Don't know if any of you heard about the story.
It goes like this...
Long long time ago... ( as always)
There was a man who came back to his village after working for a long time in the city.
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In short, he is a normal person. However, everyone around him is not of the right mind. So he was treated as a crazy person by the other villagers.
Recently, I heard and saw things that made me have the same feeling as the man mentioned above.
Incident 1....
Most of my colleague are chinese speaking except for one. Well, apparently they have a sense that their chinese level is superior than Malaysian counterpart. So they teased me again and again without any regard for my delicate heart. However, their chinese is even worse than mine in terms of usage of words. I was so close at blurting out that they are wrong but I stopped myself. Why? Because my superiors also using making the mistake. Furthermore, the mistake is so common that it has become a norm in this society where it will be a mistake for me to even say that it is a mistake (hm...seems to be hard to understand.. lol)
Incident 2.....
A said : You know ar... I met this very rude lady in the Mrt.
B replied : Why? What happened?
A :Well, it was very crowded in the mrt and I was standing at the door. Then when the mrt reach a stop, this lady ask me to give way and said that I should be more automatic in doing it without being asked to. She is so rude!!! I was waiting for people to say excuse me then I give way ma.
My Question to A (which I did not ask since everyone who is around me agree with A)..
1. Mrt doors are meant for people to enter and exit is it not?
2. It is highly possible that there will be people boarding and unboarding mrt at each stop right?
3. They have to use the door right?
4. Given the situation, is it not clear that A should be expecting to give way for people to board and unboard mrt?
I don't know. For me, even if I am not standing at the door, even if I am closing my eyes to rest, I would just take a while to see if people around me is getting off and if I am blocking their way or if I get a seat, if there is other people who needs the seat more than I do (elderly people, pregnant women etc)
I don't understand it. Is it because the country is so well managed by government that people take things for granted? Is it because majority rules hence everything they do they think is right?... well well.... this is so wrong..
