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Chapter 5 The last part-time job in the summer vacation, short-term job, electrical shopping guide
Chapter 5 The last part-time job in the summer vacation, short-term job, electrical shopping guide
In the summer of 2012, in a certain city in the north.
Summer is hot and long, but this summer time flies by so fast.At this time, it was mid-August, and the balance of the longest vacation in his life was running out. Lao Zhao was about to go to the university he had passed to report at the end of this month.
The university he was admitted to was not in the city, and it took an hour to take a train from here to the city where his university was located.It was an old industrial city, and it was also a once glorious city.My school starts relatively late, so I can take a few extra days off.Both of us were not admitted to the college we were looking for. The elders said: "It's the same. At least there is a book to continue studying. From now on, the family will be regarded as a college student."
In fact, people are like this sometimes. When you want to study hard to get the university you want, you will find that people's inertia can be so great. It turns out that burning lights and fighting hard at night are not just words, but what you really want It is so difficult to achieve, but so easy to give up.We also gradually realized the mediocrity of our learning ability and mind.Those who really study hard are commendable, because they are constantly fighting for the opportunity to change their destiny.
Dingyuan company called us, and he told us that we have a job opportunity for five and a half days. The job content is to be a shopping guide for electrical appliances in a supermarket. The specific working hours are from 70:75 am to [-]:[-] pm. [-] yuan a day, plus five yuan in traffic subsidies, add up to [-] yuan a day.Half of the day is pre-job training, and the salary price is also halved. The salary will be settled after all the work is over, and we are asked if we are willing to do it.
Lao Zhao and I hesitated when we heard about this job. The hesitation was not about the content of the job, but because the supermarket where we worked was located far away from where we lived. Even though they were all in the same city, But there is a place neither of us has been to before, and it takes an hour to take the bus and then transfer to the subway for a few stops.Due to time constraints and shortage of personnel, Dingyuan Company promised to give us an additional five yuan a day as a subsidy if we could go.Lao Zhao and I replied that we would discuss with the company in the evening and then hung up the phone. In fact, we really wanted to do this job in our hearts.
This is different from the part-time jobs we have done in the past.Whether it is performing activities, issuing bills, or flying bills, all the jobs that have been done before are very low-threshold jobs, as long as they are healthy and have time, they can do it.The shopping guides are different. First of all, they need to understand the products they sell, including performance, price, inventory and other knowledge before working.Secondly, you need to have certain communication skills. In the process of working, you need to contact all kinds of people, introduce products to them constantly, and promote the transaction with soft and hard foam.There is a lot of knowledge in it, and it is definitely a job worth doing.Since you can exercise your eloquence ability, accumulate social experience and earn pocket money, Lao Zhao and I decided to overcome difficulties and go to work, especially Lao Zhao, who even planned to regard this job as a way to display his talents and look forward to the future first stop.
The transportation problem can only be solved by getting up early. Although the daily travel expenses plus meal expenses have reduced the real surplus of salary, what we need more is the experience and value that this job brings us. We will definitely cherish this opportunity for part-time work.
We told Dingyuan that we were willing to do this part-time job that night. This should be the last part-time job for us this holiday, and we will each go to our own schools after that.At that time, we were still just a student. Although we were adults, we hadn't really entered the society yet.
Dingyuan Company signed up for us, gave us the address and the contact information of the contact person, and asked us to go to the supermarket at ten o'clock the next morning for a simple training and study, and then follow the instructions of the supermarket staff. It is enough to get the notification to start the work. Before hanging up, I repeated the sentence "don't be late, don't let the pigeons go."
The next day, Lao Zhao and I came to the bus station. In fact, our location is not very close to the center of the city. It is more appropriate to call it a suburb rather than a new district.The two of us first took the bus to a relatively large transportation hub in the urban area. The time required to arrive here is generally between 45 minutes and 10 minutes. It may take longer if you encounter the morning rush hour Some.After we got off the bus here, we went straight to the subway station to our destination.
The nearest subway station to Shangchao is the terminal station of this subway line. It takes about seven stops and takes about 10 minutes.
After getting off the subway, everything around here is strange to both of us.There are bustling vegetable markets, bridges across city canals, and deserted buildings.Because our mobile phones can't use navigation, I checked the map before coming here, and I probably learned the names of some nearby roads.We walked along the route based on our vague memory, and happened to meet a sanitation worker who was working, so we asked about the exact location of the mall by the way.Fortunately, we are going in the right direction, go straight along the road, just turn a corner at the intersection ahead and continue to walk forward, you can see a "pyramid" shaped glass building, that is the underground of the supermarket It takes about five or six minutes to walk from the subway station to the entrance on the first floor.
It was already [-]:[-] when we arrived here. I called the person in charge that Dingyuan Company had left for me. The person on the other end of the phone told us to gather at the entrance of the shopping mall. There were many people there, and we could see them when we arrived. .
We came to the door of the mall, and there were indeed a lot of people gathered there.In fact, we had seen it just now when we were walking towards here, but we didn't expect that this was the place where we were going to meet.
There are more than 30 people gathered here, neatly divided into three rows, standing in front of the line is a short, middle-aged man wearing a police uniform. He is fat and has a round belly. The two epaulettes of the uniform have the word "security guard" written on it. He should be the security guard in this supermarket.At this time, he was leading these people to do rest and stand at attention exercises, and he would pick out some people's faults from time to time.
Lao Zhao and I just wanted to go forward to inquire about the registration situation here, but before we could open our mouths, the security guard shouted at the two of us: "Come on, the two who just arrived behind are all lined up. Stand up at the end and receive military training together."
Lao Zhao and I were stunned on the spot, didn't we come here to report on training and work as a part-time shopping guide?Why did you suddenly start military training?What's happening here?We obviously haven't even participated in the military training on the university campus, but instead we have a social military training.
I was puzzled and said to the security guard: "We are here to report and participate in part-time shopping guide training."
The security guard nodded and said, "Yes, everyone is. Those who come early can participate in the military training here first, and then go to the fifth floor to participate in the shopping guide training after ten o'clock."
We immediately called the person in charge we just contacted, and the phone said that this is here, let us train together, and the shopping guide training will be held after ten o'clock.Although Lao Zhao and I were very reluctant, we still stood in the team.
The security guard was still very serious about the standing posture and movement of everyone in the team. The weather was very hot that day, and he was wearing a hat that matched his uniform, which was so hot that his back was covered. Drenched with sweat.But he didn't pay attention to it, and he was still happily correcting everyone.I took a look at the people in the team. Most of them were women in their 50s and [-]s, and there were a few young men who were about the same age as me and Lao Zhao.Everyone is sluggish, with bored faces, looking forward to the passage of time, praying for ten o'clock to end this farce, the so-called "military training".Among them, a few aunts kept saying, "It's almost enough, you know, there will be no such links" and other similar complaints.
Another young man came here to gather.He is slightly fat and wears a black half sleeve.The security guard also asked him to return to the team to participate in the training. He also asked the questions we asked before, but the security guard nodded and answered the same answer.
The young man went to a shaded place and made a phone call. I could clearly hear him shouting at the other end of the phone: "Isn't this here to be a shopping guide? Why is there still military training?" He was a little agitated , speaking in a loud voice, not concealing his puzzlement and anger at all.
Lao Zhao and I stopped standing in the team at all, and found a shady place, squatting on the ground to watch their military training.I heard the security guard say to the team: "Our company conducts military training for employees every year. This is the cultural concept of the company, and militarized management is also a major feature of our company!"
It's kind of ironic to think about it now, because the company went bankrupt in the next few years, and the mall naturally went bankrupt along with it.
It finally arrived at ten o'clock in the morning, and the people in the team were reminding. The security guard looked at the time and walked to the front of the team, and said, "Thank you very much for your cooperation today. Everyone has worked hard. I also hope that after entering the company The work is going well, thank you." After speaking, he gave a serious military salute.Everyone in the team breathed a sigh of relief and applauded a few times symbolically.This applause is not so much for him as it is for time, thank you for the time.Everyone originally just wanted to go to work well, but unexpectedly, the company tried to restrict your thinking before you joined the company.
The security guard told us to go to the fifth floor to participate in the training, and take the freight elevator to the fifth floor to find the office area. If you take the passenger elevator, it is relatively difficult to find.In fact, most shopping malls are like this, and the office area is generally closer to the cargo elevator.
A large group of us took the freight elevator to the training area.The training room is a place like a classroom, and its scale is about the same size as a classroom.There are blackboards and desks, and the staff inside sent everyone a blank resume, filled in their basic information and marked whether they were working full-time or part-time, and began to assign work after filling it out.
From the next day, this mall will start a five-day [-]th anniversary celebration. During this period, many brands will have offers and discounts, but the number of people required by each brand is different, so part-time and full-time staff needs are also different.After the assignment, a staff member opened a carton box, which was full of blue half-sleeves and blank work cards.The clothes are work clothes, with the name of the mall and the words of the fourth anniversary of the store printed on it.The work card has two titles, the name and the brand counter, and there is a blank box on the right side for a one-inch photo.He asked us to pick up clothes according to our own body shape, each with a work badge for one piece of clothing, which we will need to wear when working in the next few days.
After picking up the clothes, Lao Zhao and I were assigned to an electrical appliance area of a certain domestic brand on the basement floor, which mainly sells refrigerators and washing machines.This training is said to be training is actually just to understand some basic information, the more important thing is to assign work.
The two of us went to the basement floor of the shopping mall and found the sales area of that brand. The sales area was not too big or small. There were more than a dozen types of refrigerators and washing machines. There was only one shopping guide who was also the person in charge.This is a middle-aged woman in her early 40s, with a height of about 1.6 meters 13.00 and a medium build. We explained to her the purpose of our visit and she immediately understood.She introduced us to the products she sells, mainly refrigerators, and the price of each product is marked. Those who have the logo of "Home Appliances Going to the Countryside" and hold a rural household registration can enjoy the discount of "Home Appliances Going to the Countryside", which is [-] off the price of the product. %, the maximum discount is capped at [-] yuan, but the most expensive product here is only in the early [-]s, so it will not exceed the discount share.
Products with the old-for-new logo can enjoy the old-for-new discount, and those who hold old home appliances can enjoy a 250% preferential subsidy. The upper limit of the subsidy is [-] yuan for refrigerators and [-] yuan for washing machines.Then she took us to briefly introduce the functions and information of the product. She said that the basic functions of the refrigerators are the same. The only difference is the size and style. She pointed to the energy efficiency label on a refrigerator and said to us. , there will be such a logo on each electrical appliance. The grades range from one to three. The higher the grade, the greater the power consumption. On the contrary, the more power is saved. Most of the refrigerators of this brand are The first-class price is also one of the selling points. Of course, the biggest selling point is still cheap.
After the general explanation, she asked me and Lao Zhao to take a look at these electrical appliances and get familiar with them.After browsing the refrigerator and washing machine, Lao Zhao and I got a little idea, because the products are not too many and not too complicated, the prices have price tags, and most of the function introductions are similar, and some extra functions will also be familiar. There are eye-catching posters pasted on it.
After some simple understanding, it was already noon, she told us that we can leave first, and we can come back tomorrow morning, she asked where we lived, and she said it was a bit far away, let us arrive here at 09:30, she Her surname is Jiang, and Lao Zhao and I call her Sister Jiang.We thanked Sister Jiang and went home first.
In the afternoon, Lao Zhao and I took a one-inch photo specially for the blank frame on the work card, and the price was a bit more expensive than ordinary photos, and the snapshots were printed on the spot.It is enough to show our attitude and enthusiasm towards work at that time.
The next day, Lao Zhao and I went to the bus stop wearing the clothes issued by the store with the anniversary printed on it and waited for the bus.At that time, we were proud of being part-time jobs. We didn't shy away from what kind of clothes we wore, and we could fully cooperate as long as the work required.Even walking on the street, I want everyone to know that I work outside and that I am a more mature and earning person than my peers.At that time, I naively thought that I would be a person who would work wholeheartedly and have a bright future. I also believed that as long as I worked hard and relied on my own hands, I would have everything I wanted.The self who just walked out of high school is far from truly understanding the complexity of society and the world of real adults, and even ignores the wealth that wisdom brings to people.
After Lao Zhao and I got out of the subway station, it began to rain lightly, and we stepped up our pace and walked to the shopping mall.It was Thursday, and there were not many people in the mall in the morning. When we arrived at the booth where we were working, Sister Jiang was explaining the performance of one of the refrigerators to a group of customers, and the group of customers just nodded lukewarmly from time to time. They will also ask two questions, and it can be seen from the appearance that they are not very interested in our brand.Sister Jiang is very ordinary. She probably has received countless customers like this. For her, everything is already normal.
In less than 2 minutes, the group of customers left. Sister Jiang didn’t say anything and asked us to stay here. There is a box of mineral water in the lounge for drinking. If you are tired, you can sit in the lounge for a while , Never sit in the booth with a stool, let alone sit directly on the floor of the booth.The so-called lounge is a very small room with several plastic stools and a table inside. The door is at a certain place on the booth, and it is the same color as the background wall.
After ten o'clock in the morning, the number of people began to increase, but it did not reach the point of crowds, but there were always about two groups of customers watching in the booth.
Lao Zhao and I have also started to work gradually. When Sister Jiang is too busy, the two of us will go up to receive them. If there are many guests, we will receive them separately. The two receive guests together.
The initial communication was a little green, but as more and more guests talked, the two of us began to chatter.In fact, many people come here to look at refrigerators and washing machines with the mentality of shopping in the mall.Such people can be easily seen by customers. If they don't speak or smile and nod when you say "Welcome", they will take a look. Most of them are just looking at the refrigerator and washing machine. , Only when they meet the functions and prices that attract them will they say a few words of advice, but they only stay at the stage of asking.There are many such customers. Even so, Lao Zhao and I still enthusiastically introduce to them the power consumption at this price, whether they can enjoy the policy of sending home appliances to the countryside and exchanging old for new, etc.The two of us sang and cooperated to praise these electrical appliances. We even started to admire our eloquence and felt that we were really malleable talents. This also made me start to have a better vision for my future. .If we can hear the introductory words that the two of us said at that time, I think we would be worthy of our former selves if we didn’t laugh out loud.At that time, everything was really just what I thought was excellent, and I was moved by myself.
It was a little after eleven o'clock at noon, and Sister Jiang asked one of us to eat and the other stayed here to help. I asked Lao Zhao to go to the noodle restaurant outside for dinner first, and bring me a bowl of noodles when I came back.We asked Sister Jiang if she would like to bring back a copy for her. She shook her head and said no. She brought her own food. She will go to the microwave oven booth and borrow a microwave oven for employees to heat it up. We can also use it there if we bring our own meals.
People who come here to shop in the mall are holding umbrellas. If the umbrella is wet, it means that it is still raining outside. The rainy day and the working day collided together, which did not make the first day of the shopping mall's activities a very popular scene as imagined.In fact, this is not a large shopping mall on a commercial street. To be precise, it is just a large supermarket serving the surrounding residents. The people who come here to shop are basically the people living around, which reduces the purchasing power of electrical appliances to a certain extent.
About half an hour later, Lao Zhao came back with a packaged hot noodle soup. His body was a little wet and covered with traces of raindrops, obviously the result of not bringing an umbrella.We began to gradually realize the importance of weather forecast.I remember someone once said that when you start looking at the weather forecast for the next day every day, it means you have grown up.
I went to the lounge to have lunch, and Lao Zhao stood there to help receive customers.The lounge is really small, there is only room for two people to sit here.The noodles are very fragrant, the soup is very warm, the time is very good, and my heart is full of expectations for my future.
After lunch, I hurriedly replaced Sister Jiang to take care of the booth and asked her to have lunch. The shopping guide area is inseparable from people, and every meal and self-adjustment of the shopping guides is completed in rotation in this way.
There were no more customers in the afternoon than in the morning, and most of them came with the attitude of shopping. Some interested customers also stopped at other big brands after getting to know them or even bought directly. .When we were talking about this phenomenon, Sister Jiang told us that it was too common. We are a supermarket-like shopping mall. There are many people who come here to shop for large-scale electrical appliances. In addition, the brand is in the field of these similar products. There is no influence in the interior, but the price is much cheaper than that of big brands, which is suitable for some people with relatively low budgets.Lao Zhao asked Sister Jiang if she was an agent or a distributor, Sister Jiang shook her head and said no, she is a sales guide for the brand because this mall is very close to her home, so she chose to be here, and her income is only based on performance. Commissioned.
Lao Zhao and I are part-time workers. Whether we have performance or not has no effect on our income. The commission of the products we help sell will also be counted in the name of Jiang Jie.But the two of us have no requirements for this. On the one hand, we are part-time workers who work temporarily for a few days. When we are not very busy, our working hours are still very flexible. It doesn’t matter if we come later and leave earlier, unlike Jiang My sister stood there from the opening of the mall in the morning until the closing of the mall in the evening, so I still understand this very well.On the other hand, our purpose this time is to increase work experience, exercise eloquence and on-the-spot resilience, and enrich our social experience.
There was a very dark and tall man who brought his wife here to look at the refrigerator. He was about 40 years old, a little thin, and he was dressed in ordinary clothes.Sister Jiang and I were receiving another group of customers. As usual, I just took a look and left. I also went directly to the bathroom.When I came back from the bathroom, the group of customers that Lao Zhao had received had completed the deal and was opening a bill with Sister Jiang, and they still bought five washing machines in one go.I expressed my surprise, I bought so many units in one go, I am simply a local tyrant!Although it is only the most common and cheapest washing machine, there are a lot of them!Lao Zhao whispered to me that he was also quite surprised. At first he thought it was just an intention to sell, but he didn't expect to sell five sets at once.During the chat with Sister Jiang when this group of customers opened the bills, we learned that this group of customers opened their own factories. Although the scale of the factory is not too large, it also supports hundreds of people. In the staff dormitory for the living staff.Sister Jiang asked Lao Zhao and me to go to the warehouse on the second basement floor to see how many washing machines were left.Lao Zhao and I have never been to the warehouse before. Sister Jiang said that you can find it by following the instructions on the second basement floor, and just report the floor and brand to the staff on duty there.
Lao Zhao and I walked towards the warehouse together. We were very excited along the way, especially Lao Zhao, who passed the billing this time with full confidence, and seemed to be more sure of his bright future.
Young man, he always likes to mistake his accidental luck as a secret signal of his future success.It is precisely this kind of code that will bring people more motivation and longing. In fact, young people really need such a code.
The two of us came to the second basement floor, which is mainly a parking lot, and there will be directions for partition routes on the walls and pillars.We followed the guidelines to find the warehouse for electrical appliances. The person on duty at the door was a woman in her 30s. She asked which brand we were from and smiled and let us in. We were wearing T-shirts from the mall and work. The sign is obviously the staff in the mall, and the items here are all large electrical appliances, so it is not easy to take them away.
Lao Zhao and I walked into the warehouse. This is the first time we have entered the warehouse of a shopping mall. It is very big and dark inside. Although there are lights on the roof, the lights are not very bright, but the road and the words on the boxes can just be seen. .
There are several carts for pushing goods at the door of the warehouse, and there are wooden boards on both sides of the road. The wooden boards are full of unopened electrical appliances packed in large cardboard boxes, like a "bronze wall and iron wall" built by a large cardboard box.
The two of us walked and looked for the area where the brands we sold were located. No matter how calm we pretended to be on the outside, we still couldn't hide the excitement in our hearts.Although we have only been a shopping guide for less than a day, our every move has become more and more like a mature shopping guide.
We found an area where we sell our brand.I shivered. It was very cold in the warehouse. After staying for a long time, I would inevitably feel a little chilly.We searched for the approximate area where the product we were looking for was located, and then found the corresponding product according to the product number, and counted that there were three left in the warehouse.Because the quantity is not enough, the customer decided not to take it away today, and left an address after paying the money, and then waited to enjoy the delivery service.
This afternoon, Lao Zhao and I were explaining and serving customers very seriously. It looked like we had been beaten to death. Sister Jiang also affirmed our hard work and dedication. They all came to praise us for our seriousness and ability.Of course, Lao Zhao's praise is even more full of praise, far more than me.
Sister Jiang also sold two orders one after another, and the styles of the transactions were only the most common refrigerators needed by the family.In fact, this is the normal transaction status. After all, big orders like Lao Zhao's are rare and unattainable, and they require some luck.
When it was time to get off work, the rain stopped after a day of work.Lao Zhao and I were not in a hurry to go home after we left the workplace. Instead, we went shopping in the pedestrian street to continue today's good mood and ate a lot of food outside.
Two people wearing super promotional clothes are playing happily outside. This picture will be funny when you think about it. If I were killed now, I would not want to go shopping dressed like this!Either change a set of clothes, or go home and take off the clothes after work.
On the way home, Lao Zhao sent text messages to his girlfriend showing off his "record" and gains today, looking very sweet.But now, that girl has become his wife, the sweetness is still the same, but it has been changed to another sweet way called family.
On the second day, we set off to work at the same time as the first day, still wearing promotional T-shirts and work badges.
When it first opened, there were still relatively few people. Even if there were customers, they were all old people who came to visit the supermarket on the ground floor or sat on the empty seats to enjoy the air-conditioning of the mall.
At about ten o'clock, an aunt in a red dress with a white background came to look at the refrigerator next to where I was standing, and I went up to greet her and explain it to her.She speaks with an accent of a populous province. She looks like she is in her early sixties. She is not tall and thin. Her hair is braided and half of her hair has turned white.She asked me the price of a refrigerator, and I told her that according to the usual practice, this model can enjoy the service of home appliances going to the countryside, and if you hold a rural household registration, you can enjoy the preferential policy of this policy.As soon as she said this, she suddenly became anxious, and shouted in her accented tone: "I'm from the city!"
I smiled and said to her that I would not be able to enjoy this discount.Explaining this preferential service to customers is an essential skill for us, because every potential customer has the right to know about this preferential service.But there are always some people who look at them with a sense of inferiority. Their self-esteem is strong and sensitive, and they don't allow the slightest touch from others.
Auntie left in a huff. The reason why she was angry was not so much because of me as it was because of herself.She walked around the mall and came back again. She may have realized that she had lost her temper just now. She calmed down a lot and came over to me and said, "You sound like I'm from the country, don't you? Actually, I'm from the city. , I have been here for many years.”
Lao Zhao and I both laughed, and I thought to myself: "Auntie, you don't need to explain so much to me. Heroes don't ask where they come from. No matter where you come from, we will give you the same respect."
Because it was Friday and the next day was a weekend, there were many more people in the afternoon than yesterday, but most of them were just strolling around.
A boy wearing a promotional T-shirt in a shopping mall like us came to say hello to Lao Zhao and me. He was slightly fat, and he was the guy who called the labor company because he was dissatisfied with the military training that day.He said that you are here, with a tone and expression as if we are friends who have known each other for a long time.
We asked where he was allocated, and he pointed to a place and replied that a relatively good computer brand sold computers.We had a brief chat and found out that he was not a part-time employee, but a full-time shopping guide here. The last call was not to the labor service company, but to the HR department of the brand he sells.
It was a peaceful day, and I vaguely remember that in the afternoon, I opened the first order to work here, and what I sold was the same washing machine that Lao Zhao sold yesterday. Cheap and practical products are always the most popular. For an ordinary family, a product with high cost performance is far more popular than a product with a gorgeous appearance, even if the product has better performance and more functions.Daily necessities and careful budgeting are the essence of most families.
I remember that Sister Jiang once told us that the profit of this kind of product is relatively low, and the commission after selling it is not very high.
When we got off work, Sister Jiang told us that the next two days are weekends, and it coincides with our mall holding an event, so there will be a lot of people visiting the mall. We have to come here at nine o’clock in the morning. It’s best to be early, but don’t be late .We nodded in agreement and got off work.
On this day, we went out half an hour earlier than the previous two days. There was no rush hour on weekend mornings, the traffic conditions were much better, and we arrived at the shopping mall very early.Sister Jiang took a box of breakfast biscuits, opened it, took out a few large bags and put them in the freezer of one of the refrigerators.She asked us if we had breakfast, and we said we had.She also told us that there will be a lot of people today, and the time for lunch may not be very timely. If you are hungry, you can go to this refrigerator to grab breakfast biscuits at any time.
Sister Jiang first asked the two of us to go to the warehouse to check how many products with good sales were still in stock, and asked us to record them.Lao Zhao and I went to the warehouse again to complete the recording work.
As soon as we came back from the warehouse, we saw a short and fat man with a shaved head, wearing white half sleeves on his upper body, and wine red leggings on his lower body. He walked into the booth and asked, "What is this for sale?" ?”
He was carrying a leather bag, a smartphone and a pack of twenty-odd yuan cigarettes in his hand.Lao Zhao and I answered with one voice, the refrigerator and the washing machine.But he said with a look of disgust, "What kind of refrigerator should I buy? I want to buy a refrigerator! Do you have any?" Sister Jiang came over and said no.The bald man turned around and walked away before Sister Jiang finished speaking, leaving Lao Zhao and I snickering at him.
The flow of people on the first day of the weekend was really huge.At around ten o'clock, the shopping mall also held a performance on a big stage, with band singing, stand-up comedy, and lottery activities and so on.Although the scale is small, it is also impressive, attracting a lot of people to come shopping.Our working floor is underground, so we don't have time to go to the show when we are busy.Therefore, we failed to join in the fun.
In the morning, when I was receiving a group of customers, it was a family. The man was very dark and had a short cropped hair, and the woman was fat and sloppy, talking a lot, and also liked to complain.Their daughter is around the third grade of elementary school, wearing a pink dress, but there are some stains and oil stains on the skirt.The girl's complexion is a bit gray, but it's only superficial. At a glance, it can be seen that the girl's skin is fair, but now it is indeed a little dirty, whether it is the face or the overall clothing.The men's and women's dresses were not clean and tidy at all, and they were lazily stepping on a pair of shoes that could no longer tell what color they were.In fact, no matter what kind of clothes you wear, whether you look beautiful or ugly, being neat and tidy is the most basic respect for yourself and others.Communication between strangers is often based on the most basic information of judging a person by appearance, and this couple obviously failed to do it.I fully understand the difficulty of work and the pressure of life for adults, and they can wear whatever they can, but they must be clean and tidy for their children, and they would rather dirty themselves than their children, because life Bit by bit is educating children subtly, and it is also cultivating children to develop a good habit.I explained a refrigerator to them. When I said that this product can enjoy the activity of exchanging old for new, the man suddenly interrupted me with a malicious smile. I knew what he was going to say by looking at his smile. Might embarrass me.He asked, "What electrical appliance did you trade in for a new one?"
I replied that normal electrical appliances that can be used are fine.He waved his hand dissatisfied and said, "What is normal and what is abnormal? What is normal and what is abnormal? Please give me a range!" I continued to answer that old refrigerators, color TVs, washing machines and other household appliances are fine.He said, oh, household appliances, can the rice cooker work?After finishing speaking, the woman smiled maliciously, and even laughed out loud.What was even more unbelievable was that the girl also laughed, just like his parents, with an expression and voice that clearly showed the mentality of watching a joke.My first reaction was not how to deal with the difficulties of the couple, but to feel sorry for the child.What she got under the influence of such parents is also the kind of poverty in her parents' bones.
I replied that the rice cooker was not acceptable, and the man seemed to have premeditated a long time ago to respond to my words and said directly: "No, what do you call the old for the new? Isn't this a lie?" After speaking, the family of three continued. He complained persistently about this topic and walked away with a malicious smile.
I sighed and shook my head, thinking of a public advertisement on TV before-parents are the best teachers for children.
A man with a fierce face asked me about a refrigerator and immediately asked me "Do you have a rural household registration?" I shook my head and said no, and he said indignantly, "That's right. The city and the countryside are always two different things!" After speaking, I left on my own, and I shook my head and sighed while looking at his back.
In fact, after staying for so long, we can tell at a glance which people really want to buy, and which people just come for a stroll.There are also a very small number of people who come here to ask questions just to make a fuss about you.But what we can do is to try our best to explain it. After all, the guests are here, let alone our own work.
Busy and busy until 12:30 noon, there are still many people. There is a group of customers who bought a refrigerator and plan to take it away today. They came with a truck, but the assemblers are really busy today. Sister Jiang could only ask me and Lao Zhao to help carry it.Lao Zhao and I came to the warehouse, took the small trolley and struggled to lift the refrigerator onto the small trolley, and pushed each other towards the direction of the freight elevator.It's easy to watch other workers move like a fish in water, but it's really hard and tiring to do it yourself.We were tired and sweaty when pushed into the elevator.
We wheeled the refrigerator into the loading and unloading position, and the group of customers were eating out, and the two of us sat on the floor waiting for them.They arrived about ten minutes later, and it was raining again, and the space in the cargo box of the truck was messy.They sorted out a place in a simple and rough way, and Lao Zhao and I braved the rain to help them successfully lift them onto the truck, in exchange for a thank you and my dirty and wet body.
We went back to the lounge and adjusted briefly, wiped off the rain on our face and body, drank some water and ate some biscuits and continued to help the booth.A middle-aged male customer came here with a smile on his face to browse the products. He stopped in front of one of the refrigerators with the sticker "Home Appliances Going to the Countryside". He pointed to the sign excitedly and asked me if this refrigerator is a household appliance owner. The policy of going to the countryside.I said yes, as long as you show your rural household registration, you can enjoy it.He smiled and said I have all of these!The current rural household registration is very popular!I nodded in agreement, the current rural household registration welfare is indeed much better than that of non-agricultural ones.What age has it been, and some people scoff at it when it is mentioned here, as if they want to be separated from the word "rural" forever.These are obviously unconfident behaviors, which stem from the inferiority complex flowing in one's own bones.
The number of people gradually decreased, and it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon when almost all the work was done. Lao Zhao and I didn't have lunch, and neither did Sister Jiang.Lao Zhao and I decided not to eat, and went to eat some delicious tonic together after get off work.At about five o'clock, Sister Jiang's husband came. He was a tall man with a three-quarter hairstyle, and the skin on his face was marked by puberty.I heard Sister Jiang said before that her husband thought he was a taxi driver. At this time, he must have completed the handover with the night driver.
At this time, she is no longer busy. Sister Jiang asked us to take care of her. She will go to the food court of the shopping mall to eat with her husband, and the time may be a little longer.
After so many days of experience, Lao Zhao and I have already become very proficient in the price, performance and speaking skills of the products. No matter how long the time is, the two of us will be able to withstand it.
The next day was also the same working time. Lao Zhao and I got a rare seat on the bus, and we fell asleep while sitting, sometimes with our heads down and sometimes up.I am still busy at work, but I have time to eat at noon this day.Nothing that impressed me happened this day. When she was about to leave work, Sister Jiang said that she had worked hard for the past two days. Tomorrow is a Monday working day. Just ask me to arrive at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.We said thanks and left.
After I went back that day, I went to bed very early, and I had relatively enough time the next day, so I slept soundly that night.
Today is the last day of this part-time job. Lao Zhao and I have been very leisurely since early in the morning. We ate ice cream and walked on the way to the mall.There is a small road here, and there are tall trees on both sides of the road, with luxuriant branches and leaves, which completely block the hot sun, and the sound of "sand" and "sand" can be heard when the breeze blows.Lao Zhao and I walked below to enjoy the shade for a while, and only then did I realize that walking on this path is so pleasant.The usual busyness makes us ignore the nearest scenery around us. Only when we return to calmness will we suddenly realize that the scenery in front of us can be so beautiful.
When we arrived at the booth, Sister Jiang was chatting with the people in the booths next to her. She saw us smiling and said "Coming".
There are very few people today. Lao Zhao said that the business is rare on Monday and the business is bad on Tuesday. At least in the current scene, it is true.The two of us also stood together and chatted. At that time, the most talked about was probably the longing for the university campus.When we were in school, we all liked to read a magazine. The illustrations in it were always simple strokes, willow leaves, paper airplanes, and girls with long hair blown by the breeze.But it is just these few lines that are enough to carry our infinite yearning for the university campus, which is about to be realized now.Although I don't know what the road ahead is like, my heart is always full of hope.
A woman in her early 50s came to the booth to browse the refrigerator. She was very elegant, with short hair dyed in the reddish color that people her age like.She looked like a casual customer, but I still walked up to her and introduced to her the performance of each refrigerator she saw. I controlled the volume of my speech in a very comfortable range.Every time I finished explaining a paragraph, she would gently nod her head.She browsed through it and left, making a point of saying "Thank you, lad" before leaving.
In a word, it made me feel warm in my heart.After I replied "You're welcome", I felt that this part-time job was worthwhile. It allowed me to meet different people and enriched my knowledge.If you can't read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, then try to read countless people.
In the afternoon, Sister Jiang's daughter came to see her. She was very beautiful, and Lao Zhao and I would look at her more from time to time.Sister Jiang said before that she is a real estate salesperson, and she is usually very busy with work and lives with friends outside.When her daughter came, she was naturally very happy.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Sister Jiang let me and Lao Zhao get off work, and she expressed her gratitude to us for our help these days.When Lao Zhao and I were leaving, Lao Zhao proposed to go to the warehouse again, take a few photos of the work in the warehouse as a souvenir, and tell Xiao Zhao about it.I think this proposal is very good. Although the two of us were not using smartphones at the time, they still had camera functions.
At this time, the two of us are already very familiar with the warehouse, and the sister on duty in the warehouse also knows both of us.She smiled and said hello and came to check the goods again!Just let us in.
Lao Zhao seriously showed his working status during the inspection, and I took out my mobile phone to take some photos for him.To this day, those photos are still stored on my computer.
The moment he walked out of the mall, this part-time job was completely over.On the way back by bus, I got a seat by the window.When passing by the city's "mother river", a cool wind blew in from the car window, and the wind carried a faint fragrance.Looking out the window, I saw the majestic river flowing, dotted with shady green trees on both sides, and together they nourished the city.The tall buildings in the distance glistened in the sunlight.At that moment, everything in front of me was better than any beautiful picture scroll. I love this city.
Back at grandma's house, I fell headlong on the bed. The dry sheets had a faint smell of washing powder, which was washed out by grandma with her hands.The skin was comfortably attached to the bed sheet, and when she turned around, a sunken mark was left, which would not disappear for a long time.Leisurely waiting for the time for dinner, that is a happy look.
Although the salary earned from this part-time job has been delayed for two weeks, it is still fully settled, and the cooperation between me and Dingyuan Company has also come to an end.After that, I started my college time with my own infinite vision.
After that, I never went to that mall again, until the news that the group to which this mall belongs closed down on the news one day a few years ago reminded me of this place again.I don't know if the mall has been acquired or if the building has closed down.
As for where Sister Jiang is, whether she is doing well, where she went after the mall closed down, and whether she is still working as a shopping guide for this brand, I have no way of knowing.Where is her beautiful daughter?I think she should be married, a mother, and have her own family by now.
(End of this chapter)
In the summer of 2012, in a certain city in the north.
Summer is hot and long, but this summer time flies by so fast.At this time, it was mid-August, and the balance of the longest vacation in his life was running out. Lao Zhao was about to go to the university he had passed to report at the end of this month.
The university he was admitted to was not in the city, and it took an hour to take a train from here to the city where his university was located.It was an old industrial city, and it was also a once glorious city.My school starts relatively late, so I can take a few extra days off.Both of us were not admitted to the college we were looking for. The elders said: "It's the same. At least there is a book to continue studying. From now on, the family will be regarded as a college student."
In fact, people are like this sometimes. When you want to study hard to get the university you want, you will find that people's inertia can be so great. It turns out that burning lights and fighting hard at night are not just words, but what you really want It is so difficult to achieve, but so easy to give up.We also gradually realized the mediocrity of our learning ability and mind.Those who really study hard are commendable, because they are constantly fighting for the opportunity to change their destiny.
Dingyuan company called us, and he told us that we have a job opportunity for five and a half days. The job content is to be a shopping guide for electrical appliances in a supermarket. The specific working hours are from 70:75 am to [-]:[-] pm. [-] yuan a day, plus five yuan in traffic subsidies, add up to [-] yuan a day.Half of the day is pre-job training, and the salary price is also halved. The salary will be settled after all the work is over, and we are asked if we are willing to do it.
Lao Zhao and I hesitated when we heard about this job. The hesitation was not about the content of the job, but because the supermarket where we worked was located far away from where we lived. Even though they were all in the same city, But there is a place neither of us has been to before, and it takes an hour to take the bus and then transfer to the subway for a few stops.Due to time constraints and shortage of personnel, Dingyuan Company promised to give us an additional five yuan a day as a subsidy if we could go.Lao Zhao and I replied that we would discuss with the company in the evening and then hung up the phone. In fact, we really wanted to do this job in our hearts.
This is different from the part-time jobs we have done in the past.Whether it is performing activities, issuing bills, or flying bills, all the jobs that have been done before are very low-threshold jobs, as long as they are healthy and have time, they can do it.The shopping guides are different. First of all, they need to understand the products they sell, including performance, price, inventory and other knowledge before working.Secondly, you need to have certain communication skills. In the process of working, you need to contact all kinds of people, introduce products to them constantly, and promote the transaction with soft and hard foam.There is a lot of knowledge in it, and it is definitely a job worth doing.Since you can exercise your eloquence ability, accumulate social experience and earn pocket money, Lao Zhao and I decided to overcome difficulties and go to work, especially Lao Zhao, who even planned to regard this job as a way to display his talents and look forward to the future first stop.
The transportation problem can only be solved by getting up early. Although the daily travel expenses plus meal expenses have reduced the real surplus of salary, what we need more is the experience and value that this job brings us. We will definitely cherish this opportunity for part-time work.
We told Dingyuan that we were willing to do this part-time job that night. This should be the last part-time job for us this holiday, and we will each go to our own schools after that.At that time, we were still just a student. Although we were adults, we hadn't really entered the society yet.
Dingyuan Company signed up for us, gave us the address and the contact information of the contact person, and asked us to go to the supermarket at ten o'clock the next morning for a simple training and study, and then follow the instructions of the supermarket staff. It is enough to get the notification to start the work. Before hanging up, I repeated the sentence "don't be late, don't let the pigeons go."
The next day, Lao Zhao and I came to the bus station. In fact, our location is not very close to the center of the city. It is more appropriate to call it a suburb rather than a new district.The two of us first took the bus to a relatively large transportation hub in the urban area. The time required to arrive here is generally between 45 minutes and 10 minutes. It may take longer if you encounter the morning rush hour Some.After we got off the bus here, we went straight to the subway station to our destination.
The nearest subway station to Shangchao is the terminal station of this subway line. It takes about seven stops and takes about 10 minutes.
After getting off the subway, everything around here is strange to both of us.There are bustling vegetable markets, bridges across city canals, and deserted buildings.Because our mobile phones can't use navigation, I checked the map before coming here, and I probably learned the names of some nearby roads.We walked along the route based on our vague memory, and happened to meet a sanitation worker who was working, so we asked about the exact location of the mall by the way.Fortunately, we are going in the right direction, go straight along the road, just turn a corner at the intersection ahead and continue to walk forward, you can see a "pyramid" shaped glass building, that is the underground of the supermarket It takes about five or six minutes to walk from the subway station to the entrance on the first floor.
It was already [-]:[-] when we arrived here. I called the person in charge that Dingyuan Company had left for me. The person on the other end of the phone told us to gather at the entrance of the shopping mall. There were many people there, and we could see them when we arrived. .
We came to the door of the mall, and there were indeed a lot of people gathered there.In fact, we had seen it just now when we were walking towards here, but we didn't expect that this was the place where we were going to meet.
There are more than 30 people gathered here, neatly divided into three rows, standing in front of the line is a short, middle-aged man wearing a police uniform. He is fat and has a round belly. The two epaulettes of the uniform have the word "security guard" written on it. He should be the security guard in this supermarket.At this time, he was leading these people to do rest and stand at attention exercises, and he would pick out some people's faults from time to time.
Lao Zhao and I just wanted to go forward to inquire about the registration situation here, but before we could open our mouths, the security guard shouted at the two of us: "Come on, the two who just arrived behind are all lined up. Stand up at the end and receive military training together."
Lao Zhao and I were stunned on the spot, didn't we come here to report on training and work as a part-time shopping guide?Why did you suddenly start military training?What's happening here?We obviously haven't even participated in the military training on the university campus, but instead we have a social military training.
I was puzzled and said to the security guard: "We are here to report and participate in part-time shopping guide training."
The security guard nodded and said, "Yes, everyone is. Those who come early can participate in the military training here first, and then go to the fifth floor to participate in the shopping guide training after ten o'clock."
We immediately called the person in charge we just contacted, and the phone said that this is here, let us train together, and the shopping guide training will be held after ten o'clock.Although Lao Zhao and I were very reluctant, we still stood in the team.
The security guard was still very serious about the standing posture and movement of everyone in the team. The weather was very hot that day, and he was wearing a hat that matched his uniform, which was so hot that his back was covered. Drenched with sweat.But he didn't pay attention to it, and he was still happily correcting everyone.I took a look at the people in the team. Most of them were women in their 50s and [-]s, and there were a few young men who were about the same age as me and Lao Zhao.Everyone is sluggish, with bored faces, looking forward to the passage of time, praying for ten o'clock to end this farce, the so-called "military training".Among them, a few aunts kept saying, "It's almost enough, you know, there will be no such links" and other similar complaints.
Another young man came here to gather.He is slightly fat and wears a black half sleeve.The security guard also asked him to return to the team to participate in the training. He also asked the questions we asked before, but the security guard nodded and answered the same answer.
The young man went to a shaded place and made a phone call. I could clearly hear him shouting at the other end of the phone: "Isn't this here to be a shopping guide? Why is there still military training?" He was a little agitated , speaking in a loud voice, not concealing his puzzlement and anger at all.
Lao Zhao and I stopped standing in the team at all, and found a shady place, squatting on the ground to watch their military training.I heard the security guard say to the team: "Our company conducts military training for employees every year. This is the cultural concept of the company, and militarized management is also a major feature of our company!"
It's kind of ironic to think about it now, because the company went bankrupt in the next few years, and the mall naturally went bankrupt along with it.
It finally arrived at ten o'clock in the morning, and the people in the team were reminding. The security guard looked at the time and walked to the front of the team, and said, "Thank you very much for your cooperation today. Everyone has worked hard. I also hope that after entering the company The work is going well, thank you." After speaking, he gave a serious military salute.Everyone in the team breathed a sigh of relief and applauded a few times symbolically.This applause is not so much for him as it is for time, thank you for the time.Everyone originally just wanted to go to work well, but unexpectedly, the company tried to restrict your thinking before you joined the company.
The security guard told us to go to the fifth floor to participate in the training, and take the freight elevator to the fifth floor to find the office area. If you take the passenger elevator, it is relatively difficult to find.In fact, most shopping malls are like this, and the office area is generally closer to the cargo elevator.
A large group of us took the freight elevator to the training area.The training room is a place like a classroom, and its scale is about the same size as a classroom.There are blackboards and desks, and the staff inside sent everyone a blank resume, filled in their basic information and marked whether they were working full-time or part-time, and began to assign work after filling it out.
From the next day, this mall will start a five-day [-]th anniversary celebration. During this period, many brands will have offers and discounts, but the number of people required by each brand is different, so part-time and full-time staff needs are also different.After the assignment, a staff member opened a carton box, which was full of blue half-sleeves and blank work cards.The clothes are work clothes, with the name of the mall and the words of the fourth anniversary of the store printed on it.The work card has two titles, the name and the brand counter, and there is a blank box on the right side for a one-inch photo.He asked us to pick up clothes according to our own body shape, each with a work badge for one piece of clothing, which we will need to wear when working in the next few days.
After picking up the clothes, Lao Zhao and I were assigned to an electrical appliance area of a certain domestic brand on the basement floor, which mainly sells refrigerators and washing machines.This training is said to be training is actually just to understand some basic information, the more important thing is to assign work.
The two of us went to the basement floor of the shopping mall and found the sales area of that brand. The sales area was not too big or small. There were more than a dozen types of refrigerators and washing machines. There was only one shopping guide who was also the person in charge.This is a middle-aged woman in her early 40s, with a height of about 1.6 meters 13.00 and a medium build. We explained to her the purpose of our visit and she immediately understood.She introduced us to the products she sells, mainly refrigerators, and the price of each product is marked. Those who have the logo of "Home Appliances Going to the Countryside" and hold a rural household registration can enjoy the discount of "Home Appliances Going to the Countryside", which is [-] off the price of the product. %, the maximum discount is capped at [-] yuan, but the most expensive product here is only in the early [-]s, so it will not exceed the discount share.
Products with the old-for-new logo can enjoy the old-for-new discount, and those who hold old home appliances can enjoy a 250% preferential subsidy. The upper limit of the subsidy is [-] yuan for refrigerators and [-] yuan for washing machines.Then she took us to briefly introduce the functions and information of the product. She said that the basic functions of the refrigerators are the same. The only difference is the size and style. She pointed to the energy efficiency label on a refrigerator and said to us. , there will be such a logo on each electrical appliance. The grades range from one to three. The higher the grade, the greater the power consumption. On the contrary, the more power is saved. Most of the refrigerators of this brand are The first-class price is also one of the selling points. Of course, the biggest selling point is still cheap.
After the general explanation, she asked me and Lao Zhao to take a look at these electrical appliances and get familiar with them.After browsing the refrigerator and washing machine, Lao Zhao and I got a little idea, because the products are not too many and not too complicated, the prices have price tags, and most of the function introductions are similar, and some extra functions will also be familiar. There are eye-catching posters pasted on it.
After some simple understanding, it was already noon, she told us that we can leave first, and we can come back tomorrow morning, she asked where we lived, and she said it was a bit far away, let us arrive here at 09:30, she Her surname is Jiang, and Lao Zhao and I call her Sister Jiang.We thanked Sister Jiang and went home first.
In the afternoon, Lao Zhao and I took a one-inch photo specially for the blank frame on the work card, and the price was a bit more expensive than ordinary photos, and the snapshots were printed on the spot.It is enough to show our attitude and enthusiasm towards work at that time.
The next day, Lao Zhao and I went to the bus stop wearing the clothes issued by the store with the anniversary printed on it and waited for the bus.At that time, we were proud of being part-time jobs. We didn't shy away from what kind of clothes we wore, and we could fully cooperate as long as the work required.Even walking on the street, I want everyone to know that I work outside and that I am a more mature and earning person than my peers.At that time, I naively thought that I would be a person who would work wholeheartedly and have a bright future. I also believed that as long as I worked hard and relied on my own hands, I would have everything I wanted.The self who just walked out of high school is far from truly understanding the complexity of society and the world of real adults, and even ignores the wealth that wisdom brings to people.
After Lao Zhao and I got out of the subway station, it began to rain lightly, and we stepped up our pace and walked to the shopping mall.It was Thursday, and there were not many people in the mall in the morning. When we arrived at the booth where we were working, Sister Jiang was explaining the performance of one of the refrigerators to a group of customers, and the group of customers just nodded lukewarmly from time to time. They will also ask two questions, and it can be seen from the appearance that they are not very interested in our brand.Sister Jiang is very ordinary. She probably has received countless customers like this. For her, everything is already normal.
In less than 2 minutes, the group of customers left. Sister Jiang didn’t say anything and asked us to stay here. There is a box of mineral water in the lounge for drinking. If you are tired, you can sit in the lounge for a while , Never sit in the booth with a stool, let alone sit directly on the floor of the booth.The so-called lounge is a very small room with several plastic stools and a table inside. The door is at a certain place on the booth, and it is the same color as the background wall.
After ten o'clock in the morning, the number of people began to increase, but it did not reach the point of crowds, but there were always about two groups of customers watching in the booth.
Lao Zhao and I have also started to work gradually. When Sister Jiang is too busy, the two of us will go up to receive them. If there are many guests, we will receive them separately. The two receive guests together.
The initial communication was a little green, but as more and more guests talked, the two of us began to chatter.In fact, many people come here to look at refrigerators and washing machines with the mentality of shopping in the mall.Such people can be easily seen by customers. If they don't speak or smile and nod when you say "Welcome", they will take a look. Most of them are just looking at the refrigerator and washing machine. , Only when they meet the functions and prices that attract them will they say a few words of advice, but they only stay at the stage of asking.There are many such customers. Even so, Lao Zhao and I still enthusiastically introduce to them the power consumption at this price, whether they can enjoy the policy of sending home appliances to the countryside and exchanging old for new, etc.The two of us sang and cooperated to praise these electrical appliances. We even started to admire our eloquence and felt that we were really malleable talents. This also made me start to have a better vision for my future. .If we can hear the introductory words that the two of us said at that time, I think we would be worthy of our former selves if we didn’t laugh out loud.At that time, everything was really just what I thought was excellent, and I was moved by myself.
It was a little after eleven o'clock at noon, and Sister Jiang asked one of us to eat and the other stayed here to help. I asked Lao Zhao to go to the noodle restaurant outside for dinner first, and bring me a bowl of noodles when I came back.We asked Sister Jiang if she would like to bring back a copy for her. She shook her head and said no. She brought her own food. She will go to the microwave oven booth and borrow a microwave oven for employees to heat it up. We can also use it there if we bring our own meals.
People who come here to shop in the mall are holding umbrellas. If the umbrella is wet, it means that it is still raining outside. The rainy day and the working day collided together, which did not make the first day of the shopping mall's activities a very popular scene as imagined.In fact, this is not a large shopping mall on a commercial street. To be precise, it is just a large supermarket serving the surrounding residents. The people who come here to shop are basically the people living around, which reduces the purchasing power of electrical appliances to a certain extent.
About half an hour later, Lao Zhao came back with a packaged hot noodle soup. His body was a little wet and covered with traces of raindrops, obviously the result of not bringing an umbrella.We began to gradually realize the importance of weather forecast.I remember someone once said that when you start looking at the weather forecast for the next day every day, it means you have grown up.
I went to the lounge to have lunch, and Lao Zhao stood there to help receive customers.The lounge is really small, there is only room for two people to sit here.The noodles are very fragrant, the soup is very warm, the time is very good, and my heart is full of expectations for my future.
After lunch, I hurriedly replaced Sister Jiang to take care of the booth and asked her to have lunch. The shopping guide area is inseparable from people, and every meal and self-adjustment of the shopping guides is completed in rotation in this way.
There were no more customers in the afternoon than in the morning, and most of them came with the attitude of shopping. Some interested customers also stopped at other big brands after getting to know them or even bought directly. .When we were talking about this phenomenon, Sister Jiang told us that it was too common. We are a supermarket-like shopping mall. There are many people who come here to shop for large-scale electrical appliances. In addition, the brand is in the field of these similar products. There is no influence in the interior, but the price is much cheaper than that of big brands, which is suitable for some people with relatively low budgets.Lao Zhao asked Sister Jiang if she was an agent or a distributor, Sister Jiang shook her head and said no, she is a sales guide for the brand because this mall is very close to her home, so she chose to be here, and her income is only based on performance. Commissioned.
Lao Zhao and I are part-time workers. Whether we have performance or not has no effect on our income. The commission of the products we help sell will also be counted in the name of Jiang Jie.But the two of us have no requirements for this. On the one hand, we are part-time workers who work temporarily for a few days. When we are not very busy, our working hours are still very flexible. It doesn’t matter if we come later and leave earlier, unlike Jiang My sister stood there from the opening of the mall in the morning until the closing of the mall in the evening, so I still understand this very well.On the other hand, our purpose this time is to increase work experience, exercise eloquence and on-the-spot resilience, and enrich our social experience.
There was a very dark and tall man who brought his wife here to look at the refrigerator. He was about 40 years old, a little thin, and he was dressed in ordinary clothes.Sister Jiang and I were receiving another group of customers. As usual, I just took a look and left. I also went directly to the bathroom.When I came back from the bathroom, the group of customers that Lao Zhao had received had completed the deal and was opening a bill with Sister Jiang, and they still bought five washing machines in one go.I expressed my surprise, I bought so many units in one go, I am simply a local tyrant!Although it is only the most common and cheapest washing machine, there are a lot of them!Lao Zhao whispered to me that he was also quite surprised. At first he thought it was just an intention to sell, but he didn't expect to sell five sets at once.During the chat with Sister Jiang when this group of customers opened the bills, we learned that this group of customers opened their own factories. Although the scale of the factory is not too large, it also supports hundreds of people. In the staff dormitory for the living staff.Sister Jiang asked Lao Zhao and me to go to the warehouse on the second basement floor to see how many washing machines were left.Lao Zhao and I have never been to the warehouse before. Sister Jiang said that you can find it by following the instructions on the second basement floor, and just report the floor and brand to the staff on duty there.
Lao Zhao and I walked towards the warehouse together. We were very excited along the way, especially Lao Zhao, who passed the billing this time with full confidence, and seemed to be more sure of his bright future.
Young man, he always likes to mistake his accidental luck as a secret signal of his future success.It is precisely this kind of code that will bring people more motivation and longing. In fact, young people really need such a code.
The two of us came to the second basement floor, which is mainly a parking lot, and there will be directions for partition routes on the walls and pillars.We followed the guidelines to find the warehouse for electrical appliances. The person on duty at the door was a woman in her 30s. She asked which brand we were from and smiled and let us in. We were wearing T-shirts from the mall and work. The sign is obviously the staff in the mall, and the items here are all large electrical appliances, so it is not easy to take them away.
Lao Zhao and I walked into the warehouse. This is the first time we have entered the warehouse of a shopping mall. It is very big and dark inside. Although there are lights on the roof, the lights are not very bright, but the road and the words on the boxes can just be seen. .
There are several carts for pushing goods at the door of the warehouse, and there are wooden boards on both sides of the road. The wooden boards are full of unopened electrical appliances packed in large cardboard boxes, like a "bronze wall and iron wall" built by a large cardboard box.
The two of us walked and looked for the area where the brands we sold were located. No matter how calm we pretended to be on the outside, we still couldn't hide the excitement in our hearts.Although we have only been a shopping guide for less than a day, our every move has become more and more like a mature shopping guide.
We found an area where we sell our brand.I shivered. It was very cold in the warehouse. After staying for a long time, I would inevitably feel a little chilly.We searched for the approximate area where the product we were looking for was located, and then found the corresponding product according to the product number, and counted that there were three left in the warehouse.Because the quantity is not enough, the customer decided not to take it away today, and left an address after paying the money, and then waited to enjoy the delivery service.
This afternoon, Lao Zhao and I were explaining and serving customers very seriously. It looked like we had been beaten to death. Sister Jiang also affirmed our hard work and dedication. They all came to praise us for our seriousness and ability.Of course, Lao Zhao's praise is even more full of praise, far more than me.
Sister Jiang also sold two orders one after another, and the styles of the transactions were only the most common refrigerators needed by the family.In fact, this is the normal transaction status. After all, big orders like Lao Zhao's are rare and unattainable, and they require some luck.
When it was time to get off work, the rain stopped after a day of work.Lao Zhao and I were not in a hurry to go home after we left the workplace. Instead, we went shopping in the pedestrian street to continue today's good mood and ate a lot of food outside.
Two people wearing super promotional clothes are playing happily outside. This picture will be funny when you think about it. If I were killed now, I would not want to go shopping dressed like this!Either change a set of clothes, or go home and take off the clothes after work.
On the way home, Lao Zhao sent text messages to his girlfriend showing off his "record" and gains today, looking very sweet.But now, that girl has become his wife, the sweetness is still the same, but it has been changed to another sweet way called family.
On the second day, we set off to work at the same time as the first day, still wearing promotional T-shirts and work badges.
When it first opened, there were still relatively few people. Even if there were customers, they were all old people who came to visit the supermarket on the ground floor or sat on the empty seats to enjoy the air-conditioning of the mall.
At about ten o'clock, an aunt in a red dress with a white background came to look at the refrigerator next to where I was standing, and I went up to greet her and explain it to her.She speaks with an accent of a populous province. She looks like she is in her early sixties. She is not tall and thin. Her hair is braided and half of her hair has turned white.She asked me the price of a refrigerator, and I told her that according to the usual practice, this model can enjoy the service of home appliances going to the countryside, and if you hold a rural household registration, you can enjoy the preferential policy of this policy.As soon as she said this, she suddenly became anxious, and shouted in her accented tone: "I'm from the city!"
I smiled and said to her that I would not be able to enjoy this discount.Explaining this preferential service to customers is an essential skill for us, because every potential customer has the right to know about this preferential service.But there are always some people who look at them with a sense of inferiority. Their self-esteem is strong and sensitive, and they don't allow the slightest touch from others.
Auntie left in a huff. The reason why she was angry was not so much because of me as it was because of herself.She walked around the mall and came back again. She may have realized that she had lost her temper just now. She calmed down a lot and came over to me and said, "You sound like I'm from the country, don't you? Actually, I'm from the city. , I have been here for many years.”
Lao Zhao and I both laughed, and I thought to myself: "Auntie, you don't need to explain so much to me. Heroes don't ask where they come from. No matter where you come from, we will give you the same respect."
Because it was Friday and the next day was a weekend, there were many more people in the afternoon than yesterday, but most of them were just strolling around.
A boy wearing a promotional T-shirt in a shopping mall like us came to say hello to Lao Zhao and me. He was slightly fat, and he was the guy who called the labor company because he was dissatisfied with the military training that day.He said that you are here, with a tone and expression as if we are friends who have known each other for a long time.
We asked where he was allocated, and he pointed to a place and replied that a relatively good computer brand sold computers.We had a brief chat and found out that he was not a part-time employee, but a full-time shopping guide here. The last call was not to the labor service company, but to the HR department of the brand he sells.
It was a peaceful day, and I vaguely remember that in the afternoon, I opened the first order to work here, and what I sold was the same washing machine that Lao Zhao sold yesterday. Cheap and practical products are always the most popular. For an ordinary family, a product with high cost performance is far more popular than a product with a gorgeous appearance, even if the product has better performance and more functions.Daily necessities and careful budgeting are the essence of most families.
I remember that Sister Jiang once told us that the profit of this kind of product is relatively low, and the commission after selling it is not very high.
When we got off work, Sister Jiang told us that the next two days are weekends, and it coincides with our mall holding an event, so there will be a lot of people visiting the mall. We have to come here at nine o’clock in the morning. It’s best to be early, but don’t be late .We nodded in agreement and got off work.
On this day, we went out half an hour earlier than the previous two days. There was no rush hour on weekend mornings, the traffic conditions were much better, and we arrived at the shopping mall very early.Sister Jiang took a box of breakfast biscuits, opened it, took out a few large bags and put them in the freezer of one of the refrigerators.She asked us if we had breakfast, and we said we had.She also told us that there will be a lot of people today, and the time for lunch may not be very timely. If you are hungry, you can go to this refrigerator to grab breakfast biscuits at any time.
Sister Jiang first asked the two of us to go to the warehouse to check how many products with good sales were still in stock, and asked us to record them.Lao Zhao and I went to the warehouse again to complete the recording work.
As soon as we came back from the warehouse, we saw a short and fat man with a shaved head, wearing white half sleeves on his upper body, and wine red leggings on his lower body. He walked into the booth and asked, "What is this for sale?" ?”
He was carrying a leather bag, a smartphone and a pack of twenty-odd yuan cigarettes in his hand.Lao Zhao and I answered with one voice, the refrigerator and the washing machine.But he said with a look of disgust, "What kind of refrigerator should I buy? I want to buy a refrigerator! Do you have any?" Sister Jiang came over and said no.The bald man turned around and walked away before Sister Jiang finished speaking, leaving Lao Zhao and I snickering at him.
The flow of people on the first day of the weekend was really huge.At around ten o'clock, the shopping mall also held a performance on a big stage, with band singing, stand-up comedy, and lottery activities and so on.Although the scale is small, it is also impressive, attracting a lot of people to come shopping.Our working floor is underground, so we don't have time to go to the show when we are busy.Therefore, we failed to join in the fun.
In the morning, when I was receiving a group of customers, it was a family. The man was very dark and had a short cropped hair, and the woman was fat and sloppy, talking a lot, and also liked to complain.Their daughter is around the third grade of elementary school, wearing a pink dress, but there are some stains and oil stains on the skirt.The girl's complexion is a bit gray, but it's only superficial. At a glance, it can be seen that the girl's skin is fair, but now it is indeed a little dirty, whether it is the face or the overall clothing.The men's and women's dresses were not clean and tidy at all, and they were lazily stepping on a pair of shoes that could no longer tell what color they were.In fact, no matter what kind of clothes you wear, whether you look beautiful or ugly, being neat and tidy is the most basic respect for yourself and others.Communication between strangers is often based on the most basic information of judging a person by appearance, and this couple obviously failed to do it.I fully understand the difficulty of work and the pressure of life for adults, and they can wear whatever they can, but they must be clean and tidy for their children, and they would rather dirty themselves than their children, because life Bit by bit is educating children subtly, and it is also cultivating children to develop a good habit.I explained a refrigerator to them. When I said that this product can enjoy the activity of exchanging old for new, the man suddenly interrupted me with a malicious smile. I knew what he was going to say by looking at his smile. Might embarrass me.He asked, "What electrical appliance did you trade in for a new one?"
I replied that normal electrical appliances that can be used are fine.He waved his hand dissatisfied and said, "What is normal and what is abnormal? What is normal and what is abnormal? Please give me a range!" I continued to answer that old refrigerators, color TVs, washing machines and other household appliances are fine.He said, oh, household appliances, can the rice cooker work?After finishing speaking, the woman smiled maliciously, and even laughed out loud.What was even more unbelievable was that the girl also laughed, just like his parents, with an expression and voice that clearly showed the mentality of watching a joke.My first reaction was not how to deal with the difficulties of the couple, but to feel sorry for the child.What she got under the influence of such parents is also the kind of poverty in her parents' bones.
I replied that the rice cooker was not acceptable, and the man seemed to have premeditated a long time ago to respond to my words and said directly: "No, what do you call the old for the new? Isn't this a lie?" After speaking, the family of three continued. He complained persistently about this topic and walked away with a malicious smile.
I sighed and shook my head, thinking of a public advertisement on TV before-parents are the best teachers for children.
A man with a fierce face asked me about a refrigerator and immediately asked me "Do you have a rural household registration?" I shook my head and said no, and he said indignantly, "That's right. The city and the countryside are always two different things!" After speaking, I left on my own, and I shook my head and sighed while looking at his back.
In fact, after staying for so long, we can tell at a glance which people really want to buy, and which people just come for a stroll.There are also a very small number of people who come here to ask questions just to make a fuss about you.But what we can do is to try our best to explain it. After all, the guests are here, let alone our own work.
Busy and busy until 12:30 noon, there are still many people. There is a group of customers who bought a refrigerator and plan to take it away today. They came with a truck, but the assemblers are really busy today. Sister Jiang could only ask me and Lao Zhao to help carry it.Lao Zhao and I came to the warehouse, took the small trolley and struggled to lift the refrigerator onto the small trolley, and pushed each other towards the direction of the freight elevator.It's easy to watch other workers move like a fish in water, but it's really hard and tiring to do it yourself.We were tired and sweaty when pushed into the elevator.
We wheeled the refrigerator into the loading and unloading position, and the group of customers were eating out, and the two of us sat on the floor waiting for them.They arrived about ten minutes later, and it was raining again, and the space in the cargo box of the truck was messy.They sorted out a place in a simple and rough way, and Lao Zhao and I braved the rain to help them successfully lift them onto the truck, in exchange for a thank you and my dirty and wet body.
We went back to the lounge and adjusted briefly, wiped off the rain on our face and body, drank some water and ate some biscuits and continued to help the booth.A middle-aged male customer came here with a smile on his face to browse the products. He stopped in front of one of the refrigerators with the sticker "Home Appliances Going to the Countryside". He pointed to the sign excitedly and asked me if this refrigerator is a household appliance owner. The policy of going to the countryside.I said yes, as long as you show your rural household registration, you can enjoy it.He smiled and said I have all of these!The current rural household registration is very popular!I nodded in agreement, the current rural household registration welfare is indeed much better than that of non-agricultural ones.What age has it been, and some people scoff at it when it is mentioned here, as if they want to be separated from the word "rural" forever.These are obviously unconfident behaviors, which stem from the inferiority complex flowing in one's own bones.
The number of people gradually decreased, and it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon when almost all the work was done. Lao Zhao and I didn't have lunch, and neither did Sister Jiang.Lao Zhao and I decided not to eat, and went to eat some delicious tonic together after get off work.At about five o'clock, Sister Jiang's husband came. He was a tall man with a three-quarter hairstyle, and the skin on his face was marked by puberty.I heard Sister Jiang said before that her husband thought he was a taxi driver. At this time, he must have completed the handover with the night driver.
At this time, she is no longer busy. Sister Jiang asked us to take care of her. She will go to the food court of the shopping mall to eat with her husband, and the time may be a little longer.
After so many days of experience, Lao Zhao and I have already become very proficient in the price, performance and speaking skills of the products. No matter how long the time is, the two of us will be able to withstand it.
The next day was also the same working time. Lao Zhao and I got a rare seat on the bus, and we fell asleep while sitting, sometimes with our heads down and sometimes up.I am still busy at work, but I have time to eat at noon this day.Nothing that impressed me happened this day. When she was about to leave work, Sister Jiang said that she had worked hard for the past two days. Tomorrow is a Monday working day. Just ask me to arrive at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.We said thanks and left.
After I went back that day, I went to bed very early, and I had relatively enough time the next day, so I slept soundly that night.
Today is the last day of this part-time job. Lao Zhao and I have been very leisurely since early in the morning. We ate ice cream and walked on the way to the mall.There is a small road here, and there are tall trees on both sides of the road, with luxuriant branches and leaves, which completely block the hot sun, and the sound of "sand" and "sand" can be heard when the breeze blows.Lao Zhao and I walked below to enjoy the shade for a while, and only then did I realize that walking on this path is so pleasant.The usual busyness makes us ignore the nearest scenery around us. Only when we return to calmness will we suddenly realize that the scenery in front of us can be so beautiful.
When we arrived at the booth, Sister Jiang was chatting with the people in the booths next to her. She saw us smiling and said "Coming".
There are very few people today. Lao Zhao said that the business is rare on Monday and the business is bad on Tuesday. At least in the current scene, it is true.The two of us also stood together and chatted. At that time, the most talked about was probably the longing for the university campus.When we were in school, we all liked to read a magazine. The illustrations in it were always simple strokes, willow leaves, paper airplanes, and girls with long hair blown by the breeze.But it is just these few lines that are enough to carry our infinite yearning for the university campus, which is about to be realized now.Although I don't know what the road ahead is like, my heart is always full of hope.
A woman in her early 50s came to the booth to browse the refrigerator. She was very elegant, with short hair dyed in the reddish color that people her age like.She looked like a casual customer, but I still walked up to her and introduced to her the performance of each refrigerator she saw. I controlled the volume of my speech in a very comfortable range.Every time I finished explaining a paragraph, she would gently nod her head.She browsed through it and left, making a point of saying "Thank you, lad" before leaving.
In a word, it made me feel warm in my heart.After I replied "You're welcome", I felt that this part-time job was worthwhile. It allowed me to meet different people and enriched my knowledge.If you can't read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, then try to read countless people.
In the afternoon, Sister Jiang's daughter came to see her. She was very beautiful, and Lao Zhao and I would look at her more from time to time.Sister Jiang said before that she is a real estate salesperson, and she is usually very busy with work and lives with friends outside.When her daughter came, she was naturally very happy.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Sister Jiang let me and Lao Zhao get off work, and she expressed her gratitude to us for our help these days.When Lao Zhao and I were leaving, Lao Zhao proposed to go to the warehouse again, take a few photos of the work in the warehouse as a souvenir, and tell Xiao Zhao about it.I think this proposal is very good. Although the two of us were not using smartphones at the time, they still had camera functions.
At this time, the two of us are already very familiar with the warehouse, and the sister on duty in the warehouse also knows both of us.She smiled and said hello and came to check the goods again!Just let us in.
Lao Zhao seriously showed his working status during the inspection, and I took out my mobile phone to take some photos for him.To this day, those photos are still stored on my computer.
The moment he walked out of the mall, this part-time job was completely over.On the way back by bus, I got a seat by the window.When passing by the city's "mother river", a cool wind blew in from the car window, and the wind carried a faint fragrance.Looking out the window, I saw the majestic river flowing, dotted with shady green trees on both sides, and together they nourished the city.The tall buildings in the distance glistened in the sunlight.At that moment, everything in front of me was better than any beautiful picture scroll. I love this city.
Back at grandma's house, I fell headlong on the bed. The dry sheets had a faint smell of washing powder, which was washed out by grandma with her hands.The skin was comfortably attached to the bed sheet, and when she turned around, a sunken mark was left, which would not disappear for a long time.Leisurely waiting for the time for dinner, that is a happy look.
Although the salary earned from this part-time job has been delayed for two weeks, it is still fully settled, and the cooperation between me and Dingyuan Company has also come to an end.After that, I started my college time with my own infinite vision.
After that, I never went to that mall again, until the news that the group to which this mall belongs closed down on the news one day a few years ago reminded me of this place again.I don't know if the mall has been acquired or if the building has closed down.
As for where Sister Jiang is, whether she is doing well, where she went after the mall closed down, and whether she is still working as a shopping guide for this brand, I have no way of knowing.Where is her beautiful daughter?I think she should be married, a mother, and have her own family by now.
(End of this chapter)
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