How long have you ever waited for someone? I don't mean this in the 'waiting for the One' context. I meant literally waiting for someone to show up.
I seriously hate to wait. I just don't have the patience to do so. And this fact does not go well with our famous 'Malaysian' culture.
This evening, I have had to endure a 45 minutes wait for a meeting. The meeting was set for 6 pm. However, up until 6.45 pm the person that I was suppose to meet did not show. Plus, she didn't even bother to call to inform me or her colleague that she was going to be late. To me, that is just plain rude. After 45 minutes, I decided to go home. It was just a waste of my time if I were to continue waiting.
Don't get me started on the wait for services/meetings with the government agencies. The time spent waiting to get a new smartcard can be used to finish up a set of Group Cashflow! Plus, if you should happen to schedule a meeting with them at 2 pm, do pace yourself and don't expect for them to show up before 2.30 pm (the earliest). Time is nothing to them, unless when it's time to pack up and go home.
Once when I had to liaise with the IRB regarding the company's tax matter, the person made me call them back in 5 minutes time just because I had called them at 2.25 pm on a Friday, when their lunch hour actually ends at 2.30 pm (I didn't know this because our company's lunch our was fixed for 1 hour throughout the week, plus I was new at that time). The best part was, the person that I wanted to speak to was the person that had answered the phone! If you don't want to talk in the first place, don't answer the phone lar kan...
Waiting for family members is another thing. I don't know about people from other states in Malaysia, however, my relatives from Kelantan seemed to love to dilly dally and keep people waiting constantly. If you were to schedule a trip for 10 am, you have to tell them that we have to leave the house at 8 am. Then only will they be ready on time (10 am). I remembered a cousin was supposed to have her akad nikah to start at 10 am. Since I was stuck in class for an intensive course, I decided to congratulate her at 10.30 am with an sms "Congrats! So now you are officially Mrs. X". Then I received her reply, "Mrs. X apa nya, tok kadi pun tak sampai lagi plus everything pun tak ready lagi". She finally became Mrs. X at around 12.30 pm!
I just can't stand waiting. Can you?
binx: sitting, waiting, wishing...
I seriously hate to wait. I just don't have the patience to do so. And this fact does not go well with our famous 'Malaysian' culture.
This evening, I have had to endure a 45 minutes wait for a meeting. The meeting was set for 6 pm. However, up until 6.45 pm the person that I was suppose to meet did not show. Plus, she didn't even bother to call to inform me or her colleague that she was going to be late. To me, that is just plain rude. After 45 minutes, I decided to go home. It was just a waste of my time if I were to continue waiting.
Don't get me started on the wait for services/meetings with the government agencies. The time spent waiting to get a new smartcard can be used to finish up a set of Group Cashflow! Plus, if you should happen to schedule a meeting with them at 2 pm, do pace yourself and don't expect for them to show up before 2.30 pm (the earliest). Time is nothing to them, unless when it's time to pack up and go home.
Once when I had to liaise with the IRB regarding the company's tax matter, the person made me call them back in 5 minutes time just because I had called them at 2.25 pm on a Friday, when their lunch hour actually ends at 2.30 pm (I didn't know this because our company's lunch our was fixed for 1 hour throughout the week, plus I was new at that time). The best part was, the person that I wanted to speak to was the person that had answered the phone! If you don't want to talk in the first place, don't answer the phone lar kan...
Waiting for family members is another thing. I don't know about people from other states in Malaysia, however, my relatives from Kelantan seemed to love to dilly dally and keep people waiting constantly. If you were to schedule a trip for 10 am, you have to tell them that we have to leave the house at 8 am. Then only will they be ready on time (10 am). I remembered a cousin was supposed to have her akad nikah to start at 10 am. Since I was stuck in class for an intensive course, I decided to congratulate her at 10.30 am with an sms "Congrats! So now you are officially Mrs. X". Then I received her reply, "Mrs. X apa nya, tok kadi pun tak sampai lagi plus everything pun tak ready lagi". She finally became Mrs. X at around 12.30 pm!
I just can't stand waiting. Can you?
binx: sitting, waiting, wishing...
8 comments:
i wanted to write that people in the states are ALWAYS punctual. but i can't use the word "ALWAYS"...
just that people here make the effort to be on time.
still remember the countless times waiting for friends to show up kat bus stops. and this was before handphones... perit rasanye...
i hate waitin too...once i waited 1.5hrs at the lrt station for my friend to pick me up...i was so pissed off
"saya tunggu punya tunggum punya tunggu.. bulan tak timbul-timbul" - P Ramlee.
I can't think of anybody who likes to wait
try waiting for 8 years
win:
thanx for dropping by..
yeah i believe ppl everywhere else try to be punctual most of the time. however, im just relieve that i wasn't born in indon or have to live there coz i heard it's even worse there kan..
oh i remembered waiting in the hot sun @ the bus stop during those days too.. ! mmg perit..
gravt kills:
wow.. 1.5 hrs eh.. u have a high tolerance level, man.. if i were u, i would have hailed a cab after 30 mins..
amir etcetera:
hmmm.. i guess no one likes to wait.. but the degree of tolerance makes a difference kut..
ijun:
i salute u for that, buddy.. though it didn't work out, it shows how far u will go for the one u love..
*salute*
I'd wait for them to show up not matter how long it takes, then...I'd shout and howl hehehe
Grrrrr. I hate waiting tooooo. And I'm one of those who is hardly ever late. For anything. So my waiting time is usually super duper long cos I am always a good 20 minutes early. Aah, Malaysians on the whole just need to be more punctual. "Traffic jam" is just too over-used. And I don't get this, if you know KL roads are perpetually congested, leave earlier lah kan? Ish.
thewailer:
IMHO.. there's no need to shout or howl coz i bet they would repeat the same thing over and over and over again.. habit..
but i salute u for waiting laa
doreen:
i feel ur pain, girl..
however, im one of those ppl who used traffic as an axcuse for coming in late for work.. but i only do that when i know no one was waiting for me in the office lar..
:D
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