Category: 4. Live Less Bad

  • 港式Customer Service

    今日2019年第一日返工,為了開個好年,一早用菠蘿包煎雙蛋齋啡款待自己,提早享受每週cheat day。 這家60多年老的茶餐廳,每年都會加價。去年一月一日早餐統一加1蚊,今年一月一日所有包都加一蚊。 皆因當時較早,大部份都是常客熟客。食住個包,我慢慢欣賞店員同客人的對答,做了個盤點: 10個客有: 5個沒說話。 4個說類似:「加價了。辛苦啦。」 只有1個說類似:「哇!加咁多?!」「又加啦?」(跟住比店員以港式CS態度還牙:「你黎做啊」「貴唔好買啊」「咁買唔買啊?下位!!」) 40蚊的早餐加一蚊,感覺還可以。但6蚊嘅包變7蚊,幅度其實很大。理論上,應該更多人會有意見。 這令我回想起一個經歷。。。 2017年底,喺同一間茶餐廳食完,長期帶AirPod寸寸貢嘅爛仔侍應,臨走時同我吹水: 「31號晚點過?」 「blah blah」 「咁下年見啦。」 「嗯,下年見。」 「過年後加價啦。」 「啊,係啊?好啦。」 「講定先,等你過年前鬧咗先。」 「哈哈。有客會鬧?」 「X,我都會X啦。變L個鍾意加價啊。所以講定先,好過新一年第一日就猛被人X。」 「所有野都加啦,可以理解嘅。。。」 「X,日日被人X唔代表今次被人X會好受啲。X就係X。」 。。。 「好啦,下年見啦。」 「嗯。」 這就是歷練60年、港式Customer Service之涅槃也。

  • 換片Sourdough

    為什麼要轉Fulfilment與Satisfaction的牛角尖?

  • How do I want to feel in 2019?

    “Making 2018 Meaningful”: Part 3: Stepping into 2019 Last year, I wanted to focus on three things: (1) Feeling more “in the middle”(2) Feeling “the kind of happiness from looking at anything Nintendo in Japanese brings me.”(3) Feeling more “useful more consistently” With mixed results, perhaps indicators of progress, I nudged forward, gingerly. The quest…

  • 3 articles I read in 2018 that took me to school

    Autumn @ the Island Waldorf School Hong Kong; Some ridiculously handsome guy enjoying forking lettuce; Lisa Jackson and the blue marble “Making 2018 Meaningful”: Part 1: Articles “Why we fell for cleaning eating”, The Guardian What it was about: How #cleaneating is becoming more and more like a cult movement, because it is stubborn/tenacious, emotionally divisive, irrationally…

  • Year 2018 in Podcasts

    (updated 2021 and changed original title “Podcasts in 2018 that brought me delight” to Year 2018 in Podcasts to make posts more consistent) An anarchist’s bakery, Captain Data’s wrath, Chuck E. Cheese, FUBR … “Making 2018 Meaningful”: Part 2: Podcasts An anarchist’s group of businesses in Ann Arbor that Obama visited The 😲 Moment. So many. How…

  • 中港台的爆

    俾兩岸三地嘅人屌

  • Like me, please 👍🏿

    source: https://cdn.psychologytoday.com A small incident that pushed me to wean off of social media. I posted something on LinkedIn this week. It was a image of an exciting upcoming event. What I didn’t realise, was this image was not official. The moment I posted it, I got a few likes, and also a bunch of…

  • Become a World Chef with These Just-4-Ingredients Combos

    Specifically, baked chicken that will taste Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Western (Italian or American). Clearly this is just for experiencing the taste of these countries. Chicken is chosen because it tastes … nothing, and it’s very easy to not mess up. How to Make (apply to all): Wash and dry some chicken wings, or whole pieces of…

  • Mindful dining, mindful running, and now mindful (aka slow) learning too?

    Mindful dining, mindful running, and now mindful (aka slow) learning too? My daughter spent 1 week learning the letter “d” at her Waldorf school. “Prussian blue was walking back and forth. It then decided to crawl up. Then came chrome yellow, and it was naughty. It stepped over the path Prussian blue walked, and made…

  • Buzzer Beaters and Magic Mushrooms

    https://youtu.be/qQL12H8z6z4 ⛹🏾 “As a kid, you always have those 3, 2, 1 moments,” James said. “When you’re a kid and being able to have one of those moments, that’s what it kind of felt like. I felt like I was a kid all over again, just playing basketball inside my house with a makeshift hoop,…