Sunday, 24 May 2009
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A story to tell
I’ve been wanting to blog about this ever since I uploaded this photo long long time ago. Thank goodness that it was while browsing through my uploaded photos that I found out that I’ve not written an entry on this photo...otherwise it will be just conveniently forgotten.
My, did I just sound like a grandma trapped in a young girl’s body?
Well, positively it kinda’ save me the uploading-waiting time, so I can now blog directly!
*whee*
Ok, back to the topic, the lady with white tudung is not a Santarina. Nor is she a Santa ; but let’s call her Santa kay?
Santa is a responsible employee of AirAsia who was then helping me to document my luggage report. Apparently a blur-sotong guy (yes, a HE!) mistakenly took my luggage and left without even realizing a single bit that he took someone else’s luggage!
Big Q - How do you find out if your luggage is missing?
Answer - You will just find out la! If you cannot recognise your luggage then please just bang your head unto the wall.
At that time, both Miss Pearl and I just landed at Miri Airport and I was patiently waiting for my luggage ; Miss Pearl already had hers in hand (JB-MYY flight ; convocation trip, 2 years ago!) that at one particular moment I got puzzled as there was only 1 particular luggage left on the conveyor. I told myself to calm down and wait for another round ; perhaps at the other end of conveyor maybe?
And so, I waited. Nowhere of my luggage to be seen, so I waited for another round ; none. Well, for a moment, stupid thoughts ran across my mind eg; my luggage was either ‘stolen’ or it just didn’t make it into the plane or it fell off the plane. In the end we concluded that the person whose luggage was left on the conveyor mistakenly took my bag....
Trying hard not to look panic, I immediately reported to the Santa who was just standing nearby and from there she assisted in tracking the person (wow, sounds like FBI!) whose luggage was left behind. I was complaining to Pearl on how a person couldn’t even recognise his OWN luggage, more ever you can see that his luggage is 90% black while mine is 99% red???
HIS
Mine - Hello, so different okay?
Pearl was on her mission to cool me down
and one of her tactics was by taking the photo (of me crossing my arms indicating– Not mine!) with her K800i. Well, it did us good, I smiled eventually and she had something to do while waiting for me 
Santa got hold of the owner's contact no. , called him and thank goodness he wasn’t far (which means we didn’t need to wait long). And according to her, he sounded perplexed that he didn’t believe his ears when she told him to kindly check his luggage as he might have gotten hold of the wrong luggage. I didn’t know how to react ; to laugh or to yell...And so, we waited for a lil’ while longer, gotten back my luggage (thank God I padlocked) and that was it.
I learnt my lesson . Allow me to illustrate.
Take my design of clothes (only for illustration) for example;
1 particular design comes with at least 5 colours (could be more!).
And on top of that 1 design of 1 colour comes with sizes of XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL (6 sizes).
So, let’s do the math, taking into consideration of all outlets in Malaysia;
Say, 1 size of 1 colour has 5000 pieces manufactured.
5000x6 (sizes) = 30000 pieces
30,000 x 5 (colours) = 150,000 pieces !!
*Tha da*
Probability to bump unto the same design is quite high (although different colour, but still?).
Well, it applies to luggage bags also. Similar designs are so widely manufactured and worse ; the designs are just so alike and anyone could have just mistakenly assume your luggage as theirs.
Lesson learnt ;
- Make your check-in luggage look outstanding; decorate/tie ribbons/ label with names up-down,front-back.
Best take a picture of your own, print them out (A4 recommended) and paste them on both sides of your luggage.
- Don’t check-in your luggage if you can handle the allowed weight.
Pretty ladies can charm men to help them carry but men....you’d better be macho enough...
- You can be the last to board the plane BUT by hook or by crook make sure you are the 1st to reach the conveyor so that you could have all eyes on ALL luggages before the blur-sotong hurries yours away. HOW? Push your way out, charm the steward/stewardess/make some scenes / jump from the window /don’t visit the loo upon landing etc?? Be creative babe. Think out of the box !
Oh, last but not least;
- Tailor your own clothes
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