Still Rude Malaysians

Based on my personal encounters, Malaysians are still rude in general, despite the many efforts to reinstate that we Malaysians are of the gentle and respectful, polite culture. Unfortunately, I beg to differ, as I believe it's the little things that people do make you realize that people are not so polite after all.

Let me cite a few personal encounters, and observations:

Scenario 1:
Me and kids trying to get out of the elevator in a shopping mall. When the doors opened, people outside came rushing in as if that was the last elevator to leave the planet. They didn't bother to see a mother with 3 little kids trying to get out from the unnerving crowd, despite the fact that I was trying to manage the stroller out of the way. How disrespectful!

Scenario 2:
Gentlemen-ness is lacking in our local men. There is no giving way to open doors for ladies or even mothers with kids. No wonder we women adore the Mat Sallehs as they are more polite and sensitive to women (in that manner lah).

Scenario 3:
A senior citizen with walking stick trying to board the bus. The waiting crowd just pushed him aside. When I was in Perth, Australia, the bus driver actually came down from the bus and assisted an old lady with a wheel-chair to board the bus! He actually folded the wheel-chair and got showed her a seat in front. How attentive!

Scenario 4:
Al-fresco dining - this is eating out in the open at stalls. Well, I was pregnant that time, and the boys next to our table was puffing and smoking cigarattes like nobody's business. No doubt that it was open dining, and you could actually smoke, but please la be sensitive to your surroundings. It was so different in Paris. Smokers will not light up their cigarettes if they see pregnant ladies or kids around them.

Scenario 5:
Spitting in public! Euuwww!! I was in my car, at the traffic lights. A lorry driver in front was spitting out like there was a basin or something on the road. Come on la... people are just waiting there, observing other people. Tak malu ke?

Scenario 6:
Was just in the LRT last Sunday, taking Amir for his first ride. We got three seats to share, Adam, Aina, Amir and me. A few stops away, a couple with 2 kids boarded, the little boy was screaming as he didn't want to stand wobbly-ly. Two young chaps were just beside me and Adam. Nobody moved. I told Adam to give his seat away, and Adam moved to sit with me and Aina. But the boys didn't move at all. Gosh...what ever happened to kids these days??

Scenario 7:
Another LRT incident, last week, coming back from JB. A bunch of youngsters were talking loudly. It was rush-hour, and people are cramming in there, and these people just laughed and shouted as if there were loud music in there, macam disco la kut?


So there goes the ever so polite Malaysians. Or are we just polite to tourists and foreigners? Why can't we be nice to people of our own kind, people of Malaysia?