The Boss Lady Look

I got look like Si Tao Poh meh?

So there I was minding my own business. Well, actually minding the company's business. The desserts shop opened last week, and I was there on two separate occassions.

On the first occasion, I had the camera bag slinging on my shoulder. My colleague and I saw a lady staring at the menu with interest and so we approached her to introduce the concept of our healthy desserts to her.

"Healthy desserts? You've got to be kidding me," she said. But after we pitched to her on how our desserts are indeed healthy stuff, she looked convinced and ended up having one of our signature desserts after her lunch.

She also unexpectedly asked us, "Are you two shareholders of this place?"

My colleague and I looked at each other. Then I looked at myself - garbed in a blouse, skirt and camera bag. I think I look more like a reporter than anything else at the moment.

"We're just part of the company," I said, feeling happy and strange at the same time. It's the first time that anyone had thought that I looked like a shop owner. And the feeling is indescribable.

The Second Time

Yesterday I found myself there again to pass some stuff to my colleagues. This time I was garbed in a nice black T-shirt, black pants and big black bag. Little did I know that I caught the attention of an elderly patron who was enjoying a smoothie. The auntie flagged one of my colleagues over, pointed towards me and asked this one question:

"Eh, that lady is the owner of this shop ar?"

My colleague was caught by surprise and hurriedly answered, "No, she's the photographer who took the pictures on this menu."

Then he came over to relay what transpired between them. I turned to look at the auntie who had a cautious look on her face and flashed her a huge smile. Her face relaxed as she smiled back at me. She didn't know it but she made my day by mistaking me to be the boss lady of the place.

Woo hoo!

Photo Credits - JS, Melb