there are many etiquette classes available for us to take....and i havent been to any...*laughs* but was just wondering...if etiquette classes are a must for most singaporeans....mmmm....
let's see...the most common etiquette classes are for table etiquette...if i am not wrong...not sure if the term was correct...but it's like teaching one how to use the right utensils during meals, how to eat certain items, etc etc...actually..i think this is more appropriate for fine dining...as i dont think there are many utensils to be used when one dines at food court or hawker center or even restaurants....nothing much to comment here as i think i have no bloody idea of all the etiquette to be displayed on the table...*laughs*
but i seriously think....some ladies have no toilet etiquette...the toilet located on my office floor is a good example...every day...in the first cubicle..the squatting kind...some buggers will always forget to flush or didnt flush at all...and one can see the papers and the yellow liquid...fucking disgusting...if not...some buggers will pee all over the floor..i mean...if one wants to squat and pee..PLEASE..fucking please aim properly...at times..in the other cubicles...the same situation will occur too...not the aiming but the flushing...and there were a few times...there's this lady...the same one...i've seen her entered the cubicle..and when she came out...she DIDNT wash her hands!!! seriously, i think this is a HUGE problem...it's so fucking yucky....*shudders*
then we have the SMS etiquette...okay..maybe no such words...but somehow...i think some idiots out there has no such etiquette..i mean...if i text a message that requires a response...PLEASE BLOODY RESPOND!!!i hate it when a text was sent across to confirm something..and there i was..waiting for the answer..while the other idiot was just assuming that by not replying..i would know the answer...what the fuck??!!!and at times...i text "abc" and the person replied "123" no doubt most telco provide quite a large number of free smses...but this is not the way to use it...and also..some people simply like to text one-liners like "are you free?", "what you doing?", "where are you?" and i have to reply...with the standard template...." XXX and why?" and then it will go on and on with one-liners....it's so damn infuriating to me..maybe it's just me..but since a sms can have 360 characters...UTILIZE IT!!!
actually did anyone realized...the ang mohs..when they see you..they will go.."how are you?", "how's your day?", "hi there" and etc...and most singaporeans will reply..."fine, thank you" mmmm...somehow...it just seemed weird to me..it's like..they way the ang mohs put it across is informal but we singaporeans reply formally...anyway..some ang mohs told me..it's alright to reply "fine, thank you"...but normally they would go.."fine, thank you...you?" so the general rule of thumb is to ask the person back...*smilez*
actually i thought we are supposed to be a gracious society...but somehow...i think we are far from it...but i guess we are learning...i hope at least we are trying....*laughs*
1 comments:
regarding graciousness, this is really something that you can see in europe but definitely lacking in singapore. Especially germany where punks will give seats to elderly in the metro and 'ladies first' is a must-have for simple things like boarding buses etc.. In france, if u rush up a bus without giving way to elderly, you will be dragged down and ganna scolding.. hehe i almost ganna that..
I guess they have alot of respect for those who went through the world war, and chivalrous acts by men are not taken for granted by the women who will give their thanks.
will mention more about my trip in my blog :)
-Chong
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