I am always correct
One lazy Sunday, I parked my car near a bank and went to have a nice dim sum breakfast. After a hearty breakfast, I walked back to my car, just in time to see someone pulled up and double-parked right next to my car. I walked faster but could not catch him in time. So from afar, I disarm my car alarm, at least the visual light blinking and chirping of car alarm would get his attention that someone is coming to get his car. He looked at my car, then walked away.
Darn it! As I was going for another appointment, I needed to drive off soon.
So, guessing that he is going to the bank, I walked over and saw him taking out his wallet to start his banking stuff.
“Excuse me, but your car is blocking my car. Can remove ah? Thanks ah” I said ever so politely.
“oh.. soli ah” He replied.
Expecting that he come out there and then since he had not started this banking stuff yet, I went back to my car and waited.
.. and waited…
.. and waited…
He did not appear to be coming out. So I went back in and saw him pressing at the ATM machine.
“err.. hello.. can you please remove your car as I am in a hurry” I asked again politely.
That bastard turned to me with his eyes wide open. “Haroo.. EXCUSE me ah. I halfway do things”
Hmm… usually I am someone who avoids any kind of concontration. But that morning, I think a fuse blew. So I shot back..
“GET YOUR FnCKING ASS OUT AND REMOVE YOUR CAR NOW!!”
He got taken a back, but shot back .. “I halfway do this leh.. what you expect?”
Fuah.. I mean, you double parked. You still expect people to wait for you to START your banking and then wait for you to FINISH your banking.
I replied “YOU EXPECT ME TO WAIT FOR YOUR START YOU BANKING? I DUN FnCKING CARE WHAT THE FnCK YOU ARE DOING NOW. STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND GET THE FnCK OUT NOW YOU MOTHERFnCKING BASTARD!”
And yes. I was yelling. Poor people who were also in the ATM room quickly walked out. A bunch of people sitting outide the bank who were jovially chatting away suddenly stopped and a bunch of people at a bus stop nearby stared. I walked back to my car and he followed closed and, while grumbling away, he removed his car.
This got me thinking. Have I ever done such things before. I mean, even when I was wrong, I believed that I was right, and defended that I was right. That person probably thinks that he had the right to let me wait while he does his banking. I do not really mind if you had started your banking when I told you that you were double parked. By all means finish up your banking and RUN to remove your car. But this fella is a champion, he had not even started his banking. He continued to start banking even after being told he was blocking. And the best thing was there were no queue at all at the ATM machine. It’s not that I am not able to wait 2 minutes. I can wait 5 minutes for you. But the fact that he STARTED with his banking even after he knows that his car is blocking someone. Sad.
Same goes with people driving, say from a adjacent road, taking a slip road to join the main highway. It’s a slip road, you are joining in the main flow of traffic. You are to watch out for the main highway traffic. But no, out of 100 drivers, probably 1 or 2 the max, slows down or accelerates to merge into the main traffic. The rest just cruises into the main highway, expecting others to accomodate him.
Then I realised that these attitudes basically manifest itself in our everyday life. Everyday, everywhere, anytime. Some people genuinely believes that he is right, even though he is wrong. While others will make up stories and cook up a ruse to taint the minds of peers so as to deflect any of his wrong doings or mistakes.
During my drive to my next destination, I realised how stupid I may have looked yelling away just now. If I were one of them guys at the bus stop, I would have been thinking .. “Wah.. stupid fella. Need to yell so loud meh? People doing banking mah.. 2-3 minute oso kenot wait meh?”.
You see, other people may not have the full story and will immediately judge you.
So if you were in my shoes that sunday morning, what would you have done?
June 15th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I will do the same.. lol…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
i sit there and blare my horn … lol lol lol irritate the whole world.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
I would have done the same and probably drive my Hilux ‘thru’ his car.
I also agree with you on cars joining the main road from a slip road. Those buggers expect us to stop for them. Under the traffic law, if you knocked into a vehicle which came out from a slip road and traveled less than 30 metres, you are in the right. Malaysians drivers always think if they are knocked from the rear, they are always correct. This is not always the case. To counter this problem, I bought a Hilux and fitted it with a huge aluminum bullbar. Since then I have crashed into 5 cars coming out of slip roads without stopping and 3 cars entering roundabout without stopping. Life is GOOD!!!
June 15th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
jasmine… hahaha.. very good wor
cow.. must install louder horns.. wahaha
TL.. fuah.. champion la you.. keke
June 15th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
wah..katak scold ppl, missed the drama!!!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
yeah.. katak so mild fellow, still some people can piss him off.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
haha… i won’t have barked so loud but i would do what fishingcow did… blare my horn and give him the glare when he moves… else pretend to wanna ramp thru his car or something!! :p
June 16th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Ath.. Unfortunately, that fella REALLY geniunely believes that he is right and that I have to wait for him to finish his business first. And that I am not allowed to move or say anything until he does. Some people are just like that. *sigh*
June 20th, 2009 at 4:04 am
waaa, KK, you shout so fncking loud and act so fncking fierce meh? not like you at all…… unfortunately some people just can’t help but be selfish. i’ll bet that guy is still thinking to himself that you are so inconsiderate for not waiting till he finished at the ATM. It’s a mad world. Go figure
September 5th, 2009 at 11:44 am
What you did was right. Same goes for people who jump queues in banks, restaurants and other public places. If these people were with their kids, I would personally tell it to their face that what a disgrace he is by setting an example to his/her kids. Nothing like embarrassing them further in front of their children. These people lack common courtesy if they had any at all to being with.
I’ve encountered drivers who cut in without indicating and after giving then a honk or a flash, they retaliate back without realizing their mistake.
Shows how uneducated some people really are.
September 7th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Well… unfortunately there are some people who are always right….. in their sick underdeveloped minds.
December 25th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Welcome to Malaysia. Anyway, if I were you, I do the same as well. I experience this when I was parking in a proper parking lot and there’s a van blocking my vehicle by just park behind me even there’s a vacant parking lot 1 cars next to mine. They just don’t bother to park inside the parking lot. Guess what, the best thing is I have to honk and wait for 30 minutes for the driver to come. I was lucky cause my friend ask me not to smash his driver windows and release the hand brake. When the driver arrive, I talk to him nicely can you please park you car properly. The bloody driver just show me his middle finger. The driver is in his 50’s. I was stopped by my friend, else I would have wallup that fella.
You can’t get everyone to see the whole picture. As in your case, bystanders would just say wait for 2 minutes can die meh?. But when you’re in a rush or emergency, 1 seconds can make a big difference between live and dead.
It’s good to know that TL drive a Hilux with those bumper. I did that once with my office Ford Ranger in Midvalley where there’s a car park behind me near the wall (even there’s a sign of NO Parking, clamping zone there). A 4WD vehicle is kinda long and it need some space to get out of the parking lot. I am not going to wait for the owner again thus I just drive my car out, dented the door and front fender badly. The security guard just smile at me. BTW the car it the latest Honda Civic.
IMHO, most people are educated. They just do as they wish.