SingXXXreans r not courteous...
I tink, tis is one of my "Once In Blue Moon" entries on general topic discussion... And my entry title is none other den - Singaporeans r not courteous...
I remember, weeks ago, i hear tis news from FM station, saying tat Singapore was ranked 5th in a dunno wat international survey test conduct by dunno wat company/organisation... Sadly to say, the fifth wasn't counting from top, but from the bottom...
Today, i got a FREE Sunday Times, n i read an article abt Singapore's courteous inside the Sunday Times... Be4 i go into the contents of tis article... Let mi say tis first, on how i get tis FREE newspapers...
I wake up early today, tinking of hving a Fast-Food breakfast... It has been a long time since i last went for my morning fast-food breakfast... Initially i am tinking of hving MOS Burger... But i reach Toa Payoh too early... And MOS Burger onli opened at 10am... So i ended up eating breakfast at Mac... Okie... Nvmind, since i oso long time no eat Mac breakfast liao...
Before i go home, i intend to drop by at Watsons, to buy a Gatsby Point ColorWax (Metallic Silver) first... But Watsons still hve not opened yet... So i intend to drop by to Library first to kill some time...
It is abt 7-8 minutes before the Library will open its doors... I leaned at the wall, doing SMS-ing, while waiting for the sliding doors to open... As the time, become more closer to 10am, the librarian incharge of opening the door, get more approaching towards the door... I notice the small crowd which initially standing quite scatterly, now all crowded veri near to the door... There r 2 gals, standing at the front, almoz got their faces pasting at the glass door... I'm quite shocked to see such a scene at tat time...
I mean all we need to do, is to wait for the librarian to open the door, den we can get in... Wat is there to rush for... Unless u tell mi, Library oso hve rules like Devils, limiting the amt of plp tat they can hve inside their premises... The door opened, the crowd rushes in... The librarian standing near the door, greeted everyone wif "Morning" or "Welcome"... But everyone rushes in like not noticing her at all... And guess where the crowd rush to... They r rushing towards the newspaper stand, which they hve FREE Sunday Times for the plp... (*Sweatdrop*)...
See, wat i mean... If u tok abt international courteous survey, i won't be shock if u tell mi Singapore scored the Bottom5... Likewise, if u r toking abt International Kiasu survey, i will be shocked, if u tell mi Singapore fail to get into Top5...
I managed to grab one of the last few Sunday Times, after the crowd satisfying walked away from the stand, after grabbing their FREE Sunday Times... Becoz i got tis FREE Sunday Times, den i can actually read tis "Singaporean r not courteous" article...
In a recent Reader's Digest Courteous Survey... Singapore ranked the 30th, out from 35 countries... Tat survey concluded tat Singaporeans r not courteous, which can further be pinpoint as no basic manners, not polite, not helpful etc... I tink, tis result oso couldn't be help either... Coz tat wasn't the kind of environment tat we r trained from, since we were young...
We learned to complete wif classmates over school result... We learned to be kiasu to be everything first... Even when we grow up... Go into the society to work... No matter how much Boss talk abt teamwork to his staff, his staff will still end up sabo-ing each other... Backstabbing each other, and yet we can still smile towards each other when we see each other... Colleagues r still "killing" each other, in order to make themselves shining outstandingly in every month report... Haha... Say, we r living in such environment, can we still be veri courteous enf, to push up Singapore's ranking in next year survey...??? The answer is YES!!!
Regardless how Kiasu environment we r living in... Tat isn't the reason to use, when plp say we r not courteous... We can onli be not-courteous, when we r taking things for granted...
If u r walking, the person in front of u, walk n open a door, help u hold the door so tat u hve enf time enf space to walk thru the door oso... Will u reply wif the word "Thanks"...??? My own personal answer for myself is "NO"... But i will return him/her wif a slight head-nodding & a smile... But will u juz walk thru the door, not looking at tat person, and juz move forward... If u do tat, den u r a person tat take things for granted, tinking tat, tat person should opened door for u to pass...
In lift, the person standing near the buttons, asking u which floor, and when u tell him/her like 11th floor, he pressed the button for u, will u say out another word like "Thanks" to him, thanking him for pressing the button for u... I will... Coz at tat time, i actually had opened my mouth to say which floor liao... So i wun mind opening my mouth again to say "Thanks"... But r u the one, tat wun say anything... The Sunday Times's article said tat the case sample tat they encountered, failed to politely thank the person for helping them to press the button... Haiz...
The onli frenz tat i hve, which i noe working in the CD line, is Eijgniy... Sometimes, i wonder how will i react, if i am him, encountering one of his customers... I hve a line in treating towards plp... As long as he is not a arrogent fool, or a bargging-master... I tink i can still serve tat customer wif a basic CS... I hve one case study here, i wonder how Eijgniy will see tis...
I went to CD-Rama yesterday, to bot an CD album... Tis album comes wif a FREE poster... And of coz, tat is juz a normal paper poster, which usually the staff will roll tat poster using tape or rubber band, n give it to the customer... I am paying for tis album... The cashier took out a roll from her roll container and placed on the table... I saw tat roll, actually hve some "Ugly" paper bending marks at the corner... So i immediately (Juz abt 5 sec after she took out tat roll) highlight to tat cashier to give mi a better roll... She gave mi an feeling-irritated expression, n drop tat roll into tat container wif an obivous dropping sound... And next she took another roll from tat container again for mi...
I wonder if tis is one of Eijgniy's conclusion if he see my case study...
"If u wan to see plp smiling at u... Go back home n look into the mirror, and smile as much as u wan for urself to see..."
Of coz i dun mean like, "Hey, i buy ur things, i paid for things to see u smile towards mi..." tis kind of atitude... But at least create a friendly n healthy environment in which shoppers can enjoy spending time doing their shopping here... Tis isn't the first time i get a faulty item, and realised it onli after i reached home... There is one book which i am searching veri long... I visited many places to search for the book... And when i finally found tat book, bot it... Den i realised the book cover actually got dot stain... I feel veri upset at tat time... I wonder if tat time, i insisted going back to exchange for another book, will tat person give mi a frustrating, nasty and loathsome look...???
I wonder!!!
I remember, weeks ago, i hear tis news from FM station, saying tat Singapore was ranked 5th in a dunno wat international survey test conduct by dunno wat company/organisation... Sadly to say, the fifth wasn't counting from top, but from the bottom...
Today, i got a FREE Sunday Times, n i read an article abt Singapore's courteous inside the Sunday Times... Be4 i go into the contents of tis article... Let mi say tis first, on how i get tis FREE newspapers...
I wake up early today, tinking of hving a Fast-Food breakfast... It has been a long time since i last went for my morning fast-food breakfast... Initially i am tinking of hving MOS Burger... But i reach Toa Payoh too early... And MOS Burger onli opened at 10am... So i ended up eating breakfast at Mac... Okie... Nvmind, since i oso long time no eat Mac breakfast liao...
Before i go home, i intend to drop by at Watsons, to buy a Gatsby Point ColorWax (Metallic Silver) first... But Watsons still hve not opened yet... So i intend to drop by to Library first to kill some time...
It is abt 7-8 minutes before the Library will open its doors... I leaned at the wall, doing SMS-ing, while waiting for the sliding doors to open... As the time, become more closer to 10am, the librarian incharge of opening the door, get more approaching towards the door... I notice the small crowd which initially standing quite scatterly, now all crowded veri near to the door... There r 2 gals, standing at the front, almoz got their faces pasting at the glass door... I'm quite shocked to see such a scene at tat time...
I mean all we need to do, is to wait for the librarian to open the door, den we can get in... Wat is there to rush for... Unless u tell mi, Library oso hve rules like Devils, limiting the amt of plp tat they can hve inside their premises... The door opened, the crowd rushes in... The librarian standing near the door, greeted everyone wif "Morning" or "Welcome"... But everyone rushes in like not noticing her at all... And guess where the crowd rush to... They r rushing towards the newspaper stand, which they hve FREE Sunday Times for the plp... (*Sweatdrop*)...
See, wat i mean... If u tok abt international courteous survey, i won't be shock if u tell mi Singapore scored the Bottom5... Likewise, if u r toking abt International Kiasu survey, i will be shocked, if u tell mi Singapore fail to get into Top5...
I managed to grab one of the last few Sunday Times, after the crowd satisfying walked away from the stand, after grabbing their FREE Sunday Times... Becoz i got tis FREE Sunday Times, den i can actually read tis "Singaporean r not courteous" article...
In a recent Reader's Digest Courteous Survey... Singapore ranked the 30th, out from 35 countries... Tat survey concluded tat Singaporeans r not courteous, which can further be pinpoint as no basic manners, not polite, not helpful etc... I tink, tis result oso couldn't be help either... Coz tat wasn't the kind of environment tat we r trained from, since we were young...
We learned to complete wif classmates over school result... We learned to be kiasu to be everything first... Even when we grow up... Go into the society to work... No matter how much Boss talk abt teamwork to his staff, his staff will still end up sabo-ing each other... Backstabbing each other, and yet we can still smile towards each other when we see each other... Colleagues r still "killing" each other, in order to make themselves shining outstandingly in every month report... Haha... Say, we r living in such environment, can we still be veri courteous enf, to push up Singapore's ranking in next year survey...??? The answer is YES!!!
Regardless how Kiasu environment we r living in... Tat isn't the reason to use, when plp say we r not courteous... We can onli be not-courteous, when we r taking things for granted...
If u r walking, the person in front of u, walk n open a door, help u hold the door so tat u hve enf time enf space to walk thru the door oso... Will u reply wif the word "Thanks"...??? My own personal answer for myself is "NO"... But i will return him/her wif a slight head-nodding & a smile... But will u juz walk thru the door, not looking at tat person, and juz move forward... If u do tat, den u r a person tat take things for granted, tinking tat, tat person should opened door for u to pass...
In lift, the person standing near the buttons, asking u which floor, and when u tell him/her like 11th floor, he pressed the button for u, will u say out another word like "Thanks" to him, thanking him for pressing the button for u... I will... Coz at tat time, i actually had opened my mouth to say which floor liao... So i wun mind opening my mouth again to say "Thanks"... But r u the one, tat wun say anything... The Sunday Times's article said tat the case sample tat they encountered, failed to politely thank the person for helping them to press the button... Haiz...
The onli frenz tat i hve, which i noe working in the CD line, is Eijgniy... Sometimes, i wonder how will i react, if i am him, encountering one of his customers... I hve a line in treating towards plp... As long as he is not a arrogent fool, or a bargging-master... I tink i can still serve tat customer wif a basic CS... I hve one case study here, i wonder how Eijgniy will see tis...
I went to CD-Rama yesterday, to bot an CD album... Tis album comes wif a FREE poster... And of coz, tat is juz a normal paper poster, which usually the staff will roll tat poster using tape or rubber band, n give it to the customer... I am paying for tis album... The cashier took out a roll from her roll container and placed on the table... I saw tat roll, actually hve some "Ugly" paper bending marks at the corner... So i immediately (Juz abt 5 sec after she took out tat roll) highlight to tat cashier to give mi a better roll... She gave mi an feeling-irritated expression, n drop tat roll into tat container wif an obivous dropping sound... And next she took another roll from tat container again for mi...
I wonder if tis is one of Eijgniy's conclusion if he see my case study...
"If u wan to see plp smiling at u... Go back home n look into the mirror, and smile as much as u wan for urself to see..."
Of coz i dun mean like, "Hey, i buy ur things, i paid for things to see u smile towards mi..." tis kind of atitude... But at least create a friendly n healthy environment in which shoppers can enjoy spending time doing their shopping here... Tis isn't the first time i get a faulty item, and realised it onli after i reached home... There is one book which i am searching veri long... I visited many places to search for the book... And when i finally found tat book, bot it... Den i realised the book cover actually got dot stain... I feel veri upset at tat time... I wonder if tat time, i insisted going back to exchange for another book, will tat person give mi a frustrating, nasty and loathsome look...???
I wonder!!!
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