Bus Uncle

Sometimes I have shifts from 4 pm to 1 am the next morning, and one would be wondering, if so, how the hell do you get home? I got home at 2.30 am yesterday and slept soon after. The pending question is still, how do I get home actually?

Starbucks Changi Airport actually caters a van to bring all of us partners home. Even if you live in Woodlands, you'll get sent home. Obviously, there is a driver for a van will not be able to move without one. Let's call this driver Uncle.

I have met this uncle 2 times. I do not know if he likes me, but I do know he says nasty things. The first time when I took the van, I was virtually running up and down looking for the van since I didn't know if he was the one. Although I was wearing the Starbucks shirt, he made no attempt to tell me he was the one, but that's okay, since no one would want to be embarrassed if I was not that one. Later he made a rather interesting comment. It goes something like this, translated: I was wondering which idiot was running up and down. So much for being welcoming as Starbucks always emphasized. It didn't affect me and I made a few attempts to converse with him, always with him replying reluctantly. I gave up and sat quietly waiting to approach my home only to have him tell me about how reluctant he is to bring me all the way in and how if I'm not a girl so he won't do it for me the next time round. Well, point noted.

So here comes the next day, and I get to sit on this vehicle and my friend happen to ask me where to. I said Boon Keng and that triggered him. He said my house was at Towner road, and not Boon Keng, Mcnair rD(that's my address btw) or Bendemeer, nor Little India. He also added in that I'm a dumb and stupid person who doesn't even know where I lived. I took it easily as I sort of expected shit from him, but I did one thing wrong. I corrected him that my house road is at Mcnair. I shouldn't have done that. It didn't make an impact on him. He probably didn't want to hear it and didn't hear it. The rest of the journey was long before I reached my area and I left. Prior to this, he commented on my closing of this van door as too light and I sort of closed it with a harder impact probably leaving wrinkles on his face as he grimaced in what seemed like eternal pain to him. I swear it wasn't calculated beforehand. I even thanked him and said good night to him which he ignored.

Which I am happy for it didn't affect me whatever nasty things he said. I took it as he is like that. I went thinking about this phrase which I recalled, that anyone has enough good points which are probably hidden by their cool or rugged outlook. I started to think of what good point he had and I came to one.

Believe it or not, no matter how nasty he is, he is always early, doesn't skip his reservice, and doesn't chao keng at reservice. It probably shows that he is a responsible guy.

Anyway, I've got it as a goal to win him over since I have but to depend on him for 8 more months! I'll see him tonight and let's see how the progress will be!