Hi everyone! I'm Xenia and welcome to another episode of Hired or Fired!
and on this episode I'm going to be a durian seller for a day
The reason why I'm so excited today is because
when it comes to durian I...
love it!
My first impression of durian stalls and durian sellers is that they are very aggressive in sales
like when you look only then they will be like -
"Eh you want to eat some durian?"
So I'm a bit apprehensive of how the day is going to turn out but -
it's okay I'll make friends with them. I hope they're not that scary.
Hi my name is Billy and I'm one of the managers from Durin36
2008 was the year that business first started
I started to do this durian business because it's a family run business so I came back to help them
The hardest part of the job is basically working under the sun because it could be quite hot at times
My favourite part of the job is basically meeting different kinds of customers with different requests
That's actually quite interesting
Before i start work, what do I need to learn so that you will hire me as your durian seller?
To be my durian seller you definitely have to know the basics first
you need to know how to differentiate the different kinds of durians
then you need to know how to handle the durians
After that it comes down to your persuading skills, maybe?
You need to know how to sell it to your customers
Okay lah, sounds easy, confirm can! Let's go!
Normally how we differentiate is by the thorns. The spread of this variety is quite wide.
You will see the "star" at the bottom of it
This is signature for Mao Shang Wang
for the Red Prawn, it can be identified by the shape of the durian you can see there's like muscles all over the body
How do you determine the price of a durian? Like let's say this one.
Usually by weight
They are quite experienced so when they hold it in their hands they will know roughly what is the weight
So the first step is when a durian is dirty, we have to comb it
Just shave off some of the dust or leaves
Then we'll go on to open the durian
Quite simple, go with the flow
Opening is easy but to plate it nicely it is another knowledge
You get a box, cut through the heart of the durian and it will fall off
Okay so now it's my turn to try
Try to trick me ah the first one is not knife the first one is this one! So we brush...
Give it a little massage...
From the bottom of the durian we find the ridges
Yes! Oh the point!
Maybe you can use your hand to ...
No! I want to be cool
No hands!
Not as easy as I thought
Do you think i did a good job?
Not bad for a first timer
Doesn't sound too convincing
So we'll just wait for the customers to roll in and I will show off my selling tactics
They also have delivery on Qoo10
So they have to make sure that they got all their delivery orders correct and punctual for the delivery man when he comes and pick up
Okay the sun is setting and the crowd is starting to stroll in and we're expecting more people now
I guess i need to improve on my confidence. Need to be a lot more persuasive and confident in my sales
So that I can sell all the durians
And make money
And my boss is staring at me
Pressure!
Durian?
Later, later
okay!
Oops not persuasive at all
Durian?
First $10!!!
To them when they see yellow flesh they think it's premium
So when you cut open a fresh durian and they see yellow and they say "yellow" they will be very happy
Just now the uncle just tell me "Are you ready for war?"
My day has been amazing so far
To be honest at the start I was very apprehensive because
I don't know my first impression of durian sellers are very scary people
Then slowly just in a few hours, we became friends!
I think it's very hard to just teach me and let me do on my own
they have to be beside me and make sure that I don't hurt myself
Because as much as durian is a fruit, it's really dangerous I never knew it was that prickly
until I handled it today
When it comes to 8pm, the peak hour was insane
So there were queues - I was in a frantic mode
Prior to that I could assist the customers at a very comfortable pace
but when it reaches 8pm -
Everybody was talking to each other I was just very panicky and I just wanted to make sure that everyone was happy because
customer service, right?
Everything else just gets better with the experience, with the support
and with the environment
How do you think I did today?
I think you did pretty well for the first day
You don't have to be polite ah!
No, it's true!
Which do you think i did worst?\
Probably the plating
and dehusking
You'll probably do good in sales because you put in alot of initiative
So you can be brutally honest, would you Hire or Fire me?
Hire!
Anyway I just want to say today I just realised that your store is actually quite popular
So you have a lot of photos of celebrities so if I take a photo with you will you put it up?
Yes sure!
You guys better come! Lorong 36 Geylang, Durian36!
Thank you Durian36 for having me as a durian seller today!
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