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Book: The Midnight Library

It is one of the books that blown my mind. It's very well written and would probably relate with a lot of people who are in their journey to find themselves.  So many people are talking about it but I did not buy it until a few months ago where I read the preview on the first pages. Easy for me to see if I want to buy the book or not. When the first pages hook me right away, I don't need to think twice. This book is one of them.  This contains spoiler of course.  Nora, the main character, like many of us, fall into depression and decided to kill herself. But she's not dead right away. She went into a kind of limbo between life and death. In that library she met a librarian, this librarian is a kind of a guide. Our guide that probably tasked when we were born.    The librarian shows her lives that she could have had if she wants to. She is so depressed and thinks that no life will makes her happy enough to live it. I can totally understand her state. I was there....

Lingkaran Setan

taken from internet

Lingkaran setan dimulai ketika kamu mulai mengeluarkan beberapa lembar uang atau sebatang kartu dari dompet, memberikannya kepada mbak kasir yang cantik, struk dicetak dan taraaaaa "Anda mendapat voucher free 50ribu setiap pembelian 150ribu berikutnya"

Beberapa waktu yang lalu saya membeli koper seharga satu juta dua ratus ribu rupiah. Yang membuat saya wow itu bukan harga kopernya tapi voucher yang saya dapat setelah membayar koper tersebut. 10 voucher seharga 50ribuan, dua voucher diskon 20% dan satu voucher diskon 10%. What the!

Bulan lalu, saya dan teman satu tim pergi karaoke, berdua belas orang. Setelah membayar untuk karaoke dua jam, kita mendapatkan voucher gratis satu jam. Yang kemudian kita gunakan lagi satu minggu kemudian. Satu minggu kemudian kami karaoke 2 jam (satu jam free voucher dan satu jam berbayar), eh dapet voucher free satu jam lagi. Ya Tuhan betapa hal ini sangat menyesatkan!

Nggak bisa disalahkan dong, itu strategi marketing membidik customer. Kita merasa 'ah kan gratis, ada voucher lho'. Yaaa... marketer akan mengatakan 'Go..Go..spend your money in your wallet'. Hati kita pun mengatakan 'Oh men! it's not wasting much money, I got this voucher, and will get another voucher when I buy this one'. Yaaaa terusin aja deh.

Kita sebut hal itu Lingkaran Setan 😜

Voucher ini sangat amat bermanfaat ketika shopping untuk lebaran. Tau kan kalo lebaran banyak orang borong baju biar 'Baju baruuu alhamdulillah... tuk dipakai dihari rayaa'. Pernah beberapa taun yang lalu belanja buat lebaran, buat orang satu rumah, abis banyak dan dapet voucher banyak, sampe kita dikasih sama orang, padahal kita juga dapet banyak voucher. Muak kali ya itu orang liat voucher yang nggak abis-abis didapet.

Ini strategi marketing sodara-sodara. Ada yang dirugikan? Hmm I dont think so. Karena.... marketer dapat memenuhi target penjualan, kitapun senang dengan harga diskon yang katanya masih untung banyak buat sellernya.

Kalau teman saya sih, sekalinya beli dan dapet voucher, langsung disobek. Biar nggak keterusan belanja 😂😂 Oke I always do the same actually. Dapet dan sobek! Kecuali pas shopping lebaran 😏

Comments

  1. Saya mah gak mempan pake free vocer gituan. Kecuali kalo dikasi cek satu milyar baru iman saya tergoda

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    1. Teuteppp ya cek satu milyar! minta aja satu persen kekayaannya raja arab mas. Ada kali 2 milyar lebih

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  2. Bahahahaha untung aku gasuka shopping, gakarena aahsudahlah keuangan anak kost. Iyaahh banget ada temenku hobinya soping apalagi Kalo dapet vouher mah beeeeeeeeeee
    Iyoyaaa Kalo dipikir2 bikin khilaf berasa godaan setan

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    1. Hahaa iya May, dimana lingkaran ini nggak ada ujungnya *kalo ada ujungnya namanya kotak dong

      Smua ini hanya marketer, kita dan tuhan yg tau bgmn rasanya ini 😂😂

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