Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Stupid Panmee Boss

Today, I’m going to badmouth about Jojo Panmee. No, it’s not like what you think actually. The panmee there isn’t that awful to the extent that I would make a blog post complaining about it. Neither were there lizards nor insects in the food I ate. So what is it, you ask? The boss of Jojo Panmee, let’s just call him Mr.T. I actually checked his name card to get his name. I thought he must be regretting to have given me the name card now. But but, Mr.Hik forbids me to include his real name here. Pfft!


What did little Mr.T do, you wonder? The fact is, he’s MrHik’s old schoolmate or something. In spite of that, I am still going to badmouth him! No, it never occurs to me that my boyfriend might bump into Mr.T one day and felt awkward all because of my blog post. It’s none of my concerns, because I’m just inconsiderate like that. After all, it was little Mr.T’s fault to have offended me, or us, to be precise. It just happened that I’m a petty girl who never forgets, so instead of shutting my mouth, I dug out his photo to tell you a story.


One day, Hik received a phone call from Mr.T. He invited Hik to his panmee shop to eat panmee. He asked Hik to bring along a few bloggers and said that it would be his treat. There are a few branches of Jojo Panmee, but we were supposed to go to the one in Serdang for the food review. Hik called along Yat, Ren and another friend, so off we went to Serdang. In case you aren’t aware, I’m staying at Setapak, which is a big distance away from Serdang. One south and one north, very cilaka far okay? But I thought it was alright, since we were going there to eat for free.


It was a free treat, so I had no reason to be kiam siap when I place my order. Of course I didn’t mean to be greedy! Just ordered 1 bowl of panmee, shui gao soup and fried fish cake. Those were meant to be shared among the 5 of us, already considered little hor! Then we makan lah. Nom nom nom. Took photos in order to blog. 1 thing I remembered, Yat taught Mr.T how to advertise his panmee through Twitter and how to expand his business by using Internet. So apart from advertising his panmee shop through our blogs, we also taught him how to catch up with the new generations!


Soon, Mr.T gave us another plate of fish cake. He even brought us a few bowls of tong shui for dessert. So I thought, wah, not bad hor this boss, so generous de?


See? Hikaru very happy.


Until the bill came. WTF! The boss was standing right there, holding the bill, waiting for us to pay! Total amount RM60++! “I thought it’s free???” I whispered to Hik. He just shrugged. I swear I was burning at that particular point of time. I had an urge to confront Mr.T in front of all his customers. But something stopped me from within, telling me not to make a scene as he’s Hik’s friend. I did not voice out then. But I soon regretted. I could have pointed it straight to Mr.T’s face, didn’t you promise that it was your treat??? Who does he think he is, trying to get free publicity from us? Oh, maybe he thinks he’s Hik’s friend. The point is, we went all the way to Serdang to do a review for his panmee, but at the end of the day we had to pay for our meal??? We didn’t even get paid to blog about it! Is RM60++ a lot for him??? Does he think that 5 reviews aren’t even worth RM60??? We know perfectly well that there is no such thing as free meal. Yes, there’s no such thing as FREE PUBLICITY either! Let me do the math. RM60 divided by 5, leaving RM12 for each person. So if we really do get free treat, each person ate merely RM12. And not forgetting the effort we put into the blog post and the petrol consumed all the way to Serdang. Does he have any idea how much on average a blogger like me receive for an advertorial? We are worth real hard cash, not just some crappy food! What’s more, we didn’t get free treat! Despite the publicity, he demanded us to pay for his mediocre food! And that’s not the main point yet. The point to the point is, he promised earlier on that it would be his treat! We wouldn’t even ask along the bloggers if he didn’t say it was free. So in this case, isn’t he considered a liar? We felt like we got cheated! Imagine being cheated by a boss who was supposed to be trustworthy, but turned out to be a liar who didn’t fulfil his promise. Angry not?


So for his own stupidity, he’s had me making his Jojo panmee infamous. Some of you might be thinking right now, “Kate is just being a petty bitch!”, “It’s only RM60, pay la”, “Small matter, why make it so big?” If you’re thinking of any of those, FUCK YOU! Proven that your IQ level isn’t sufficient to be able to comprehend whatever mentioned above. Read the previous paragraph again if you still don’t get it. And if you still don’t get it after rereading, kindly take a knife and stab it hard at yourself.

Some people are just too afraid to voice out; some people prefers to avoid troubles at all cost; while some people like me, enjoys being a loud mouth bitch who creates a big fuss out of a mistake committed. Question is, what would you do if the same shit happens to you?

46 comments:

Simon Seow said...

WTF!! Asking bloggers to come for food review and then gives them the bill?? He's only like treating pan mee, some other restauraneur treat high end stuff like steam boat, pork ribs for free one leh. So kiam sap one the boss. I'll sure boycott this pan mee, it doesn't really look good to eat even. There's a lot of pan mee that is way better.

Copykate said...

simon: the food wasn't that bad but the boss spoilt it all. whenever i see jojo panmee, i think of him. it kinda turns off my appetite. so i probably won't be eating it again. no doubt that there are a lot of better panmee out there. hmpf

Unknown said...

Jojo Panmee deserves it! Way to go!!!

Copykate said...

isabell: hi5! this is what he gets for cheating us bloggers!

Sam said...

EWW!!!!! I 've seen the shop before in Puchong but haven't get the chance to try it yet...WTF!! How can he do this?? FUCK IT MAN! Since it's a treat then so be it! Such stingy guy who is scared of treating 5 bloggers for RM60??? Screw it!

A boss who never keep his promises...He will be the epik phail for the rest of his career....

Sam said...

Screw him! Pan Mee is such a normal food, with juz flour,Bones, Ikan Billis and the special leave vege thing, it's damn cheap and he makes tons of profit.....tell him to go to hell!!

Copykate said...

sam sammy: there are a few branches. there's one in kuchai lama also. a boss who owns so many shops ought to keep his promise right! it's only RM60+ how dare he asked the money from us! cis

Copykate said...

sam sammy: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA u're more agitated than me. if he weren't hik's friend, i would have included a lot of foul words in this post. LOL

Sam said...

Now I know, Jojo Pan Mee's Boss is a blood sucking breast feeding beggar...such a philanthropist for five of u....ROFL~~

Nah, not to say agitated but kinda sick of such people...Somehow this post kinda "attracted me" to read it than ur normal posts...LOL...Juz being honest, don't be mad ok?

Copykate said...

sam sammy: neh why would i be mad? i find this post interesting also. did i just write an awesome post bitching about a panmee boss??? XD i'm trying to imagine his reaction when he reads this. jaw drops. take that!

Yatz said...

the only thing he treated was the desserts

Copykate said...

yatz: oh ya, the desserts. he brought us the desserts, so shouldn't expect us to pay for that!

KY said...

hahahah that's so freaking tragic, FYL. lol

scott-xavier said...

seriously this MR T is a blood-suckerla. How can he ask people to pay since he said he will be treating. if so 'KIAM' don't ask people to blog about his restaurant la.KIAM SIAP BOSS!

L.Chew said...

haha... I enjoy reading your post... That Mr. T is so terrible!! I would do that too if I were you..

Copykate said...

ky: yea. gotta make sure no such thing would happen to me again. FML!

scott-xavier: so kiam siap right! now even without him asking, i would give him free publicity, but in a bad way! LOL

chew win: i can totally imagine you doing so. in fact your post would be full of so much hatred! XD

Reiko said...

I will confront the boss if I were you... This kind of people totally deserve it!!!

Anyway, you just make his panmee shop infamous in blogsphere, so I guess most blogger won't be going. Haha!!!

Negative Publicity WIN!!!!!!!!!!

TianChad田七摄影 said...

A good review for the real happening ;p

Like your style!

Copykate said...

reiko: yes i should have confronted it! already regretted it when i was on the way back that day. sigh. i thought i should just kept quiet cause he was hik's friend X(

tian chad: lol thanks. i enjoy sharing it. let everyone know what really happened. teehee

Benjamin Chuah said...

hmm somehow, u're giving free publicity to Mr.T I'll go n visit there for their pan mee :D :D :D

Copykate said...

ben: doesn't matter, cause i'm not against the panmee. just wanna tell people how bad the boss is. now everyone knows his face! teehee

JunJun-Riko said...

I think u should remove all the photos of the food in this post to make your purpose of writing this post more effective. don't give him any publicity at all, just straight to the point complaint bout him and promote nothing about his food. coz right now im thinking more of the food and how you guys got conned, and nothing bad bout the boss or his restaurant.

Copykate said...

junjun-riko: i think i took such nice photos of the food. especially the shui gao. lol. those are solely for illustration purpose. kinda neutralise the negativity huh XD

imma wei wei said...

you are now making people go and meet the boss in JOJO pan mee and see his face... lol... XD
but you should bring chew win along, she sure ki siao there immediately... XD

Sue Me said...

wahhhhh..i just passed the branch in ss15 the other day and wetwetwater told me what you said. doubt i will ever go jojo pan mee..the menu look bland. LOL..

way to go, kate! fight your rights!

Samantha Chong. said...

If i were you, i would ask him innocently(just act as if you know nothing) when he is handing over the bill. Just make him malu la, tak payah bagi muka orang macam ni!

:)))

Copykate said...

weiyi: once you've read my entry, i'm sure u'll remember what he did whenever u see him on the street XD

sue me: yalo i'm not going there again since the boss pissed me off that much.

yee lin: i know! i should have! already regretted for not asking on the spot =(

Ren said...

That's why i never blog about it also =/
damn sohai the fellow
give face yat and hik, so din do this kinda post like u XD
way to go kate~

Copykate said...

ren: i knew u guys wouldn't blog anything bad about him. i had to blog cause the experience always comes across my mind. wtfreak

Ken Wooi said...

wah.. like this also can..
said on him.. but then bring bill somemore.. maybe he short term memory??

anway, dont go there anymore la.. nonsense wan..

but you gave him a little bit of publicity edy, although it's a bad one lah.. hehe.. =)

kenwooi.com

Nigel Tee said...

LOL! Kate!

I usually frequent his store @ Kuchai Lama. After this i wont already!

Serve him right!!!

Copykate said...

kenwooi: we were doing review for him, still nida pay for the food. moreoever it's only panmee. the cost isn't that much also wat! jeez

nigel: LOL! i hope he reads this XD

Jackie said...

DIU 9 HIM!! ROARR!

Copykate said...

jackie loi: HAHA WTF

Nigel Chen said...

SOHAI BOSS! Never go to his shop.. BUT WHO CARES LA.. I don't like Pan Mee too! WTF!

Copykate said...

nigel chen: i like kin kin chili panmee. best! but always lao sai after eating too much chili. FML!

Josh said...

WTF!?!?!?!?! Damn celaka lar this boss. Just give him publicity then, BAD publicity!!!

test said...

What a asshole taukeh.Even placing a ad on newspaper cost money today. If he mention earlier that this is not a free thingy maybe u guys will not be that pissed off.He just kill his business .Period

§oŁЇtǺ®ÿ ®o§ě said...

proves the point to never make a blogger angry. LOL.......

Look at the amount of people who won't go there and eat d!

Copykate said...

josh: yea already giving him a little publicity in the blogospehre now. lol

baby: that's why. pissed off right! janji apa lan. pfft

spectre: yealo he shouldn't have said he was gonna treat us. and since he's said it, he should fulfilled what he had said.

solitary rose: yea dai sei! LOL

Tzy Wen said...

this is very bad publicity man... all because of RM60. I won't look at this pan mee shop the same ever again

Copykate said...

tzy wen: yea. you aren't the first one to have said that. LOL

Tzy Wen said...

copykate: yeah, I know, but I just have to say it again. Bad bad bad for business. No one in their right mind would do that.

Copykate said...

tzy wen: he probably wasn't thinking right that day. too bad. jeez

Anonymous said...

good job : )

Copykate said...

sylvea: ha. thanks! XD