금요일, 9월 16, 2005
So many complaints! I don't know what the heck these locals are up to these days. This morning, as I flipped open the brand new pages of The Straits Times, I can't help but to notice one of the articles in the Forum section.
Here you go... (and don't ever think I'm dedicating this comment posted on the papers in my blog, 'cos it just goes along with my opinion, that's why)
Sept 16, 2005Elephant cutouts, racist blogs... what next on 999?
RECENTLY it was reported that the person who called the police to complain about the white-elephant cut-outs in Buangkok had dialled 999.
The person who called to complain about the racist blogs at 3am also called the hotline.
As far as I know, the 999 hotline is meant only for emergencies and anyone who abuses it could face severe penalties.
While these two people were not making prank calls and had genuine concerns to report, surely cardboard elephants and racist blogs are not considered emergencies. Could they not have called a neighbourhood police post instead?
The Singapore Civil Defence Force has always emphasised the importance of dialling 995 only when there are emergencies, so as not to waste valuable time and resources on non-emergency cases.
For the same reason, the public has been told not to dial 999 unless it is an emergency.
Should not the police send a warning letter to these two people, who called an emergency hotline to report something which is not even close to being an emergency?
If nothing is done about this, I fear the 999 hotline will one day be swamped with all sorts of trivial complaints, preventing those who are faced with a real emergency from getting through.
Derrick Goh Lee Jin
My goodness! I was in complete shock of my life when I realized today that so many Singaporeans are so
complaintive (a word I invented myself to describe them)! And many of them are which I consider, SUPER COMMON SENSELESS! Universally, we all understand that the emergency hotline 999, or 911, or whatever u prefer to call it, is for emergency use. NOT COMPLAINTS!!!
And for Hell's sake, if these locals wanna complaint, create a blog like me and vent all your stupid opinions online! Provided you guyz are HTML and Design literate, otherwise, all your blogs will be as boring as an orange turned gray.
For me, I hate complaining when there's nothing worth to complain about. Furthermore, complaining eats up your energy and totally drains you. In the end, you'll get a short life expectancy. For what??? Why make life so difficult for yourself and others?
There are two types of complaints if anyone of you
sense-illiterate (another term i invented to describe them too) people realize that.
The first one is called - Selfish Complaints. Only people who get offended easily do that. Why is that so? Because, they are selfish. When their emotions get a blister, they complain. When they don't get what they deserve, they complaint... blah blah blah... the list goes on... and it's ALL about THEM!! Get it?
The second one is called - Generous Complaints. People who complain like the above writer for the forum, is a generous complainer. Why do I say this? Simple, he's trying to tell these suckers not to bug the police hotline for the sake of emergency needs of others. He simply cares for others. And people like him who complains because they care are GENEROUS COMPLAINERS, which, such act, is commendable to do so.
Then again, how many Generous Complainers do we have in this puny little nation? Is it time for EQ-less people to receive some Common Sense (Subject: C.S.) education in schools before "maturing" as adults?