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The 10 Minute Dash

Image credit I don't want to come off sounding kiasu (afraid of not getting the best, being the best, having the best, bonking the best, grabbing the best.....) but I have this thing about paying too much for parking when I'm in a place for 12 minutes. Near my place, there's this convenient little shoplot where I shop for the bare necessities. It's convenient and a stone's throw away. A couple of years back, they used to give patrons free parking if you bought more than RM30 from any single one of their stores. No parking fee....what a pull! And suddenly, with a new management (that gave the whole place a new layer of paint - BIG DEAL!), the free parking thing disappeared! Damn....but they retained the 10-minute rule. If you're in there for less than 10 minutes, you don't pay anything. Fantastic. So, here's what happens, I park, run in, check my shopping list and run through from aisle to aisle. It doesn't help that they keep trying to IMPROVE the place by modifying stuff, adding shelves, moving things. What used to be on the second aisle is suddenly on the eleventh one. Most of the time, I make it for the 10 minute free parking but it takes all but one little thing to screw that up. It could be someone who wanted to demand a replacement, something wrong with the barcode, a man who can't decide whether he wants to have the watermelon or not, problem with credit card processing, long line, or an idiot who takes forever to pay for the parking fee. One little thing and I have to pay RM2 for dashing through the store. And I was there for only twelve minutes...oh, come....ONNN!! I know because I always run the timer when I get there. What? That's kiasu?? Shut. Up.

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Theta Mom said…
What 10 minute dash? That is the story of my life! LOL

BTW, thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I know, I wish I could get an hour a day, but I'm lucky if I can get a 10 minute dash! Join us this Thursday,it will be fun! :)
blinka.Li said…
THIS SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR!!! :) POOR CITY FOLKS, DON'T WE?? lol

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