Tiny Tapir sells not just eco-friendly products for everyday use, but also baby stuff for discerning new age-y parents. They announced on the social media that they were gonna have their first ever warehouse sale at their warehouse in Melawati. I did my part and let the parents I knew in on it.
Fast foward to this morning: left a little later (waiting for somebody lah), and got there alright with help from the TomTom device. Waited a long time for a couple of makciks (literally) admiring (couldn't they have checked while they were lining up to pay? Trust me, there was time for it) their loot in the trunk and GTFO before we took their parking space.
Fair enough that the bags got bagged and zip-tied on the way in, but at least we were in. We were probably the only non-parents there at the time. We skipped most of the baby stuff, headed for and found what we were looking for (I got a replacement Glass Dharma straw at half price; my friend got a large RuMe bag also for half price). Around 11 something it was still not terribly crowded for browsin... until you went back downstairs to pay.
Wah lau eh, the payment line was almost out the entrance and it was inexplicably slow, probably because they had to keep referring to the price list for the discounted prices of the items. Being stuck behind some of these parents was like being in line behind the extreme couponer at the supermarket - there were as many Zoobies and Plush Pads as they could cart off. The credit card and cash lanes were all one and the same - well actually, there was only one credit card counter and they had to alternate between the two merged lines.
As there were two of us lining up, I went ahead to see what the fish was happening with the cash lane. I squeezed in front of this dad (who had a bagful of stuff that he wanted to pay cash with), paid for both our items, and GTFO of there. I'm sorry, but some people would let other people with one or two items go ahead of them in line at the supermarket. I would wait if I had as many items as they did, but this was just ONE ITEM.
I always say that there should be an express lane at warehouse sales. It could've been better, but it was what it was.
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