What's the world coming to?

I wonder's what's wrong with the air conditioning today... it's freezing cold again..

Also.. I wonder if the basic courtesy level of Singaporeans have generally degenerated.. I detest walking the connecting path from the East-West line of SMRT to the SBS' Transit NEL . It's like making your way through a moving human wall whereby the THRONG of commuters from the NEL side would occupy 80% of the walkway, leaving the poor guys from the east west side to shuffle in between them and the cold rough walls of the tunnels.. And they relentlessly made their way through, expecting the human traffic from the other direction to give way to them... -.-"

AND this uncouth behaviour is not peculiar to the morning crowd but also during evening hours.. SIgh, I hate alighting at outram to transfer to the east west line.. There will always be A CROWD of human beings stationed in front of the doors. And they are eagerly waiting for the doors to open, to "chiong" in, to grab the coveted seat.. WHEN the alighting passengers have yet alighted... Common sense tells you that "in order for one to get in the crowded cabins, you have to let those who are alighting to alight first before boarding.." And these being all dressed in working attire , i presume, is literate and hence could understand the signs that say "please give way to alighting passengers" that were on the train doors.. Nope.. like what the saying goes 'FOOLS RUSH IN'. Sigh...

Sigh.. I would love to make this BIAS conclusion that commuters from the NEL side = UNCIVILIZED, but it's unfair to those who aren't. But there are more uncivilized ones ...

Uh huh, the common sight of YOUNG AND ABLE not giving up their seats for pregnant ladies & the elderly. They will either pretend to be asleep, genuinely sleeping, engrossed in their PSP, or simply wore the oblivious look that "I pay for the fare too, so I've the right to sit". The latest incident being last night on the train whereby a 30+ years strong and stout looking man dashing for the seat once vacated by the passenger before him and turned a blind eye (by closing his droopy eyes instantly his butt hit the seat) to the elderly man before him. - which by the way.. i was ya..on my feet.. standing.....

And yesh.. educated people cannot read! The ladies at my floor was choked again.. To quote what my HR sent in the "warning email" -

This is to inform that the handicap washroom (female executive toilet) at level 17 is closed for urgent repair works until further notice.

This is due to a choke in the pipe caused by handtowels disposed into the toilet bowl of the handicap toilet. As this choke has occurred on several occasions, the most recent in Dec 2007, causing a serious leakage in the other tenant's office space at level 16 & 15, we urge all employees to dispose your handtowels into the bins and not into the toilet bowls.

In view of the seriousness of the situation, should the same problem re-occurs, we will have no choice but to remove the handtowels from the handicap washroom (female executive washroom) on level 17.

Note.. all the ladies working on this floor, all having at least went through secondary or tertiary education, should at least understand the phase "Please dispose the handtowels into the bins". surely one could differentiate between a bin & toilet bowl? -.-" *faint*

And this choking thing happen again DESPITE the previous warnings.. I reckon that it's not that they can't read.. they just don't care..

Sigh.. what's this world coming to...