My baby's gone ..... fuh ah whole week!!!
...... and de first question de fix-it-man go ask me ..... is ..... were you on your cell? .......
No ...... I was not on my cell ....... I was not watchin TV ..... I was not sippin coffee ...... I was not puttin on makeup ...... I was not on my laptop ...... I was not gapin lookin fuh pictures ..... I was not changin de radio station ...... I was not reading the newspaper ...... and No ....... I was not speeding ...... it was raining ..... and de road was wet ..... I was driving real normal (and evidently real dotish!) ...... so how I crash ...... I still doh know!!!
Yesterday now ...... imagine de horror ....... I nearly crash AGAIN! ...... yeah ..... there I was ...... on Tragarete Road ...... driving very cautiously ..... headin tuh de fix-it-shop ..... when suddenly ...... ah get distracted by .... ah stray apostrophe!!
Now tell me ..... you see how easy it is tuh crash yuh car in Trini?! ...... PIE apostrophe S!!!??? ....... what??? ...... I am 100% certain ...... dat PIE is not de name of de shop (is Curry Massala) ....... I am also 100% certain ...... dat PIE is not de name of de owner of de shop ....... and I am 100% certain ...... dat PIE is not de name of de person who cookin ..... de PIES ..... and de SADA ..... and de ROTI ...... and de BAKE ...... so yuh see what ah mean ..... if I didn't have my head orn ...... while my eyes was goin cokey ...... I woulda CRASH again!!!!
Anyway ....... I made it to the fix-it-shop safely ...... and just as I thought ....... de damage WAS bad ...... again ...... not tuh de naked eye ...... but tuh de naked (empty) pocket ....... de bounce costin a few thousand tuh fix ..... a few thousand more than I have!!! ...... ah leave de car still tho ...... and is only when ah exit de compound ...... it hit meh ..... dat I eh have dat kinda money ...... and dat ah better has scrape it up ...... FAST!
So on de way home now ..... meh brain start tuh twist and steups an ting ...... when ..... DING! ..... ah remember ...... dat ah have dis Unit Trust account ...... dat ah had open ...... since way back in de day ...... when yuh used tuh get some kinda 'units' tax credit or sumtin ..... so ..... ah doh have tuh tell yuh ..... where ah end up ...... yep ..... Unit Trust West Mall branch!!
Being ah first timer there ..... ah walk straight up tuh de Information Counter ..... and ah tell de gyul .... dat ah come tuh make ah withdrawal ..... she watch meh ..... raise she hand ..... stick out she index finger .... and point meh tuh de Cashier line ..... no Hello .... Good Afternoon ..... Wuz De Scene ..... no nuttin ...... so then I asked her for a withdrawal slip (cuz I like tuh do dem ting before joinin de line) ...... they didn't have .... apparently Unit Trust doh deal up .... wit unnecessary lil pieces of paper (if only my real Bank was so too!!!) ...... so OK ..... I then made my way to the snake line for the Cashiers ...... there were 6 people ahead of me ....... and it took only about 15 minutes tuh actually reach ah Cashier (if only my real Bank was dis efficient!!!) ..... so anyway ...... I get to the Cashier ...... tell her what I'm there for ...... she smiles and merrily starts to punch and press and print ..... and then hands me some kinda receipt or sumtin ...... and tells me to have a seat over yonder ...... and listen for when my number is called ...... my number was 330 (NOT .... usin fake numbers .... me eh want nobody workin Unit Trust makin me out)
At this point now ...... I'm wondering ..... Grrrrrrrr ..... wha shit she talkin ..... bout sit down and listen fuh number ...... whey de cash ...... ah tell she ah wanted tuh withdraw???? *SIGH*
Yes ...... instead of just voicing my wonderment ....... I sighed ...... while makin my way to the opposite side of the office ...... where many other people were just sitting around ...... which incidentally ..... I had noticed when I first walked in ..... and DID wonder ..... why all those people were in that area ....... just 'sitting around'!!!
So yeah ..... so I go and I have a seat ...... a kinda weird one ...... cuz the way the chairs are arranged ...... people are facing each other ...... so there I am ...... facing some dude ..... and I'm trying not to look at him ...... so I'm kinda just looking around in all directions like an idiot ...... then I contemplate pulling out my cell phone and playing with it ...... then I tried to watch the TV ..... but the volume was too low ...... then I started to gape at people making their way into the building ...... then I counted cars driving into West Mall ..... let's just say ...... that after a fairly good Cashier experience ..... the wait ...... in the waiting area ...... where everybody know .... dat everybody who waiting dey ..... waiting ...... cuz they want tuh take out money from dey account ...... was kinda uncomfortable!
So I'm still waiting ....... cuz WOW ...... their 'WAITING AREA' is no idle boast ..... five minutes pass ...... 10 more minutes pass ....... den ah hear 326 ..... so ah start tuh feel lil relieved ..... cuz ah say ...... nice ...... just 4 away from me ..... another 10 minutes pass ....... ah hear 334 ...... some more minutes pass ..... ah hear 339 ...... den ah hear 331 ...... den ah hear 338 ..... well now ah start tuh get stink ....... cuz wha de jail ...... wham tuh me ...... Iz 330??!!! ...... so when ah hear 336 ..... ah get up now .... tuh go an investiquire ..... when in mid-walk tuh de counter ...... ah hear 330! ...... dey get away!
So ah reach up tuh de counter now ...... an' yuh know me ..... ah just couldn't resist ....... ah had tuh open meh mouth ....... cuz it was clear as day ...... dat de numbers wasn't callin in numerical order ...... well de gyul tell meh frankomen ...... dat she does call it ..... as she get it ...... so okey dokey ...... wit dat discrepancy 'sorted out' ..... it was on tuh de next jumbie ...... de lack of cash scene ..... cuz is not like I had ask fuh no cheque ...... is cash I wanted ..... well de gyul tell meh ..... very informatively ...... dat yuh could only withdraw cash at de POS branch or at de ATM ...... and even so .... is only up to $1000 cash yuh could withdraw ...... at least da'is what ah tink ah hear ..... I had no idea!
Anyway ...... I got my cheque ...... which I promptly deposited at my real Bank ...... and I now await de dotish 'hold' tuh come off ..... which will hopefully happen ...... in time fuh next week Tuesday ....... when I hand over said dollars ..... and collect my new and improved and shiny baby!
PS: .... with a lil change of perspective ..... yuh will realise ...... dat sometimes ..... crawlin in traffic ain't all dat bad ..... cuz even tho yuh could get rob ..... at least ..... it could save yuh from crashin!
No ...... I was not on my cell ....... I was not watchin TV ..... I was not sippin coffee ...... I was not puttin on makeup ...... I was not on my laptop ...... I was not gapin lookin fuh pictures ..... I was not changin de radio station ...... I was not reading the newspaper ...... and No ....... I was not speeding ...... it was raining ..... and de road was wet ..... I was driving real normal (and evidently real dotish!) ...... so how I crash ...... I still doh know!!!
Yesterday now ...... imagine de horror ....... I nearly crash AGAIN! ...... yeah ..... there I was ...... on Tragarete Road ...... driving very cautiously ..... headin tuh de fix-it-shop ..... when suddenly ...... ah get distracted by .... ah stray apostrophe!!
Now tell me ..... you see how easy it is tuh crash yuh car in Trini?! ...... PIE apostrophe S!!!??? ....... what??? ...... I am 100% certain ...... dat PIE is not de name of de shop (is Curry Massala) ....... I am also 100% certain ...... dat PIE is not de name of de owner of de shop ....... and I am 100% certain ...... dat PIE is not de name of de person who cookin ..... de PIES ..... and de SADA ..... and de ROTI ...... and de BAKE ...... so yuh see what ah mean ..... if I didn't have my head orn ...... while my eyes was goin cokey ...... I woulda CRASH again!!!!
Anyway ....... I made it to the fix-it-shop safely ...... and just as I thought ....... de damage WAS bad ...... again ...... not tuh de naked eye ...... but tuh de naked (empty) pocket ....... de bounce costin a few thousand tuh fix ..... a few thousand more than I have!!! ...... ah leave de car still tho ...... and is only when ah exit de compound ...... it hit meh ..... dat I eh have dat kinda money ...... and dat ah better has scrape it up ...... FAST!
So on de way home now ..... meh brain start tuh twist and steups an ting ...... when ..... DING! ..... ah remember ...... dat ah have dis Unit Trust account ...... dat ah had open ...... since way back in de day ...... when yuh used tuh get some kinda 'units' tax credit or sumtin ..... so ..... ah doh have tuh tell yuh ..... where ah end up ...... yep ..... Unit Trust West Mall branch!!
Being ah first timer there ..... ah walk straight up tuh de Information Counter ..... and ah tell de gyul .... dat ah come tuh make ah withdrawal ..... she watch meh ..... raise she hand ..... stick out she index finger .... and point meh tuh de Cashier line ..... no Hello .... Good Afternoon ..... Wuz De Scene ..... no nuttin ...... so then I asked her for a withdrawal slip (cuz I like tuh do dem ting before joinin de line) ...... they didn't have .... apparently Unit Trust doh deal up .... wit unnecessary lil pieces of paper (if only my real Bank was so too!!!) ...... so OK ..... I then made my way to the snake line for the Cashiers ...... there were 6 people ahead of me ....... and it took only about 15 minutes tuh actually reach ah Cashier (if only my real Bank was dis efficient!!!) ..... so anyway ...... I get to the Cashier ...... tell her what I'm there for ...... she smiles and merrily starts to punch and press and print ..... and then hands me some kinda receipt or sumtin ...... and tells me to have a seat over yonder ...... and listen for when my number is called ...... my number was 330 (NOT .... usin fake numbers .... me eh want nobody workin Unit Trust makin me out)
At this point now ...... I'm wondering ..... Grrrrrrrr ..... wha shit she talkin ..... bout sit down and listen fuh number ...... whey de cash ...... ah tell she ah wanted tuh withdraw???? *SIGH*
Yes ...... instead of just voicing my wonderment ....... I sighed ...... while makin my way to the opposite side of the office ...... where many other people were just sitting around ...... which incidentally ..... I had noticed when I first walked in ..... and DID wonder ..... why all those people were in that area ....... just 'sitting around'!!!
So yeah ..... so I go and I have a seat ...... a kinda weird one ...... cuz the way the chairs are arranged ...... people are facing each other ...... so there I am ...... facing some dude ..... and I'm trying not to look at him ...... so I'm kinda just looking around in all directions like an idiot ...... then I contemplate pulling out my cell phone and playing with it ...... then I tried to watch the TV ..... but the volume was too low ...... then I started to gape at people making their way into the building ...... then I counted cars driving into West Mall ..... let's just say ...... that after a fairly good Cashier experience ..... the wait ...... in the waiting area ...... where everybody know .... dat everybody who waiting dey ..... waiting ...... cuz they want tuh take out money from dey account ...... was kinda uncomfortable!
So I'm still waiting ....... cuz WOW ...... their 'WAITING AREA' is no idle boast ..... five minutes pass ...... 10 more minutes pass ....... den ah hear 326 ..... so ah start tuh feel lil relieved ..... cuz ah say ...... nice ...... just 4 away from me ..... another 10 minutes pass ....... ah hear 334 ...... some more minutes pass ..... ah hear 339 ...... den ah hear 331 ...... den ah hear 338 ..... well now ah start tuh get stink ....... cuz wha de jail ...... wham tuh me ...... Iz 330??!!! ...... so when ah hear 336 ..... ah get up now .... tuh go an investiquire ..... when in mid-walk tuh de counter ...... ah hear 330! ...... dey get away!
So ah reach up tuh de counter now ...... an' yuh know me ..... ah just couldn't resist ....... ah had tuh open meh mouth ....... cuz it was clear as day ...... dat de numbers wasn't callin in numerical order ...... well de gyul tell meh frankomen ...... dat she does call it ..... as she get it ...... so okey dokey ...... wit dat discrepancy 'sorted out' ..... it was on tuh de next jumbie ...... de lack of cash scene ..... cuz is not like I had ask fuh no cheque ...... is cash I wanted ..... well de gyul tell meh ..... very informatively ...... dat yuh could only withdraw cash at de POS branch or at de ATM ...... and even so .... is only up to $1000 cash yuh could withdraw ...... at least da'is what ah tink ah hear ..... I had no idea!
Anyway ...... I got my cheque ...... which I promptly deposited at my real Bank ...... and I now await de dotish 'hold' tuh come off ..... which will hopefully happen ...... in time fuh next week Tuesday ....... when I hand over said dollars ..... and collect my new and improved and shiny baby!
PS: .... with a lil change of perspective ..... yuh will realise ...... dat sometimes ..... crawlin in traffic ain't all dat bad ..... cuz even tho yuh could get rob ..... at least ..... it could save yuh from crashin!
Heaven forbid you end up here again but... you should of been able to cash the cheque at your bank... I believe banks cash cheques from UTC if you have an account with them... at least RBTT and you did hear correctly you could only withdraw up to 1,000TTD at a time... even if you have a UTC card (no I don't work UTC)
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LOL ...... yuh sure yuh eh workin UTC!?!?
..... anyway honey ..... I did not need actual cash ...... so whether or not ..... I could have cashed the cheque at my Bank ...... is irrelevant .....
..... the cash issue came up ...... because of UTC's odd no-cash policy ...... cuz whenever I go to a Bank ..... to make a withdrawal ..... I normally get cash ...... and I could normally withdraw how much ever I want ...... I doh have tuh take no cheque ...... an ah doh have tuh ration it in $1000 portions ......
Welcome tuh de scene .... and much thanks for all that UTC info ..... I think maybe they SHOULD hire you!
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It's not surprising since sign makers have to use what they have and sometimes they have extra apostrophes...(or is it apostrophe's) to use and need...(or is it need's) somewhere to put them. I feel they should also sell some bake's
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.... but what IS surprising ..... is that nobody pick it up ...... not de pie maker ...... not de owner of de establishment ..... not de sign maker ..... nobody!!
..... makes me wonder ..... maybe it was intentional ...... maybe it was purposely put there to get people's (note the correct use
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