. No wonder!

Anyway, the Golden Bamboo Minimart at Serangoon Central is no more! Over the past week, industry big gun NTUC Fairprice renovated the place, in preparation for the big day (which was today). After browsing through the shop, I noticed several things:

1) They do not stock up on the twin pack soya milk (only Hi-Lo milk came in twin packs).

2) The queue system was not good. With the exception of counters 1 and 2 (which were built over the former cashier spots at the now defunct Golden Bamboo outlet), the rest of the counters did not have an orderly queue system, which led to many a shove. And there was a mighty long queue inside the cramped confines of the cash-out area (A problem with its predecessor as well), while the two cashiers outside the shop hardly had any customers.

3) Golden Bamboo sent their warmest regards on Fairprice's opening in the form of two garlands. So, no hard feelings about being booted from the prime spot then? *Conspiracy Theory: Were there sweeteners handed out to Golden Bamboo in return for giving up the location to Fairprice? And why did they have to fight over the same location? Was it to compete directly with rival G'Value (which has an outlet nearby)?

4) The Fairprice outlet has a more 'spacious' feel, and the aisle are actually wider (to allow trolleys to be pushed around.

5) Oh, and they didn't have any feedback forms ready for (insert:unhappy, angry, frustrated, dissatisfied) customers. Boo!

*Disclaimer: Of course, these are just opinions based on the author's imagination, and not entirely on facts.