Monday, July 16, 2007

Boss Stewie Goes Shopping For Office Furniture

Our Nuffnang office in KL is completing renovation this week so it's time for me to start shopping for furniture.

Today, I found myself at A M-Office System for that. Now if you're looking for office furniture, A M-Office System is every little boy's wet dream.

Walk inside and you'll see different office set ups of all kinds... almost like a dream office yourself.. only with price tags on all their furniture.

This time round, I was looking for office chairs and a small meeting table.
The meeting table wasn't hard to find.

I walked in, set my eyes on it and knew that was the one.
A small round glass table just for four with stainless steel legs.

But the hard part was the chairs.


Simply because... they were ALL SOOOO GOOOD!!!


I mean you could sit in them... and... and... FEEL LIKE THIS!!!
SEE THAT LOOK ON MY FACE?

THAT IS THE LOOK OF ABSOLUTE BLISS!!!


There were even chairs that made me feel like I COULD THINK BETTER!!!

BEHOLD!!! BOSS STEWIE THE PHILOSOPHER!!! But my little chair scouting screeched to a stop when I saw this!!! Now I don't know about you guys, but that looks like one of those chairs that you see in The Matrix.

Only that the ones in The Matrix looked rather uncomfortable but this one felt so good it would make your balls float in the air for a few seconds.


I glanced at the price tag and it cost just about the same to a previous chair I saw.

RM1,788. NO MATTER!!! YOU CAN NEVER PUT A PRICE TAG ON A GOOD CHAIR!!!

Excited I called my dad to tell him about it but he didn't answer his phone so I called my mum instead.


"MUM!!! I FOUND MYSELF THE PERFECT CHAIR!!! I AM SO GONNA GET IT.. It costs almost RM1,800 BUT IT IS SOOOO DAMN GOOD MUM!!!"


My mum was calm.


"Good for you son! Go get yourself that chair! But before you do... just let me ask you a few questions"


I laid back on to my soon-to-be-mine chair and said
"Shoot!" Mum: Tell me son... you must be a multi-millionaire now huh...

Me: Uhmmm no.. but what has that got to do with this?


Mum: Just bear with me... well.. so you're not a millionaire. Okay.. is Nuffnang making millions now?


Me: Uhmm... not really.


Mum: Oh?? But will you be making millions by next month?


Me: Uhmmm... that's a little too quick...


Mum: Ohh... So will this chair help you make millions?


Me: Uhmm.... not directly.


Mum: And how many ads must you sell to afford this chair?


Me: Well ermm... just some...


Mum: Just some?


Me: Well fine.. quite a lot.


Mum: Now will the peopl
e who invested in Nuffnang be happy about you buying this overpriced chair?

Me: Probably not.


Mum: Will Ming be happy?


Me: Probably not...


Mum: I see... is your backside allergic to normal chairs?


Me: Uhmm no... but one day it COULD BE!!!


Mum: Okay son.. very well. Go and buy yourself that chair!

She hung up the phone and I walked across the showroom back to the saleswoman. As she turned to me I asked "What is the cheapest chair you have here?"

She pointed out this chair... RM45. I tried on the chair. Then my cheeks turned pink as I asked
"Can give cheaper a bit ar?"


47 comments:

davienne said...

Nuffnang Singapore wins the chair contest hands down!!!

Boss Stewie said...

Lol yes they do!

Mamapumpkin said...

You have such a cool mom! I wish I could be as cool like that with my own daughter!!!

Boss Stewie said...

big pumpkin: *sniff* noooo!!! why do all mothers want to be right all the time!

Observer said...

LOL !!!

Innocent^^Guy said...

HAHA..Freaking hilarious...but what do you know, that is why people say "Your mum knows you best" cos she knows where to attack you :P

Jason Lioh said...

Haha. This post really cracks me up! :D

Boss Stewie said...

freethinker: haha dude why the lol?

innocent: yah!!! hmph!!! notty lar she

jason: really? hehehehe that's good news

nyx said...

aaawww....

So 'kher lian' but I must say you are very lucky to have such a wise woman for a mom.. :)

TenthOfMarch said...

So in the end, which chair did you get yourself? If it's that RM45 piece, did you get a discount for that? hahaha.

The Despirited said...

Hahaha that's funny. But i've tried to sit on that chair before and it's really a good chair, but too pricey :(

Boss Stewie said...

nyx: *sniff*

tenth: no ler i got this other chair that was also on special promotion

veronicle: yah i know!!! feels damn shiok rite

MaN|acZ said...

aiyo...potong steam. I thought going to buy the RM1.8k chair..

:P

Nicole said...

haha... phew... luckily u didn't buy that chair, i have been aiming at that chair since forever...

hao said...

Your mum is smart...

Jayelle said...

lol! either your mum really said all that or you're gonna be one heck of a great dad.(ie. control daughter/son when it comes to spending)

Michelle said...

you are so hilarious.
*laughs*

ShaolinTiger said...

I shop at the same place, I always wanted that chair too.

Mine cost about RM250 I think, not too bad.

Nicholas said...

That looks like the chair they have in the tv series 24. Only in the series the chair is blue and they have about 20 of those.

I Am Kapster said...

haha good one! very funny!

Tine said...

HAHAHAHAHA, God, your mum's priceless.

Now, be a good lil' boy, listen to mummy, and buy the cheap cheap chair :p

Jasemaine said...

Ha, your entry cheered me up!

Your mom is good... Salutes. And don't worry, I'm sure you'll get that dream chair of yours soon. :)

magicwizard said...

absolutely hilarious! lighten up my day immediately. that's a very cool mum you have :P and that end decision to get a super cheap chair instead - priceless!

KY said...

that's a fart friendly chair!

Boss Stewie said...

maniacz: *sniff* I wish... my mum took it away from me :(


nicocoa: *sniff* lets timeshare one

hao: *SNIFF*

jayelle: hehehe yes yes... i will learn from my mum.. and that is how i will treat

michelle: don't remind me of my misery sniff

shaolin: show me your chair

nicholas: hahaha yes yes

miss: glad you enjoyed reading about my misery

tine: yes yes i already listen :(

jase: glad you liked it jasemaine :P

magic: sniffff!!!

ky: yah that is indeed!

sleepiekoala said...

Shit man...my 8 years old was reading this and she was laffing so hard..

Boss Stewie said...

sleepiekoala: really??? ohh.. hehehehe... didn't know my blog attracts such a young audience.

electronicfly said...

imagine how many tubs of ice cream you can get since you didn't get the chair. Just that you have to share with workmates oni la..

Stan said...

Hey Tim!

haha...You've got a cool mum! Mummy with Attitude lol:)

MikeM said...

philosopher? ur mom fits one... anyway, mayb AM can start to advertise on ur site... :P

Jess said...

haha your mom is damm funny~!!

but what she says is absolutely correct IMO..

using some reverse psychology there~ keke

Boss Stewie said...

fei: but but... a good chair is good for my backside

stan: hahaha lol!!!

michael: hahahaha I don't think they will

jess: NOOO NOT TRUE!!!

lovey said...

boss,

u have a very wise mum.. she know how to make u follow her words.. i wish i can do that to my husband.. too bad u didn't get the chair.. my old company used the chair, and they got like hundred of it.. what a waste, better raise my salary rather than sitting on comfy chair.. ehehhehe

Boss Stewie said...

loveydewey: I ... WANN!!!!!

Unknown said...

then which chair DID you buy? and how much was it? u didnt mention it also.

Jess said...

eh i think my dad has that chair for 700 ringgit only..

Boss Stewie said...

william: hehehe soon i shall reveal

jess: *SNIFF*

Bytes-Berry said...

Wow!!! ur mum really have a good silent 'attacking' skills...hats off to your mother,she's really good, teaching her children to make good decision and all..

Hinky Pinky is back! said...

wow I respect your mom! Hope one day I can learn some of her tactics!

Shanewei said...

haha.. i like your mom! :)

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Brenda B said...

You're funny :)

Oh, and obedient too :)

ahlost said...

Wow.. Cool lar your Mum :)

Drunk On Books And Adventure said...

I love your mum! Lols!!!!!

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