Friday, May 01, 2009
Yesterday when I was in the train on my way to school, I heard this short tempered guy pus hing another guy on the bag "Hey every one's moving out you still put your hand up and stay there!!!" He was only standing in front of him, putting his hand above the entrance of the cabin.
At first I thought they were friends because the guy didn't say anything and quickly walked out, letting the rest of the passengers exit (You know... During peak hours people always stop at City Hall. That's where he got pushed.), after the angry man came back in as well, the quiet guy was no where near him.
Definitely not friends! My gosh.. How could people treat others like that. I think if I didn't move towards the glass panel a stop before, I might have been the one getting pushed out.
Now I realized how impatient Singaporeans are. My GEMs lecturer (teaching Appreciating Cross Cultural Differences) said that she didn't realize that we're so fast paced till she went abroad to work for a few months. And this was the main cause for maids getting abused.
To us, slow = stupid. So maids who tend to work at a slower pace to us, they don't find it slow to themselves, because they grew up that way. Too much misunderstandings caused so many sufferings to thosewho came all the way here to search for a better living.
Another example I got a few hours ago (when I was on my way home from CCA). I was queuing up to tap my card and get out of the station, there this lady was "TSK"-ing in front of me. I mean, what's wrong man! Just queue up la~!
Oh did I mention that the trains in France are not automatic? As in, all doors don't open when it's at its stop. You have to pull the slide thingy (like the one you see in underground stations, where the platform's doors' emergency sliders have, but it's metallic), and that would be the same for passengers who want to board the train, they have to press something from outside. Hahaha... how cool is that.
Ok so late already. Good night and have a good holiday people!
Labels: Journal, Unusual Events
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