Mango Sale

So, the Mango sale started yesterday at 2pm islandwide.
My friend Angela and  I decided to go observe women mob behaviour at this highly rated sale event. So we planted ourselves at the McCafe outside the Shaw Towers branch and waited for the crowd.

And we weren’t disappointed. At 2 pm:

Hundreds of women queuing up at the security station where big bags will be sealed in white plastic bags to prevent theft. Since all the items will not bear security tags, so I guess such measures were necessary. Simply because it’s mayhem inside the store. But I was explaining to Angela how it wouldn’t really deter a hardcore kleptomaniac – the cable tie can be carefully slipped off the bag, and be slipped back on if it isn’t tied tightly enough.

The queue was pretty long; it took about half an hour before it cleared. And the scary thing is, we didn’t see anyone come out of the store. It was an extreme fire hazard. It would have been great fun to let loose 5 skunks in the store and block off the main entrance. :D

After we’ve had our fill of watching how people brave the rain to queue up around the Shaw building, we went shopping and at about 4.40pm, we passed by another Mango branch (not a part of the tree, thank you) inside Isetan at Wisma.

See the crowd.

It was warzone in a shopping centre. So we decided to brave the jostling women and went into the sale, just so I can undergo the most horrendous shopping experience of my life. What happened was that I was holding a bag in the bargain bin, and I opened the flap of the bag to look at the price. While my hand was still on the bag, and I had no intention to let go, whatsoever, this crazy bitch (she deserves to be called that) planted both her hands on the bag – one on the flap, and one on the handle, obviously planning to snatch it out of my hands. This is the first time in my life I’ve had an object snatched out of my hands (ok, maybe I might have been bullied when I was younger, but that’s not the point). I was so shocked at her brash behaviour I promptly let go of the bag. I will absolutely not lower myself to fighting over a bargain bag with a crazy bitch. Seriously. The things women do in a sale. Sure, there’s no unwritten (or written, for the matter) rule on shopping ettiquette, but I’m sure any civilised human being will know that it’s fundamentally offensive to snatch something out of people’s hands. There’s a reason why it’s considered a foul to grab the ball from your opponent’s hands in sports, all right? So I was miffed at that woman. It’s just too ridiculous.

So, I’ve experienced mob behaviour on Mango first-day sales. We should make it a coming-of-age rite for all shopaholics. It is the experience of a lifetime.