Okay, let's see... First, I must explain to you the background information.
You see, me, and my two friends and one of the two friends sisters went to Sydney together to watch the K-Pop Music Fest. 2011. Confused?
Let's call...
Me: Mage-chan
Friend No. 1: A-chan
Friend No. 2: B-chan
Friend No. 1's big sister: A-nee
And so, us four underage adolescents went to Sydney, alone, with no adults (that wasn't a problem for any of us... except for B-chan). A-nee was the one who did all the arranging with her dad. The price ended up being $703 AUSD per person.
Everyone has paid to A-nee and A-chan's dad their own share, except for B-chan.
A-nee and A-chan were going on a holiday, and so they wanted B-chan to pay before they go away. And so I (well, it was my mum), offered to pay for B-chan first, then B-chan can pay me/my mum back later.
Since B-chan now works at the same place as me, thanks to me (so she has some sort of income).
So, B-chan owns me/my mum $703.
(And she has to pay it herself cause her mum won't. :p)
Okay, now, the actual story.
One day at work...
My Boss/Auntie: blah blah blah something something, I'll also ask B-chan to come work during the hols...
Me: Yeah, that's right. Cause she owns me $703. And you're the one who's preventing her from paying me. *jokingly*
Boss: !? $703!?
Me: Oh crap... This is going to become big now...
Boss: *to other coworker* *points to me* She lent her friend $700!!
Me: Like I said, oh crap.
Coworker (let's name her... C-san): What? $700? That's a lot.
Me: ...
Boss: Yeah, that's a lot.
And then they went on lecturing me about how I should not lent so much money to people.
C-san: You shouldn't let other people borrow so much money. What if they don't return it to you, and stuff?
Boss: It could also ruin your friendship you know, it's happen to me before.
Me: ...
C-san: And at your age, too. Australians are different from us Asians... their parents will probably make them pay themselves, and so you might never get it back.
Me: ...
Boss: Yeah, 1. You lose money, 2. You lose your friendship. You shouldn't do something like that.
Me: Hey, if I tell them that I don't actually mind if she never return it, would I get in trouble? ... Yep, I'll get in trouble.
Boss: Like, what, was she going to pay you after she gets paid from work?
Me: Yeah, like, she won't get any money. It'll all come to me.
Boss: But it's not right. Like, at your/that age, $700 is too much...
And then she repeats what she said earlier, except with a little bit of wording difference.
Me: Would it help if I say that she's one year older than me? ...Nope, it wouldn't help.
Boss: And she's not like, good at working, so it won't be certain that she can give you money back
Me: Wait, didn't you say that she was okay at working a couple of weeks ago?
Boss: Like, thing about it. $700... It's around 20 000 baht in Thai money.
Me: Crap, that's a lot...
I ended up getting a lecture, dammit.
Anyways, I think I missed some parts out since it was quite a repetitive and long conversation, and I was doing something else at the same time...
Maybe I'll add to this later. ^^
From,
Mage-chan~
Finally I've read this...you keep on hinting it, and I never get a chance to because you update to much, and I get caught in reading the new posts, and replying to them instead. I really want to reply to the tan skinned one...hehhehe...
ReplyDeleteUn...$700 dollars is quite a lot...poor B-chan :P
Poor Mahou Mage...
I also don't like saying something that I don't really mind, and my mum or whoever get in a big argument/discussion about it (mostly one-sided I suppose, because an argument/discussion requires both parties to participate). I tend to tune out after a while and add a 'hmm, yes, nod, no', when it is required. *sigh*
One thing that has baffled me is the use of the code names. I don't get them. Why B-chan? And who is C-san? And for the more recent posts, why did you choose E-chan? Meh...
It's B because B comes after A.
ReplyDeleteAnd E is from Elisabeth.
And it's C because C comes after B (and also stands for "co-worker"). :P