Friday Five 29-January-2021
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elusivekToday’s questions from F.riday5.com; separate post from the LJ Friday Five, if it updates.
1. What are you listening to?
For some reason, I am off my podcast phase this week and have been listening to some old tracks I have. Right now as I type this, my playlist is playing this:
2. What are you hearing?
If I switch off the music, I can hear my Dad's snoring far off in his room, pitter-patter of the cats prowling around, and while I don't have a proper wind chime, but the curtain holders have a bit of material on them that makes a bit of sound if the wind is strong and they hit on the wall.
3. What are you turning a deaf ear to?
So, Mom saw an ad on Facebook for a toupee/hair topper thing. My experience of these Facebook ad products is that, these are all China products as well. They charge you an arm and a leg for their products but when the product arrives, you can see on the shipping label the product came from either Zhuhai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen. So, kind of, I could have gotten them from Taobao at a fraction of the price. But Mom was adamant to get that particular hair topper. So okay, I got it for her, it arrived, it looked NOTHING LIKE WHAT she saw (think those Wish products?) and now she wants me to file a complaint and ask for an exchange. I'm turning a deaf ear to that, because I had warned her right from the very beginning already. And now what, the shit that happens after, I have to deal with it too? No.
4. What have you recently overheard?
Pity, I didn't have a chance to overhear anything juicy recently. Usually I can walk around the company staff area and listen to other staff complaining about stuff, because they think I don't understand Chinese LOL. Best time for eavesdropping was lunch break at the canteen. Since now I get paid lunches, I don't eat at the canteen anymore.
5. To whom have you recently lent an ear?
My friend whose sister has that pastry shop just down by my apartment building. My friend helps out with the shop's marketing and stuff, and she was complaining about an "acquaintance/friend" that promised to help her deal with the website. Well, this acquaintance still charged a fee but couldn't really deliver anything. So my friend is now looking for another person/company to handle that.
1. What are you listening to?
For some reason, I am off my podcast phase this week and have been listening to some old tracks I have. Right now as I type this, my playlist is playing this:
2. What are you hearing?
If I switch off the music, I can hear my Dad's snoring far off in his room, pitter-patter of the cats prowling around, and while I don't have a proper wind chime, but the curtain holders have a bit of material on them that makes a bit of sound if the wind is strong and they hit on the wall.
3. What are you turning a deaf ear to?
So, Mom saw an ad on Facebook for a toupee/hair topper thing. My experience of these Facebook ad products is that, these are all China products as well. They charge you an arm and a leg for their products but when the product arrives, you can see on the shipping label the product came from either Zhuhai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen. So, kind of, I could have gotten them from Taobao at a fraction of the price. But Mom was adamant to get that particular hair topper. So okay, I got it for her, it arrived, it looked NOTHING LIKE WHAT she saw (think those Wish products?) and now she wants me to file a complaint and ask for an exchange. I'm turning a deaf ear to that, because I had warned her right from the very beginning already. And now what, the shit that happens after, I have to deal with it too? No.
4. What have you recently overheard?
Pity, I didn't have a chance to overhear anything juicy recently. Usually I can walk around the company staff area and listen to other staff complaining about stuff, because they think I don't understand Chinese LOL. Best time for eavesdropping was lunch break at the canteen. Since now I get paid lunches, I don't eat at the canteen anymore.
5. To whom have you recently lent an ear?
My friend whose sister has that pastry shop just down by my apartment building. My friend helps out with the shop's marketing and stuff, and she was complaining about an "acquaintance/friend" that promised to help her deal with the website. Well, this acquaintance still charged a fee but couldn't really deliver anything. So my friend is now looking for another person/company to handle that.
