Extra Forty

The following conversation happened between a few cashiers and I at Singapore Chicken Rice.

Cashier A: Eat in or take away, sir?

Me: Take away please. I want to order 1 salad chicken rice, 5 roasted chicken rice with extra rice.

Cashier A: Ok. The extra rice just one extra box or you want 5 extra boxes?

Me: No, no. I want to tambah nasi to the 5 boxes of roasted chicken. Give me a little bit more rice.

Cashier A did not quite understand what I wanted. So she called Cashier B to listen together.

Me: Okay, it's like this. There's 6 people who needs to eat. The boss (thinking about myself) wants salad chicken rice. The other 5 people are workers, they need to eat more because they work a lot today. So they need more rice.

Cashier B: Oh... Ya ya... Ok.

Cashier A key in the price, press few buttons, and then her face turned a bit nervous. She called Cashier B again, and I looked at her computer touch screen.

The amount was RM30.40 and it seemed that she has pressed "Pay Cash" and pressed "Yes" at the question: RM30.40?

Cashier B came and tsk-ed at Cashier A for a few moments before I handed RM50 to them.

Kachiing! Cashier B returns RM20 to me. I was wondering if they made a mistake or simply wanted to bless me. So I waited for a drama.

After one minute, I was standing there waiting for the chef to cook the food. Cashier B came to the counter again.

Cashier B: Tadi kamu bayar lima puluh ringgit kan?

Me: Ya, why?

Cashier B: Harga tadi tiga puluh ringgit empat puluh sen, saya lupa bagi enam puluh sen kepada kamu.

Me: Kenapa bagi saya enam puluh sen? Saya bayar lima puluh saja, bukan lima puluh satu oh.

Cashier B blushed and took out a calculator. Press press press. and she replied: Sembilan ringgit enam puluh sen.

We laughed at the mistake and I handed them RM10, and they gave me RM9.60 after that.

Funny people. They had just made my day.