Seriously cheated!

This is a story of what happened to my mom. Just now, I was waiting for my mum to end her conversation in the phone for a few minutes. How long was it? 5-7 minutes perhaps? And the person calling was somoene from this travel agency. The conversation was frustrating and sometimes depressing. I couldn't help but to listen since my mom is right next to me in the car. When it finally ended she said, "Penipu!".

Wanna know what happened? Better do. Might give you a good lesson.

Ok, so my mom loves travelling. She had been organizing a few trips by herself. Finding people, taking fees and everything. Lately, she went to Korea with this one big company. They promised to give my mom a comission of RM100 per person. Meaning if my mom could gather around 20 people she will get RM2000. Fair deal, my mom agreed to it. She worked so hard in order to find enough people to fly to Korea with this travelling agency. She had to collect fees and everything. Well you know how hard it is to ask money from people? Anyway, this one person named M** said that the company is giving discount of RM100 for this trip. Meaning from RM3634, they will only have to pay RM3534. My mom praised this travel agency and convinced more people to join this trip. At last she managed to find 20 people, which is considered a full board. My mom called one of the person in charged and ask for them to round up the number. Well, instead of RM3534 why not give us RM3500? It'll be easier to count,aite? So they agreed. My mom asked, "Will my comission be affected?". and they answered, "No.".

Alright, so they went for a 5 days trip to Korea. Suddenly, just now they called my mom and said they're not giving a cent to my mom. The RM100 discount that they gave earlier were considered as the comission. What kind of bullshit is that? THEY are supposed to give my mom the comission, not her friends! And my mom even asked CLEARLY whether her comission will be affected or not and they said NO! Now? Mu mom's not getting a single cent after all the hard work. And this travel agency is a big company. My mother had made deals with a smaller company and they managed to give my mom a comission of RM50 per person. Yeah, the amount is lesser but still they PAID. They did not run away and cheat my mom!

After hearing the story, the 1st thing that I asked my mom was, "When he promised you he'd give you a comission, did you sign a contract?". Guess what? "No, that's the biggest mistake. There's no black and white to charge them". Oh man! Shit! If only they signed a contact then I'll surely ask my mom to sue them. My mom said it was all based on trust, that's why she didn't ask for a contract.

Well, the lesson that you could learn here is, make sure you do a contract when dealing with people. Especially if it involves MONEY. I pity my mom. I know she worked hard for the trip. Oh well, like what my mom said, "mungkn bukan rezeki Mummy kali nie..". So, we just have to accept it. Fancy bullying a lady, eh? Never mind, Allah is watching. Whatever it is, I told my mom "DON'T EVER travel with that agency again!". And she said, "yes,of course!!".