Lesson Learned 2.015

You learn something new everyday.

I sure learned a lot about myself in recent weeks.

that I am not a complete arse.

LOL

Last Monday I learned that Chinese beliefs that its bad luck to right your name in red ink.

I forced a customer to sign our acknowledgment form with a red ink pen. 
She asked me hesitantly whether I have any other colored pen beside the red one that I just lend her. I told her 'no' and she briefly said to me that there's a 'pantang' for them to write in red ink. I was like, 'Oh' and nodded but I was very malas to go to my table to retrieve a different colored pen thus she, ever so reluctantly, signed and with a very obvious pause, write down her name (although she wrote it bersambung2, very unclear) too.
When our transaction was done at the counter and I returned to my table, I straight away told my colleague about what just happened and the colleague, who is also Chinese, told me about the beliefs. and I felt guilty. Like, what if the customer met an unfortunate event after what I just made her do?
Now, I know I don't really belief that but I was guilty all the same and since what happened can't be undone, I do the next logical thing. I put 5 blue colored pen at our counter so that what happened with her won't have to happen to the next person.

I maybe a skeptic but she has her beliefs too. the least I can do is to respect that. 

So, 
Lesson Learned: always bring blue colored pen when attending customer for signing acknowledgement. 
I normally do but i don't know why I didn't that day and had to resort with the red ink pen I saw on the counter. hmm.. sorry, customer. I will try my best not to let that happen again. *scout honor*

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