The Line Between Indecisiveness & Inconsideration

[jw5]

You are standing in a queue at a food stall and the person in front is ordering. Out loud, he wonders what he should order, and usually there is a friend with him so that they can have a debate. Even when the order taker gives up and asks you what you want, they immediately say "ok ok", but again start to hmm and haw when asked what they want.

Standing at the entrance or exit of a supermarket or shop, wondering whether they should go in or go out. Oblivious to your "excuse me". Standing at the top or foot of the escalator, wondering whether they should embark on the next exciting journey. Standing right in the centre of the supermarket aisle, wondering whether they should get the milk powder or the condoms.

There should be a ministar in charge of civic consciousness in SG. His pay will be based on how many people manage to pass a practical test.

 

[Ramseth]

Nothing beats the Singapore girl or auntie who hauls a trolley full of grocery to the check-out queue, just in front of you. After the cashier tediously scanned and bagged every item and come out with the bill amount, then the Singapore girl or auntie would look like surprised, like, you mean must pay? Then, take her own sweet time to ruffle through her handbag and purse to decide between cash or which card to use.

Same thing happens often on boarding a bus. The Singapore girl or auntie goes up and asks the driver, go to this place how much? They look like expecting the reply to be, free, cause when a fare is quoted, they look surprised, then start to ruffle all over their handbag and purse to find and decide whether to pay by cash or card.

 

[po2wq]

... There should be a ministar in charge of civic consciousness in SG ...

ah loon wun have dat as it wun increase his gdp ... :o

 

[Agoraphobic]

Situations like these:

1. The cashier/order taker should get the next in line to come fwd and the hesitaters can then have their turn when they've decided. In Asian cultures, there is too much meekness and so this doesn't happen.

2. The next in line should not stop at "excuse me" but go on to "please make up your mind, there are others waiting." But people don't because they are too meek, and likely no one will help them if the recipient of the message didn't take it well and retorts abusively.

3. And this will even be rarer. The undecided customer should step aside and tell the next in line to go forth as his/her mind is not made up.

4. Sometimes we should be grateful for the ugly impatient person somewhere back in the line who might yell, "Oi, faster can or not? You think other people so free ah? CCB quickly order lah!" Despite their crude ways, I kinda prefer these kinds than the supposedly educated and well-heeled jiang-ter-meng assholes.

Sgns have all kinds of tuition for subjects taken at school. I propose they have schooling in civics and have tuition on that too.

Cheers!

You are standing in a queue at a food stall and the person in front is ordering. Out loud, he wonders what he should order, and usually there is a friend with him so that they can have a debate. Even when the order taker gives up and asks you what you want, they immediately say "ok ok", but again start to hmm and haw when asked what they want.

Standing at the entrance or exit of a supermarket or shop, wondering whether they should go in or go out. Oblivious to your "excuse me". Standing at the top or foot of the escalator, wondering whether they should embark on the next exciting journey. Standing right in the centre of the supermarket aisle, wondering whether they should get the milk powder or the condoms.

There should be a ministar in charge of civic consciousness in SG. His pay will be based on how many people manage to pass a practical test.

 

[jw5]

Nothing beats the Singapore girl or auntie who hauls a trolley full of grocery to the check-out queue, just in front of you. After the cashier tediously scanned and bagged every item and come out with the bill amount, then the Singapore girl or auntie would look like surprised, like, you mean must pay? Then, take her own sweet time to ruffle through her handbag and purse to decide between cash or which card to use.

Same thing happens often on boarding a bus. The Singapore girl or auntie goes up and asks the driver, go to this place how much? They look like expecting the reply to be, free, cause when a fare is quoted, they look surprised, then start to ruffle all over their handbag and purse to find and decide whether to pay by cash or card.

Recently encountered a woman at the checkout counter of Fairprice.
She used her own bag to put in the groceries. When taking them out at the cashier, very fast. When putting them back into the bag after the cashier scanned, also very fast. But when time to pay, she took a really long time to dig into her purse to get the cash, including digging into her coin purse to use all the coins she could find.
After all that, still ask the cashier for 2 plastic bags. Why bring her own bag in that case? :(

 

[jw5]

Situations like these:

1. The cashier/order taker should get the next in line to come fwd and the hesitaters can then have their turn when they've decided. In Asian cultures, there is too much meekness and so this doesn't happen.

2. The next in line should not stop at "excuse me" but go on to "please make up your mind, there are others waiting." But people don't because they are too meek, and likely no one will help them if the recipient of the message didn't take it well and retorts abusively.

3. And this will even be rarer. The undecided customer should step aside and tell the next in line to go forth as his/her mind is not made up.

4. Sometimes we should be grateful for the ugly impatient person somewhere back in the line who might yell, "Oi, faster can or not? You think other people so free ah? CCB quickly order lah!" Despite their crude ways, I kinda prefer these kinds than the supposedly educated and well-heeled jiang-ter-meng assholes.

Already mentioned point 1 in my example. The indecisive people will simply say "ok ok" we order and start hmm and haww again.

Have tried point 2, but usually get negative responses, e.g. ugly stares or "why you so impatient?"

Point 3 will never happen in SG. Point 4, the inconsiderate suckers will just ignore. We really need a multi millionaire ministar to step in.

 

[Ramseth]

Recently encountered a woman at the checkout counter of Fairprice.
She used her own bag to put in the groceries. When taking them out at the cashier, very fast. When putting them back into the bag after the cashier scanned, also very fast. But when time to pay, she took a really long time to dig into her purse to get the cash, including digging into her coin purse to use all the coins she could find.
After all that, still ask the cashier for 2 plastic bags. Why bring her own bag in that case? :(

Like I said, she's probably surprised that she has to pay. Most men has wallets, cards or cash ready at hand when approaching cashier's counters or boarding buses, or even when their taxi rides are nearing destinations. Most women don't. They look like thinking it's free and surprised that they're asked to pay. Then they start digging into their handbags and purses. A strange phenomena really. Inexplicable.

 

[Debonerman]

Like I said, she's probably surprised that she has to pay. Most men has wallets, cards or cash ready at hand when approaching cashier's counters or boarding buses, or even when their taxi rides are nearing destinations. Most women don't. They look like thinking it's free and surprised that they're asked to pay. Then they start digging into their handbags and purses. A strange phenomena really. Inexplicable.

Well it's probably due to the fact that Women are blessed by Mother Nature in never ever needing to pay for a fuck?

 

[GoldenDragon]

Like I said, she's probably surprised that she has to pay. Most men has wallets, cards or cash ready at hand when approaching cashier's counters or boarding buses, or even when their taxi rides are nearing destinations. Most women don't. They look like thinking it's free and surprised that they're asked to pay. Then they start digging into their handbags and purses. A strange phenomena really. Inexplicable.

Reminds me of some aunties who change money with the croupiers at RWS when the baccarrat game is almost ready to begin. Change $5 after asking everyone on the table to wait. The take their own sweet time to dig their bag. Then use the chip to tongpang tie, pair or super 6.

 

[no_faith]

me encounter 2.
even u politely ask dem to hurry up,
most stare at u like telling u r in d wrong.

tatz whr heated argument starts or fight begin.

knn dey tot dey father owns sg or dey tink dey d only one on earth

 

[middaydog]

Standing right in the centre of the supermarket aisle, wondering whether they should get the milk powder or the condoms.

when you get the condoms you don't need milk powder, when you get milk powder you don't need condoms

 

[cathylmg]

Aiyoo ooi...so impatient one wor......

 

[Ramseth]

Aiyoo ooi...so impatient one wor......

Aunty Cathy hurry up, outside another aunty coming...the carpark aunty!

 

[annexa]

Singapore girl or auntie walk to the MRT gentry, slam the whole fucking big bag on the scanner, discover scanner got no hands to search their bags, slam a few more times, then unzip bag and start searching for ezlink card.

 

[nayr69sg]

It's not going to be fixed by a minister.

It's not going to be fixed by other people.

It can only begin with ourselves.

The easiest people to change are the ones we see in the mirror. If everyone just complains and hopes for someone else to solve their problems then nothing will ever change.

I do understand that it will be very difficult for the first few who start to change. But if I don't start then nothing will change. If enough people change then the ball will start rolling.

Do something about it. Or move away. Or suffer in silence.

 

[jw5]

Like I said, she's probably surprised that she has to pay. Most men has wallets, cards or cash ready at hand when approaching cashier's counters or boarding buses, or even when their taxi rides are nearing destinations. Most women don't. They look like thinking it's free and surprised that they're asked to pay. Then they start digging into their handbags and purses. A strange phenomena really. Inexplicable.

My take on this is that many SG women have been brought up from young to expect that someone else (father, mother grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunty, bf, male friend, brother, cousin) will pay.

That's why when they are alone or with their kid and it comes time to pay, they have a longer reaction time. Not that they expect it to be free.

 

[jw5]

Singapore girl or auntie walk to the MRT gentry, slam the whole fucking big bag on the scanner, discover scanner got no hands to search their bags, slam a few more times, then unzip bag and start searching for ezlink card.

Don't forget to mention that they search their bags while standing right at the entrance, hence blocking everyone else who have their cards ready to enter the station.

Why cannot just move aside until she finds her card?

 

[jw5]

It's not going to be fixed by a minister.

It's not going to be fixed by other people.

It can only begin with ourselves.

The easiest people to change are the ones we see in the mirror. If everyone just complains and hopes for someone else to solve their problems then nothing will ever change.

I do understand that it will be very difficult for the first few who start to change. But if I don't start then nothing will change. If enough people change then the ball will start rolling.

Do something about it. Or move away. Or suffer in silence.

I never move away but sometimes suffer in silence. Sometimes I voice out, but the perpetuator gets aggressive sometimes and snooty at other times.
Not enough people are changing.
That's why a multi millionaire ministar is required to lead the change. At least it's better than letting them have no portfolio or hanging around the PM's office.

 

[Ramseth]

That's why when they are alone or with their kid and it comes time to pay, they have a longer reaction time. Not that they expect it to be free.

I'm just being sarcastic when I say that they think that it's free. Perhaps GMS is right - only Chinese ed can understand certain sarcasm.

 

[Watchman]

I'm just being sarcastic when I say that they think that it's free. Perhaps GMS is right - only Chinese ed can understand certain sarcasm.

This got nothing to do with linguistic inclination .
It's those people who think wasting others time
is not similar to wasting one's own time .