As some of you might know, I recently got a hostel room in Hall 3 and my classmates and friends will be full of envy whenever I tell them that I stay in Hall 3 as Hall 3 is one of the two halls which is new and all the rooms have air-con and the facilities are good and these amenities make the other halls look bad. There's also a downside to living in Hall 3-the canteen. The canteen is like a normal foodcourt and the decor is pretty good and I'm not complaining about these stuff. It's the service at the drink stall(the other stalls are pretty ok) which puts me off and makes me stay away from the canteen.
I love to start my day with breakfast and as Hall 15 canteen(the place I used to have breakfast in Yr1) was a distance away, I went to my Hall canteen to have breakfast on the first day. There will be two aunties at the drink stall, one making drinks and the other making toast. The drink aunty made bad milo and the toast aunty though made good toast was grumpy.I'n not expecting royal service treatment but a simple smile and thank you and no grumpyness!! I tried to persuade my roomate to go to hall 15 but he was used to going to hall 3 canteen.
The aunty once grumpled when i gave her 4 5cents coins and it's not as if I gave her 20 coins of 5 cents. The final straw came when the toast aunty served an old man behind me and I was furious and I told my roomate that we should go to canteen 15. After much persuasion, he relented and we had breakfast the following day at canteen 15. The drink aunty remembered my face and told me that she hasn't seen me around for some time and I told her that I'm staying in hall 3 and I will come to the canteen just for her. She laughed at my suggestion and brightened my day with a huge smile. The milo was tasty and sweet and the toast was good. The service and food made me a satisfied man and has made my resolve stronger by not going to the drink stall in my canteen for breakfast!!
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A little recognition goes a long way. Hall 15 it is!!
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