| Monday, January 22, 2007 |
| Malaysian Shoppers I |
NST - 22 Jan '07 - The Ugly malaysian Shoppers .. Snot smeared on chairs, urine and faeces on the floor and dirty diapers on top of shelves — these are the ‘souvenirs’ left behind by Malaysian shoppers for retail staff to clear up every day. TAN CHOE CHOE, CHAI MEI LING and MALINA JEYA PALAN reveal some shocking Malaysian shopping behaviour.
Hmmm .. oh deary me ... what have we uncovered? Something new?? What has the study uncovered? Here is a short list (get the full version from the link);
- Some customers also open pre-packed items to try them out. Sometimes spillage occurs and our staff have to clean up after them
- You can find torn books to crumpled origami figurines and carpets stained with urine and feaces. I’ve seen a teenage boy cutting out a picture from a book and his parents just looking on without saying anything
- Children as young as four years old have been left behind for hours in MPH’s Kidszone by parents who go off shopping
- A child also once defecated at the Kidszone and a member of the staff had to clean up the place and replace the carpeting
- Chong, 38, who works for a giant toy store in Bangsar, said she noticed a couple with a baby entering the store and later discovered "a poo-filled diaper" after they had left.
No sir, you are not in an uncivilised country, you are in Malaysia!! Personally, I have seen children pressing on cakes and spoiling it, breaking the cling film cover of frsh chicken on the shelf, and lo and behold, the parents just don't seem to want to know about it. Naturally, I told the child not to do that, in front of the father .. and lucky enough he did not say anything to me either ...
But, honestly, our Third World mentality is simply overpowering. Why is this so? Are we uneducated? Do we not have religion that uphold cleanliness and civic mindedness? What is wrong? Anybody know? Aiyaa .. tak tau lah ...
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posted by Rozhan @ 1/22/2007 01:01:00 AM   |
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