Ugly singaporeans

We complain and criticize foreigners, in particular Chinese nationals who spit everywhere. We complain and make fun of the terrible and indescribable sanity condition of the rest rooms of remote towns in China. No doubt there are certain truths to what’s being joke about and said regarding food and restrooms in China, however Singaporeans are not far better off either. The only reason why we don’t spit is not because we don’t think it is not hygienic to do so, rather because there’s the penalty and fine impose for such actions by the authority. I have all too often come across un-flushed toilets, even in the company where I am working for currently. These toilets are located in the engineering departments and generally my best bet is that engineers and higher-level management sometimes don't flush after they visit the loo.

Take the public transport such as MRT trains and bus for instance and soon we realize that the locals, both Singaporeans and Singapore PR lack social mannerism. There are those in their best attires and outfits, I guess educated ones who has no qualms of coughing and sneezing right in front of your face. For goodness sake, I wonder if any of these idiots has any considerations for others? For goodness sake, what is so difficult about taking up handkerchief or tissue paper to at least cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, the more so if there is someone standing right in front of you? Don’t these people have the slightest social mannerism at all?

It is easy for airborne disease such as flu and cough to spread to others in crowded areas with such bad habitual people around. It is common for people in Japan to cover their mouth with facemask if they have cold, flu or cough. Even small cities in China such as Baoding are practicing likewise. Worse still, if you get up from you seat and move elsewhere to distance yourself from those beside you who keeps coughing, you are frowned upon as being rude.

The government recently decides to enact new laws that allow police to arrest those suspected of spreading contagious disease, in particular airborne disease knowingly and intentionally without any prior warrant of arrest. Perhaps it is time authority establishes and impose facemask requirement for those who catch the cold and flu as well. So much so for Singapore world-class public transport systems, third world behavior and altitude though.