Thursday, July 27, 2006
"excuse me, say sorry, please?"
i suddenly find myself very ashamed to be a singaporean. On my way to work this morning, whilst waiting in front of the exit door to alight, this guy just thumped down from the upper deck, bumped me and pushed his way out when the door opened. No sorry..no excuse me...instead what i got was a glare...
i realised that glare was not uncommon... they glare when they bumped into you as if its your fault..they glare at you for taking too long to alight the train when they are trying to get it...(and the reason you took so long in the first place is cos they were all standing at the face of the door and you just cant get out)... they glare at you for blocking their way when they want to get in the lift (and the incident is same as the train incident)...they glare at you for making the elevator at MRt stations delayed while you try to lead your grandmother in. all this are personal experiences.. i dunno if im just the unlucky one....no excuse me...no sorry...no please...no thank you....
are singaporeans really such a rude lot? ive been in australia for three years while i was studying... there even the bus drivers will greet you...and people will actually say bye and thank you to the driver when alighting...do they have extensive courtesy campaign like we do in singapore? its just sad that our society and our people do not seem to know or understand basic courtesy...
we are always proud of our eastern values...most of the time we feel that eastern values family more. Being an easterner means we respect our elders and as such we always treat them with the utmost respect where we will include them in most decisions we make in our life..whereas western culture in very much different... they value independence and personal space and responsibility... but have you ever wondered why we need courtesy campaigns in the first place...and are they effective??
Darnisha â¥
10:37 AM
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