9th POST.

John Little Sales at Toa Payoh.

What did I observe?

-There are many people there.

-Mostly are middle age people.

-There are some elderly who that are buying bedsheet.

-I saw more ladies then men at the John Little sales.

-Most of them are buying many things from there.

-Some parents are digging and finding clothes for their children.

-The clothes and stuff are all in a mess.

-There are some Hourly special promotion, when it starts, many people will rush over there to buy the items that are on offer.

-Usually many people likes to go to sales.

-A sales promoter is taking a paper to fan herself as it’s quite warm there.

-Usually there are lesser men at there.

-The most popular sections are the Handbags, Kids clothing, clothes and bedroom sections.

-The queue to the cashier are very long.

-People doesn’t put back the stuff back to the original place.

-The place look very messy.

-The space for people to walk are very narrow.

-The ladies are also digging out clothes that they want from the pile of clothes.

-Some people want to buy the clothes there, but they can’t try on it.

-Some people are frowning and feels irritated.

-Some people just finding ways to cut queue.

What did I hear?
-“This is cheap!”

-“Hey there are discounts for the handbags over there!”

-“This is cute! Girl, do you want it?”

-“This is not bad! i can buy a few more.”

-“Hey, you go help me queue first.”

-“Ohno! There isn’t any fitting room here. How can i try it?”

-“I don’t know whether this size fits me not leh!”

-“Should i buy this or this one?”

-“Daddy, i want that toy! can you buy for me! Please…”

-“Wah! The queue is damn long!”

-“Tsk, It’s taking really long!”

-“Hey darling, the queue is very long. We come back later lah!”

-“Excuse me! can i try on this?”

-“Eh… How much is this ah?”

-“Hey, can you don’t cut queue!”

What did I learn?

-Many people likes to go to a sales because they can get good deals there.

-Usually they will really buy a lot of things from there.

-Some people don’t mind queuing for this.

-Many people wants to buy clothes there, but when some of them can’t try it then they do not want to buy it already.

-The place are really narrow and when there are a lot people squeezing, many of them will get irritated.

-Some inconsiderate and selfish people will try to cut queue as they do not want to wait so long for the queue.

What did it means?

-Usually people want to try on the clothes that they want to buy so that they can make sure it fits them. So when they couldn’t try it, they do not want to take the risk to buy it.

-It’s like typical Singaporeans who likes to go to a sales to get really good bargains and deals. So that they can save more money.

-People gets easily irritated when it’s really squeezy and some people will still likes to squeeze in.

-Some people do not have the proper manners to queue up and they only thinks for themselves.

Do I have any ideas to tackle the challenge?

-Maybe they can put a changing room for people to try on the clothes. So that there will be more buyers.

-They can put something that makes the queue more neater and put some bars there to prevent people from cutting queue.

-If the places is warm, they can put some fan there. So it won’t be so stuffy.

-Put a signboard to remind people to not to cut queue and be considerate for others.

-Maybe they can improve on the spacing, so that it won’t be too squeezy.