The thing about queuing up for something is that you inevitably become the centre of attraction or on the flip side of description, is that I've become a public exhibit.
For such promo you get to see some sights of human behaviour:
1. The Patrols
As you can see, we cannot place 100% belief in humans because the human brain is so much advanced which sometimes, rules are meant to be broken. Therefore the Cisco guards were employed to ensure that rules are not flouted and people adhere to the ground rules of the game.
2. The Bangladeshis
No, they weren't skipping their work at the construction site nor they were tourists. They were actually brought into the queue by their Singaporean bosses - the foremen. 6 of them were present at site at about 8 plus in the morning with their bosses showing them the queuing place and the specific seats they should take up. It was about 9am where you see them getting into the queue orderly, with 4 being in queue and 2 outside waiting for stand-in. I overheard the bosses saying to them that they will only reach at about 6.30pm and true enough, they were here on the dot, substituted the Bangladeshis and all the 6 Bangladeshis gathered together and went back to their quarters. These foremen who stood in the queue eventually gotten their iPads without getting their asses ache a bit.
How to describe them? Smarty pants or scheming exploiters? I think the latter..
3. Ugly Singaporean
For every person in the queue, the Cisco guards actually give some leeway of 2 mins (or 3 mins) for them to visit the toilet, when you actually need a stand-in to replace you. With this, some people try to exploit this loophole and took the chance to take a longer time for a stroll, buy stuff or have their meal.
There was one particular incident where this Singaporean man (A) actually shouted at the Cisco guard (B) that his wife was out at Kopitiam to buy something back. When the Cisco guard replied him that the seat was empty for more than 2 mins, A became agitated and replied sternly back to B that he can call her back shortly in less than 5 mins. (eh uncle, 2 MINS is the privilege.. 5 mins you are saying.. WHAT TALKING YOU??) Then from afar, you can see the lady holding a tray of chicken rice set walking in and sat back to her seat. I think that Singaporean man even had the cheek to stare back at the Cisco guard after that.
Come on man, why Singaporeans can't be more gracious? If you can't follow the rules, don't be unreasonable and be rude to the enforcers. For goodness sake!
4. The Chinese
The tale of the Chinese. At the start, there were 3 old Chinese folks who were in the queue but were taking up 4 places with 1 of the seats being "choped" with a stool. They were let off twice by giving the same excuse (1 stool and 1 person going for toilet break) with the shifting of the stool and a different person going off. But at their 3rd attempt to explain to the Cisco guard, it's a no-no for them this time. Basically at every moment, there will always be 1 old lady missing with an empty stool and this time when the Cisco guard saw the same other old lady, he began to suspect something was amiss. He then explained in a stern manner to them that they have flouted the rule of having no stand-in (for the stool) and emptied the stool seat to let the next person sit. Once the old lady (3) returned for her toilet break, she was furious that one of her seats had been taken away and was making a big fuss out of it at her husband (1). She even tried to stand beside the seat which was taken up by the next person to "make sure" she had her seat back.
Then another Chinese lady stood up and kindly explained to old lady (3) about the situation and advised her to speak to the Cisco guard directly. She was adamant about standing near her lost seat but reluctantly left to speak to the Cisco guard, which she subsequently gave up her standing position because it was all futile.
Shortly, a young lady (2), whom I think it's old lady (3)'s daughter-in-law, came and stood in for another old lady (which I believe is old lady (3)'s sister/friend) and started to reprimand her for being late, told her that a seat was lost and the old man (1) needed to leave urgently for work. So when the other old lady got back, she replaced old man (1). Not long after, old lady (3)'s son came and took over the other old lady's seat.
The bottomline is, there's really no reason for arguing something that you were wrong in the first place and wanting the Cisco guard to return your lost seat. Furthermore, lamenting at your daughter-in-law in front of public eyes was really not the way to do.
5. Complain, complain, complain..
Yet another Singaporean... -.-'''
Not sure what was the reason behind this person's (A) unhappiness, but he complained directly to the Changi Airport staff that his seat was removed because the Cisco guard realized that one of the seats had no stand-in and even though his family members tried to explain, it was of no use. The Cisco guard then called in another person (B) outside of the queue to replace the seat.
Anyway, you can complain till the cows come home. A decision was made and the authorities will just stand by the decision of the Cisco guard unless the guard made a glaring mistake in his decision. If not, NO CHANCE, even you complain!
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| The "Visitors". |
1. The Patrols
As you can see, we cannot place 100% belief in humans because the human brain is so much advanced which sometimes, rules are meant to be broken. Therefore the Cisco guards were employed to ensure that rules are not flouted and people adhere to the ground rules of the game.
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| Control Centre (2nd Level) & Executioner (Ground) |
2. The Bangladeshis
No, they weren't skipping their work at the construction site nor they were tourists. They were actually brought into the queue by their Singaporean bosses - the foremen. 6 of them were present at site at about 8 plus in the morning with their bosses showing them the queuing place and the specific seats they should take up. It was about 9am where you see them getting into the queue orderly, with 4 being in queue and 2 outside waiting for stand-in. I overheard the bosses saying to them that they will only reach at about 6.30pm and true enough, they were here on the dot, substituted the Bangladeshis and all the 6 Bangladeshis gathered together and went back to their quarters. These foremen who stood in the queue eventually gotten their iPads without getting their asses ache a bit.
How to describe them? Smarty pants or scheming exploiters? I think the latter..
3. Ugly Singaporean
For every person in the queue, the Cisco guards actually give some leeway of 2 mins (or 3 mins) for them to visit the toilet, when you actually need a stand-in to replace you. With this, some people try to exploit this loophole and took the chance to take a longer time for a stroll, buy stuff or have their meal.
There was one particular incident where this Singaporean man (A) actually shouted at the Cisco guard (B) that his wife was out at Kopitiam to buy something back. When the Cisco guard replied him that the seat was empty for more than 2 mins, A became agitated and replied sternly back to B that he can call her back shortly in less than 5 mins. (eh uncle, 2 MINS is the privilege.. 5 mins you are saying.. WHAT TALKING YOU??) Then from afar, you can see the lady holding a tray of chicken rice set walking in and sat back to her seat. I think that Singaporean man even had the cheek to stare back at the Cisco guard after that.
Come on man, why Singaporeans can't be more gracious? If you can't follow the rules, don't be unreasonable and be rude to the enforcers. For goodness sake!
4. The Chinese
Then another Chinese lady stood up and kindly explained to old lady (3) about the situation and advised her to speak to the Cisco guard directly. She was adamant about standing near her lost seat but reluctantly left to speak to the Cisco guard, which she subsequently gave up her standing position because it was all futile.
Shortly, a young lady (2), whom I think it's old lady (3)'s daughter-in-law, came and stood in for another old lady (which I believe is old lady (3)'s sister/friend) and started to reprimand her for being late, told her that a seat was lost and the old man (1) needed to leave urgently for work. So when the other old lady got back, she replaced old man (1). Not long after, old lady (3)'s son came and took over the other old lady's seat.
The bottomline is, there's really no reason for arguing something that you were wrong in the first place and wanting the Cisco guard to return your lost seat. Furthermore, lamenting at your daughter-in-law in front of public eyes was really not the way to do.
5. Complain, complain, complain..
Yet another Singaporean... -.-'''
Not sure what was the reason behind this person's (A) unhappiness, but he complained directly to the Changi Airport staff that his seat was removed because the Cisco guard realized that one of the seats had no stand-in and even though his family members tried to explain, it was of no use. The Cisco guard then called in another person (B) outside of the queue to replace the seat.
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| Finger pointing somemore.. Relak la bro! |
Anyway, you can complain till the cows come home. A decision was made and the authorities will just stand by the decision of the Cisco guard unless the guard made a glaring mistake in his decision. If not, NO CHANCE, even you complain!
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