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My internship at Canton Fair
    2018-05-16  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

Lin Qisen, Class 1601, Marketing Major, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

广东外语外贸大学 市场营销1601班 林淇森

I’ve recently spent a couple of days at the Canton Fair for my internship, which was organized by my school.

At first, I assumed that being a computer operator is a piece of cake, but I was proved wrong after the fair’s opening day. I was supposed to receive the merchants, ask them questions and make badges for them according to their different situations. The first day was tough because I was not skilled in the whole registration procedure and I was told that I needed to be responsible for the mistakes I had made. For example, if a merchant was expected to pay for the new badge but I forgot to charge him, I would have to pay the fee myself. Besides, it was crowded everywhere. We were too busy to drink. Luckily, despite being exhausted, I didn’t make a mistake.

Gradually, I got familiar with the procedures. Nevertheless, some tricky circumstances happened. Merchants who lost their badges were required to pay 200 yuan (US$31) for reapplying for a new one. Yet, some merchants were unwilling to pay, thinking the charge was too high. The efficiency would be dragged down if someone insisted not paying for it. So I tried my best to explain that the cost for the system to preserve their personal information plus the cost of the chip card amounted to 200 yuan.

But the frustration did not end there. When I finally managed to persuade him to pay, he would take out a credit card. However, we accepted cash only, which means he had to go to the ATM to withdraw cash and all I did and said before was in vain.

The most meaningful thing during my internship was getting to use my oral English to communicate with merchants from different countries and making sure they understood me. I’m quite confident in my spoken English and I wanted to take advantage of this chance to further improve my ability as much as possible.

And I think I made it. An Indian merchant asked me to take a photo with him after I offered him help. Another merchant from Ethiopia wanted to befriend me on WeChat because he thought I spoke English well and wanted to learn more about Chinese culture from me. All things are difficult before they are easy, and I’m glad I handled new situations well through decent communication during the internship.

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