Banch of JERK who cut Q at swee lee sale...

[fgl]

I agree with bro snuffs comments that this happens across the board in most countries around the world.

However, I remember my time in Australia where I spent 3 months after my A levels. The people in Sydney as well as most places I travelled to were generally more polite and minded their P & Qs. Once when I had buggered my wrist playing cricket and was coming out of a supermarket with groceries, an elderly lady even offered to help me carry them.

Recent queues at the HDB hub clearly shows what kind of ppl we live with.

RX7 - the act of misbehaving & drawing attention to themselves is another seperate thing from polite behavior. Yes true that a lot of Malay youth do that but other races including our foreign "guests" studying / working here are guilty as well.

I still say it's up to the managemnt of the place to enforce orderliness. Normally customers will adhere to the mgt's requests for queus etc... management of these places - take notice as well for smoother operations the next time around.

 

[feedback]

wife join in when i about at the end of the Q......
of course i back my wife up..just told them off straight in the face they cut q and dont deserve to be in the the Q...

AND told the staff that they should not be in......

well after that not too sure if they got in..
cause i just when in and look for my stuff..

 

[glentiaw]

maybe it's just me...
but isn't this cutting queue thing being blown
way out of proportion?

sure i empathize. i don't like the socially
inconsiderate. but it's just a queue cutting thing.
tell them off, they move off. and that's it.

maybe i'm missing something here, but i'm not
getting the big deal.

 

[shinobi]

i dont understand how the rest of the queue behind you can just buat bodoh. maybe some sg ppl are too docile, only know how to act blur.

fgl bro mentioned australia, but sad to say lah, you look at white countries, and you look at some asian countries... speaks for itself

this sweelee sale the cashier queue was ultra long man. all i can say to the sweelee staff is

BAR CODE SCANNER

 

[rx7]

fgl, im sure there're alot of other people seekign attention and stuff. Maybe only to me, i see them malay youths causing alot of problems for people, seeking attention, disturbing people, etc. Yes, indian makals, chinese bengs, they do it too. But honestly i see the malays do it a lot and more often than any other race. And they're all youngsters

 

[snuffleupagus]

yup fgl bro, I agree, Australia is quite a polite and gracious country as compared to Asian countries. Even when I was in holland belgium and germany i was stuck in some Qs here and there and I must say that their mindset is different, to them, they live by the priniciple of "whats the rush?"Unless at airports of course.

I think in Asia, it works both ways, many of us adopt this Kiasu ideology, meaning, we get flustered and complain when we "lose out" or get taken advantage of. Thats why some of us are split up into those who can't be bothered and sneer under their breath, and those that are bothered and want to make a difference, and lastly those who adopt the"when in Rome" mentality(so they cut Q cos they think every is doing it anyway).-Basically it all boils down to this roots of Kiasiusm which is prevalent in most Asian societies

Yes , BARCODE SCANNER!

 

[fgl]

shinobi - true, true...

rx7 - yes point taken... there used to be many Malay groups hanging around peninsula after hours as well but with recent police crackdown & installation of CCTV now cut down. Funnything is these so called problematic kids were actually very polite and respectful when dealing with Dan at his studio...

bro snuffs - agreed, never had any such problems in Europe, except maybe in France & Austria. Some really rude s.o.b. shopkeeper there I tell U. England, Germany Holland,Belgium, even Italy, Spain all was ok for me.

Maybe Swee Lee can have a ticket system next time around? Just a tot.

agreed: barcode scanner ala ntuc! Peter Song are U reading this?

 

[shinobi]

its not just an asian-western thing

you would expect people from eastern europe and great britain to have totally different levels of social consciousness

same thing when you compare people from china and japan.

but one thing that's for sure is that most asians (1 out of 6 people in the world are from china) live in 3rd world countries, while most westerners live in developed countries.

as for the race thing, there is nothing wrong by generalising youth groups by their race. what you should be asking yourself is, why to malay kids only hang with other malay kids, the chinese with chinese and indians with indians? as long as people are segregated by race, there will be racial discrimination

anyway we are going off topic and touching on sth that is too sensitive to be discussed openly. altogether now,

BARCODE SCANNER!!! :evil:

 

[fgl]

allow me:

GET SOME BARCODE SCANNERS SW, GET SOME ...

 

[snuffleupagus]

but shinobo bro, Singapore is 1st World developed country the last time i checked in our newspapers bro!!!if according to your observation,How cum the level of social consciousness here is so different(below par) from the westerners from developed countries bro ?

Haiyoh, I think everywhere is the same lar, as long as there is a motivation powerful enough!!!(SALE 50% off/hello kitty limited edition collectible/power the mah laksa-in Singapore)or (good seats at a mouth-watering football match if you cut Q-in England or wherever)



BARCODE SCANNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sLapshock]

its just cuttin que which happens everyday, whats the big deal? just like someone mention, its just something that you should act in on the event itself, not after.

 

[shinobi]

you got a point. it seems here that the more developed we are the less social-conscious we get. cos we are uniquely singaporean lah

BAR
CODE
SCAN
NER
:idea:

 

[iamnotaposeur]

Singapore: the first world country with no clothes.

 

[danial]

hey fgl , no Q at 2pm ah haha , i suay ah , i go 12 plus , see so many pple i went home :lol:

 

[XLayaR]

Aiya.....Its not just malays man....Even some chinese gangsters also got this kinda mentality...Join gang?

They think they join gang they're big....I challenge any gangster to fight the law....We'll see if the police car faster or your 'brother' lorry faster

 

[hifi_killer]

being 1st world doesnt really say much on our morals. Money cant buy morals.
Infact, i would find the people in the poorer countries being more socially considerate, say thailand, vietnam.

Its all in the upbringing.

 

[marcdadrummer]

cut q, naughty youngsters, TYPICAL "AUNTIES" and the list of problems goes on... someone otta bring this up on the parliament..

It's all in the upbringing as hifi_killer would say... sad truth but it's singapore...

anyways, last year sales 2nd day, went at 11.15.. no one was there!!... i wonder why that day's event drew so many crowds...

suggestions: come to the que earlier or be an mfo member. heh....

yeah, SL needs to get barcodes rather than putting the search button and clicking on the item...

barcode barcode...

 

[df]

marcadummer: Yes! Those typical aunties and uncles always piss me off. Makes me wanna Sylar them sometimes.

 

[jeepers]

Maybe Swee Lee can have a ticket system next time around? Just a tot.

i think this is a fantastic idea! the queue will be orderly, which means no cutting of queue. or like what marc suggested, BE A MFO MEMBER. heh. you'll get to come earlier and have an hr all by yourself and the other members.

 

[marcdadrummer]

the membership is really good for those who wanna get gears, so can share the membership cost on two people coz only one member and one friend can go in...