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LIFTS have often caused frustration amongst Malaysians particularly those who push baby prams. Seriously, why do most Malaysians insist using the lifts at the shopping malls when there are escalators? We really should save the lifts for those with prams, old folks, pregnant women, maintenance guys and most importantly, disabled people. Not only that, some of us are quite rude when using the lifts - just bloody let the people out first before you storm in!
QUEUES needs to be respected. Why cut queues? It is simply plain rude to do so. In fact, you should allow others to cut queue if they are those with prams, old folks, pregnant women or disabled people. The concept of queue is simply "First There First To Get" - which is a fair idea. But no,... we Malaysian (or most of us) loves to ignore such courtesy and selfishness rules. You'll find rude Malaysians cut queues everywhere: At the lifts, on the roads, at the bus stops, KFC, McDonalds and what not. This has to change.
TOILETS at the public areas are just disgusting. They are really horrible. Toilets would be the ultimate indicator of our hygenic awareness. If we cannot clean our own shit at the toilet, we might as well live in shit. Seriously, are we dirty people? I don't think so. It does not take much to wipe the toilets with tissues and press the bloody flush levers. Building maintenance should do their jobs of repairing broken toilets and keep them clean all the time... and for heaven's sake, we Malaysians need water! Do away with the Western culture of wiping ass with just tissues and no water. Gimme my water! Please!
TRAFFIC jams are enough to make you lose your sanity and temper. Let alone stupid drivers on the roads. Don't they teach you the 2 indicator lights at the driving schools? Use them idiots! There is only 1 Sunday in a week... not 7 Sundays! So don't be a tortoise on the road especially on the fast lane. What's with the high beam? You want to make a statement is it? You are the King of the road and you want everyone to know is it? Blimmey,... I can write till the cows come home on this topic. Be generous to allow cars from incoming roads - use the alternate rotations for cars from 2 merging roads will yer! And of course, make sure your Smart Tag batteries are charged up!
PARKING is a scarce space. It is unfortunate that developers fail to provide adequate parking spaces for apartments, shopping malls and office buildings. I don't know whether to blame the authorities who approved the plans or the developers who are trying to save money. Either or, both contributed negatively to this problem. But the citizens must also behave appropriately. Do not double park. If you really must because of emergency, then don't pull up your hand brakes. If you see a car waiting for a parking spot of another car that is leaving, don't steal that spot!
TIME is precious. But many of us chose to not respect time. I may also be guilty because sometimes, the traffic jams are just unpredictable. However, in many cases, many of us just simply do not care whether we are late for a meeting. We do not care that others have their own schedules to run for. I find it very frustrating that such behaviour is most apparent with public services especially when dealing with Government officers. Perhaps the new Chief Secretary (
Ketua Setiausaha Negara ('KSN')), Dato' Ali Hamsa, will start to address this?
RELIGION AND ETHNIC ORIGIN is something that is quite significant in Malaysia because we are multicultural, multiracial and multireligion society. We have co-existed (the various races) since the Melaka Sultanate era in the 1500's. I would have imagined that we understand each other's requirements. Surprisingly, many of us, especially youth, are still ignorant. Why invite Muslims when you have pork? Why must Muslims forget to provide mutton or vegetarian food for the Hindus when they invite their Hindu friends? Why must you eat at a hotel Ramadhan buffet at 7:15pm when you can wait for 7:30pm to eat together with the Muslims sitting around you? Why some Muslims send white coloured greeting cards to Chinese when White denotes Death? Why must you speak Cantonese or Hokkien in a team of people that also includes those who can only understand Bahasa Malaysia and English? The most common disrespect I have encountered would be people calling my handphone during Friday prayers.
RUBBISH management is pathetic. I wonder how the local councils work. Sometimes it takes days before my bins are cleared. At a more personal level, many Malaysians litter. They simply throw their rubbish anywhere they like. This is common amongst smokers. Maybe cigarette butts are small. How about drink cans? The most shocking experience I had was on the highway - the car in front of me simply threw out drink cans onto the road. Idiots! Sometimes I snap a photo of the car registration number to disclose it on the social network - just to satisfy my anger.
MOBILE TELEPHONES seem to ring whenever and wherever without any regard to its appropriateness of not being put to silence mode or switched off. Ringing phones at meetings reflect the low level of courtesy we have. In fact, it is rude. Not only meetings, how about in the cinemas? Lecture halls? at weddings? in the Court? The worst ones are those who do not switch off their phones during prayers at the mosque.
PIRACY is a big offense. The most common amongst Malaysians are movie DVDs, downloads of music and video games and software copies. This culture is probably very difficult to be addressed. We are surrounded by countries that produce various imitation products. I think this is largely an Asian problem. However, Malaysians can make a difference, at least in supporting the local industry. Buy original DVDs for local movies and CDs for local music. Many local artists cannot make a decent living because of piracy. The Government may put in a lot of efforts to elevate the local creative industry but if our own people do not support the local industry, then we are doomed in that arena. I used to collect music cassetes and CDs for my favourite artists (both local and foreign) and I still do. The youth of today do not own any CDs. They have it all in their thumbdrive. If it is iTunes, than it is fine. If not, high chance that piracy is at work.
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