some sinkies are too complicated with their orders using sinkie math and logic, especially millennials. when asked what he wanted at a ckt stall, one sinkie chap mentioned… “2 plates, mai lup cheong, 1 plate mai hum, other plate ai hum but small amount, 1 plate ai hiam, other plate mai hiam.”
so jiuhubu started to mark 2 plates with color coded clothes clippers. “huh? 1 plate mai lup cheong, ai hum, mai hiam. 2nd plate mai lup cheong, mai hum, ai hiam?”
“no, no, no! both plates mai lup cheong, one ai hum, other mai hum, one ai hiam, other mai hiam.”
“ok, 1 plate mai lup cheong, ai hum, ai hiam. 2nd plate mai lup cheong, mai hum, mai hiam?”
instead of nodding his head, the sinkie strawberry thought about it for a while, and asked her to repeat.
by that time, everyone in line was growing impatient and fuming with angry faces. i was next in line but was rolling on the floor and laughing my arse off. rotflmao!
so i advised the strawberry. “1 plate at a time with your precise perculiarities, and she will mark it accordingly with the clippers.” he looked at me as if insulted and ridiculed the jiuhubu for her lack of intelligence. luckily, the jiuhubu marked both plates correctly, showed, and sexplained to the moron what his orders were. crisis averted. but the jiuhubu had to tell the moron to wait by the side as the cook would require some time to customize his orders.
when it came to my turn, jiuhubu asked and i said in 3 words. “sa ma ai.” the cook prepared my meal first.