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Reached 7-11. Asked the indian 7-11 guy if he'd seen a black bottle.
Sad Man: 'Scuse me, sorry did you see a black water bottle..?
7-11 Guy: Oh ya got ar! Like mineral bottle right? Oh sorry ar, I thought customer leave here nobody want, so I throw away ar. Sorry ar.
Sad Man: (Confused. "Mineral bottle"?) Oh erm...where did you throw?
7-11 Guy: Throw in the black plastic bag into the rubbish dump ar. Sorry ar.
Sad Man: It's ok. You sure it's a black bottle like this? (makes hand gestures describing the shape) Round round one? Where's the rubbish dump? I go find myself.
7-11 Guy: (makes hand gestures to give lousy directions) You go out ar, turn right, then turn right ar. Go straight can see already ar.
Sad Man: Ok ok thanks ("nah beh...need to dig rubbish dump")
Sad Man followed the directions and found a garbage dump. Not just any garbage dump, but an industrial size one! Dug through one trash bag. The smell was unbearable. It's smelt like when the garbage truck drove through his home, only now that instead of standing at the side covering his nose, he's standing right inside the hole. Then it hit him: strangely, none of the bags were black. They were all white.
"Fuck la...he confirm this one or not..."
Just then, a man walked out from inside the dump, surprised to see someone sieving through the rubbish. Dig this: A man, 6 o'clock in the morning, walked out from inside a rubbish dump in which Sad Man was digging.
Sad Man: (sheepish grin) 'Scuse me...erm...do you know if 7-11 throw their rubbish here? (completely stupid question, but he was desperate, tired, and not thinking straight)
Rubbish Man: Oh not here la. Behind. Behind got another rubbish dump la.
Sad Man: (taken aback that such a dumb question actually has an answer) Oh! Where ar? Which direction?
Rubbish Man: You see that stairs? Go up, walk along the road, turn right walk straight you can see liao. (prove that chinese can give much better directions)
Sad Man: Wah, ok ok thanks alot!
Rubbish Man: Why? Lost something inside ar?
Sad Man: Yah la...sian.
Rubbish Man: Haha good luck la.
Lighted a fag and followed his directions with renewed vigor. Fate hadn't been all that bad to him. It sent him a garbageman from nowhere with an answer to a strange question. Sad Man told himself he must have faith. If he manages to find his bottle, it would mean something good is finally going to happen in his life. Haha so silly.
Found the next identical rubbish dump. All black trash bags. Opened one bag. All rotting burgers, mayonnaise and other crap from MacDonalds. Second bag...third bag...seventh bag, ALL ROTTEN SHIT FROM MACDONALDS!! He poured out everything but found NO BOTTLE!! Only rotting, slimy, gluey, grummy, stinking rubbish! SEVEN BAGS! Nah beh.....!! Sad Man walked back to 7-11 with his hands smelling like <insert explicit adjective>.
Sad Man: 'Scuse me, are you sure you throw away a black water bottle like this (makes more hand gestures to describe the shape of the bottle)
7-11 Guy: Ya ar, black water bottle. Like mineral waterbottle ar. I throw away already ar.
Sad Man: You sure it's round like that? (makes more hand gestures) You threw it away yourself? Confirm?
7-11 Guy: Ya ar, I throw away already. Dunno whose ar. I asked the people outside just now but they say dunno whose ar.
Sad Man: (stood there half-dazed)
7-11 Guy: Oh wait ar. I help you check again. (walks to the rubbish bin inside the shop and digs around) Oh here ar! Aiyah I haven't throw away ar! Sorry ar!
Sad Man: (half delighted half royally pissed) Ok ok! Thanks thanks! (thanks for nothing, you fucking moron! No wonder you work in a 7-11, asswipe! Why don't you just slit your own throat, fucker!)
7-11 Guy: Why so important ar? Girlfriend's ar?
Sad Man: No la. Just important to me. (if it's his girlfriend's, he'd still be at the dump, knee deep in rubbish) Can I borrow your tap? Thanks... |