Give Me Discount Or Won't Give You Support!

Achie asked me to bind her notes in the ever so elusive Shopping Center in UP Diliman.

NOTE: UP Diliman is my school. It stands for the University of the Philippines (Diliman campus).

Ummm...the Shopping Center or SC as we fondly call it is not exactly very elusive. [This is simply an excuse to use that word~~hehehe, I just love being 'elusive', hehehe.]

It is sort of this small food, school supplies arcade in school.

SC is photocopying heaven for students [like me] who refuse to buy the expensive books needed for uni but still wishes to have his or her own copy.

NOTE AGAIN: I am not promoting the photocopying of books. Photocopy books at your own risk. You never heard anything from me, hehehe.

Anyway, I went to SC to bind the thick notes.

After stating my specifications...

Me: How much does it all cost?

Photocopy girl: 60 each. Since you have 4 job orders, 240 Pesos.

Me: 240 PESOS!!! So expensive! I am giving you business with FOUR job orders already. Give me discount o~~

NOTE NOTE AGAIN: 240 Pesos is not really expensive considering the standard of living in the Philippines is not that high.

BUT! Think of it this way, you can buy a decent meal with 60 Pesos already--not the best, but decent.

So, I think I am going to reinstate myself, 240 Pesos IS expensive.

Photocopy girl:You ask me to do so many things already. [Enumerates this and that--WHICH I believe is an utter waste of time, because the things she enumerated are supposedly free-of-charge.]

Me: 200 Pesos, and we'll call it done.

Photocopy girl: [Tries to find someone in the photocopy shop to agree with her.] No! 240 Pesos is final. That's cheap already.

Me: [Still insisting.] 220 Pesos, and ok already...[Environment becoming testy...]

Photocopy girl: [Grits teeth.] 240 Pesos.

Me: Fine~~ Although downpayment is 100 Pesos only.

--END OF STORY--

Actually, 240 Pesos is quite affordable. But I think it is a matter of business principle, is it not? You give discount, so customers will be happy. Then customers will come back for more.

I was given a discount before in the same shop. Photocopy girl is evil~~

If you were the photocopy girl, would you give me discount?

Before you answer, consider that capital in a photocopying and binding business is extremely small--AND the returns are almost 100%.

AND, without customers, there is no business.

Would you give me discount?

Recurring Dreams

Lately, I have been having this similar-themed dreams. I keep seeing people I have not seen in months' time.

I know it is a dream, and I can just wake up anytime. But I still feel worried [in my sleep] whenever I did something wrong.

Like for example, last night, I "vandalized" a friend's science book. I kept delaying returning it to her, because I know she is very neat with her belongings. The weird thing is, I seem to have this power to go back in time, so I can change not vandalizing her book. It is like a lucid dream where I can control its outcome.

Everything feels very real, but I am fully aware that it is a dream.

They say dreams are the products of our subconscious being. Or we dream about stuffs that keep our conscious minds occupied during the day.

I do not believe that there is an associated symbol meaning for every dream in the word. Like if you dreamed of a rose it means love or whatever or something like that.

But what about recurring dreams or nightmares?

Have you had any weird dreams recently?