Hello everyone, I'm Xenia and welcome to another episode of Hired or Fired. And in this episode...
I'm gonna be an Ice-Cream seller for a day.
We have already reached out to the Ice-Cream Uncle.
So the first thing in the morning that we did,
was to meet him at the supplier shop, which is a very random car park.
Hello Uncle!
So what needs to be done after you reach the supplier stall, is to basically set up the ice cream truck.
And that is to carry the ice cream into the ice cream fridge itself.
He was very meticulous, there were a lot of things to be done. And guess, where was I?
I was late.
It's very cold.
Okay, my first task is to put the biscuits inside this tin.
I think the Uncle a bit OCD.
Like everything needs to be very neat and very packed.
He's a little bit quiet but he's adorable. He's a sweetheart.
Then if I pack so neat, how he take out later?
Uncle, pass mah?
Huh?
Ok, pass pass.
*Xenia sighs so much relief*
Ok so he just left, he said go and eat breakfast.
Then after that he just walked off.
I haven't even said bye bye to him eh. I think old people don't really like to say bye.
So when I reached Orchard Road, he's already done setting up.
With the umbrellas up, customers are even rolling in.
Okay, we are late again.
The Uncle already set up without us, so I am gonna go and find him.
Hello Uncle!
So when we first started business, there weren't a lot of customers.
It was very comfortable.
Ice-cream?
And for the customers to come in, I need to do my job.
Ice-Creaaaam! Ice-Cream?
Hi Ice-Cream for you?
I might have just scared them away.
So then I was like, hey! before I sell, I need to know what I am selling.
PD: There is 12 flavours on the board.
See how much out of the 12 you can get.
Ok. Green Tea.
Chocolate Chip.
Red Bean, Raspberry Ripple, Blueberry Ripple, Yam, Peppermint Chocolate Chip, Chocolate, Vanilla, Mango (the editor really wants ice-cream now...)
Sweetcorn.
PD: Got one more.
*Xenia blanks out*
Uhhhherrmeeegurrrd what is that?
Chocolate Chip?
*PD tries to trigger her memory* The recent episode you just did.
HUH?!
Yellow...DURIAN!!!
And guess what he said.
I was very surprised, because the first few customers I had they were all tourists and serving people from all over the world made me feel like...
A tour guide like welcome to Singapore!! In the form of ice cream.
So the whole time I was just serving the customers by taking their money and giving them change.
So I didn't really have that full experience of like cutting the ice cream and serving them from scratch.
So when my producers wanted to eat ice cream, they asked Uncle, can Xenia be the one serving us and he was like, okay lor.
We are going to switch roles. So I'm the Ice-Cream cutter. I'm gonna serve the customers now.
And my first customer is none other than Sepi!
She loves ice cream. I love Ice-Cream!
Okay, what would you like to get?
What would you recommend? I would recommend Yam. Have you tried Yam?
I have not.
You want bread or biscuit?
I'm gonna go classic. Go for a bit of bread.
To be honest, I was extremely confident because I worked at an ice-cream store before as a student.
So I was like no big deal.
*Sepi just being curious as ever*
*Xenia expresses some pain*
*She now expresses signs of worrying*
Huh, wha you want?
*the moment of realisation*
Oh you want biscuit!
Hey! You want bread!
Fail.
I'm sorry Sepi!! *laughs*
Because the ice-cream is so hard, and it melts super quickly.
And by the time I handed my producers their ice-cream,
it's already melting.
This is damn nice. - $2 Fauzi
So the Uncle at the side, he was like "ohhh, cannot cannot, aiyoooo, melt liao.
And then he said to me, you cannot cut ice-cream lah.
A second bad impression.
Oh my god, I better go back to cashiering.
Money means a lot to him as in he wants to be independent and he wants to earn a living for himself.
So then I was very determined to make sure he got a lot of customers.
Thank you!
And I thought the crowd was not bad. To be honest, because like the crowd keeps streaming in.
And I was telling Uncle, waaaah! very tired. A lot of people eh. Today a lot of people ah.
And then savage comment number 2.
Today ok only lah.
Is this your father?
Uhhhh... no fake one.
Soon lah, soon. *laughs*
5 minutes later.
Our fellow colleagues came to buy from Xenia.
Ohhh! Hotcheeky! Oh...
Ok, I pay for the both of us.
Thank you.
Guess how old Uncle is.
Thank you, thank you.
PD: Hi guys!
Hi! Hello!
Do my teeth got anything?
No
lol
This is the first time I see like Green Tea on the street.
I think Xenia did a good job.
She seemed to be very into the zone.
A lot friendlier than most of the time we buy right.
She looks like a person that would sell ice-cream.
Oh! I would like some ice-cream.
OMG!!
Helloooo!!
Excuse me!!
Ok, what you want?
I want Raspberry Ripple.
Bread or Wafer?
Bread please.
Wow, I see someone has learn how to use a knife.
Use more strength lah!
73
73! and he got more strength than you eh.
Hey, hey hey.
You go gym for what?
Thank you!!
Yes!!
Of course can!
My Dad has approved, #FAUNIA!!
*Fauzi dances cutely*
So, I'm very curious about their working hours because ice-cream uncle seem to be there the entire day.
So by 3:00/4:00 p.m
He would be very hungry. So then I sneaked out.
I told him I will come back in a while. Don't miss me too much.
Then he like, miss you? Yeah.
So when I went off, I went to buy; Kopi-O,
Thank you!
Carrot cake,
ham ji peng, butterfly.
And I also, bought Bubble Tea!
So excited!
So, when I was walking back I could already hear him say, don't want lah! why you buy!
Uncle said share the butterfly, so we will fly.
So I was very comfortable in my sales and assistant role.
but the Uncle had to go toilet.
I was like, Oh, yeah, then he just left me alone to man the stall.
and then suddenly they are like a few customers coming in and I was like, oh my god, ok Xenia, calm down.
Oh my god I am so stressed.
Oh Uncle is back yes.
*Uncle walks in looking so happy*
Then the Uncle who ordered Durian was a little bit impatient and it's always very pressurising when you,
have an unhappy customer right beside you.
So the business was good until it started drizzling.
Ice-Cream! Ice-Cream! *Xenia laughs*
Oh no!
And then the Uncle was initially very positive, he was like aiya this kind of rain will pass one lah.
but it just got heavier and heavier.
Initially, I was very sad because I was very determined to make sure his business was good today,
but with the rain, that's not happening.
Ice-cream!
But what turned out to be a blessing in disguise was that, I actually had a really really hearty chat with the Uncle.
One thing I'm really thankful about is that Uncle Tan really respected our career and what we wanted to do.
Because people from older generations they don't quite understand YouTube and like videos.
Look at the Uncle!
Overall my impression of an ice-cream seller definitely changed because,
you basically need a lot of experience lah, that comes with years and years of working not just like one day.
So I guess I'm fired for this episode!
Okay lah, thank you Uncle.
Bye Bye!!
Thank you Uncle for having me.
1,2,3
Thank you for...
what?
*Xenia laughs* Watching
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Uncle, point!
Bye Bye!!
*Uncle and Xenia yawn together*
Random Brit: So good!!
Customer service.
*Fauzi and Xenia sing and dance*
Ice...CREAAAAAAM
That's a wrap!
Xenia & Adli: Yay!