Well Sunny and I was asked to work at an H-Mart ( a Korean store) by a friend who has an uncle that's a manager there. Sunny got sick of it after a day, and doesn't want to have anything to do with it anymore, but my hobby (gaming) is pricey and I really need the money and so I went back and plan to continue working there! My job for the past.. 5 days? Giving out flavored vinegar! They're supposed to be good for the skin, cleaning out toxins in your body, and helps with digestion. Plus, they taste sweet too. But here is the two products I've been promoting so far!
(found these online. Forgot to take pictures of them.. haha)
Here's my work space for making my beautiful product.. bleh. (I'm positively sick of drinkable vinegar. I drank too much of my own promoting product...)
haha right, the second time I went, when I went back, I had to promote coffee and barley tea as well :)
(p.s. no more DSi pictures. Sunny said the quality was crap so I should use my slightly more better phone/digital camera instead -cry-)
Well, while I was working, I realized two things and I'll share them with you!
One! The man who worked next to me was a Chinese guy who's English wasn't that great, but good enough for his age and the amount of time he spent in America. The product he was promoting was some Chinese type Ramen that was super good and I sampled myself too much. (The workers get bored and start eating and sharing the item they were demoing) Well I noticed, while lolling around waiting for people to walk by, that when ever he helped out customers, he would put his hand together in front of him.It kind of gave off a creepy sleezy appearance.. right? And the first thing I was reminded of was... the common American stereotype of "chinese are cheap!". They're always depicted rubbing their hands together like so. One example? Won! From Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town. Don't know how many times that guy tried to sell me an apple 5x more expensive, by giving it a really long name. In the end, it was just a normal apple. Here's how Won looks like:
In the end, I came to think, maybe there's a reason that Chinese people are depicted rubbing their hands together. Its a form of .. humbling? The man selling across from me seemed very humble, and he was one of the sweetest man I've met. Goes to show how movies and stereotypes can even warp the most.. simplest of actions.
Two! That Korean Stores had very different things compared to an American Store.
"Well no duh Kira!"
I know I know, but its really different. Culturally and everything. The restaurant inside the stores, the products, the layout, the atomosphere! So I went around during my 30 Min break to take pictures so that you, my readers, can experience how different it really is! Now some of these pictures will be in the Sparkle part so you don't have to closely examine all of them but they'll be here and there and there is a lot! You have been warned! Now before my montage, I want to talk about a few specific pictures that I found super sparkle worthy!
These three are my first ones I'll talk about. Now when I first saw the blue and white bottle, I thought it was a cool looking bottle and read the description on the back. These basically promote and help enhance whatever the name of the bottle says. Like neuro bliss makes you happy, neuro sleep makes you sleep better, neuro sonic made you think better and neuro gasm? Think about it guys. The picture at the bottom.. think some more! That's right! on the bottom of the bottle, its says "passion in every bottle". What does that mean? It helps you get orgasms better. OMG! RIGHT?!?!
Now, these I thought were super cute! They're basically chopsticks for beginners, or babies. You just stick your fingers in the loops and push together. Eventually, you learn how to use the chopsticks! And who no other than Crayon Shin Chan as the figurine on top. Freaking adorable no?
Now this picture I took from the bakery inside the store. It's freaking adorable too! But I couldn't take that many cause a lady came and shooed me away before I could properly take more at better angles. It still look super cute and cuddly... even though they're cake. There was another cake's picture I got to snag, but it was more delicious looking than cute. Its in the montage!
Now honest truth be told, I want to blabber about all these pictures and comment on ALL of them. But that would take too long, and I had a hard time deciding what to talk about for my last one when this little one popped in front of my eyes. I HAD to talk about it!!!
First time I saw this was when I met up with one of my friends who was promoting the sales of Soju (Korea Sake I guess, comparable to vodka). I thought: "Wow how nice to have a body like that, hair that flows like that, and curves like that, and those thin arms and long legs! OMG! My insecurities are a-rising!"
Then, when I had to promote the Soju a little bit myself, that picture became my best friend since I had to stare at that for a near 3 1/2 hours while no customer came by. ( No one buys alcohol from 12-2). I kept thinking she was oh so skinny and sexy and I felt fat (didn't help that I was wearing a Han Bok) when I realized something! Her hands are FUCKING HUGE!
No seriously! Look at them! Click the damn picture and look at it! They're half the size of her arms... scared the crap out of me. So I stood there, not doing my job and gaping at her big hands for a good 15 mins... I couldn't tell if it was the camera angle, or just simply she had monstrous hands...
Okay, well now I'm done talking about my pictures. I would love to talk about them more, but I think that would only bore you guys like crazy, and make the post too long, so here's the montage of pictures that I took. Some of them were super cute!! Others are random. But I hope you can get the feel of a typical Korean Market now!
Take a moment to look through all of them. Thanks for reading and experiencing my work environment!
~Kira
