Cutting Queue? No Way!
I went to my university’s finance department to clear my doubts regarding about my outstanding tuition fees and submit the form so that I can pay the amount in 3 separate amounts within a certain amount of time. As expected, the place was packed with students who were rushing to pay the fees.
Throughout three semesters in our academic year, these are the times when finance department is the most visited / packed department. For your information, we are required to pay the outstanding tuition fee 3 weeks before our final examination. If one does not do so, he / she will be barred from sitting the final examination and registering courses and subjects for the up coming trimester. Not only that, we, Malaysians love to do things at the very last minute which resulted in today’s situation.
I joined the queue behind an Indian couple and there were like 15 peoples in front of me. They were talking loudly in their mother tongue as if everybody was willing to listen to their conversation. Never mind about that as the place was quite noisy as well. I waited for nearly 30 minutes and it was downed to about 8 people in front of me. The Indian couple did not shut their mouth up and they were talking for the whole 30 minutes with less than 10 seconds silence to breath. He was holding his brand new Nokia 3310 when the phone rang. He did not pick up immediately and let it rang for 15 seconds, as if he was listening to some pop songs played by his polyphonic-less (monotone) mobile phone. It could be some theme songs from some wicked cool Hindu / Tamil movies, you never know.
For God’s sake, it is just a monotone with a black and white screen manufactured by Nokia many decades ago. There is nothing to boast about and show off. Even my neighbour’s daughther who is studying in standard 4 has a polyphonic ringing tone with 65k vibrant colours mobile phone. Although your Nokia 3310 is the most durable phone in the market, please, do not act like it is some latest gadget with the coolest functions in the whole world. I do not mind taking my Nokia 6100 that has polyphonic ringing tone and 4096 colours and throw it right at your face. Not only that, he was talking to the phone like some Ah Peks in those coffee shop who has hearing problems, with a style as if he was doing some business with some drug lords that worth RM100k. The girl was also acting like a small kid that got excited over some lame ringing tone.
My thesis is that Ah Beng and Ah Lian not only includes Chinese, but other races as well. Please refer to 5xmom’s post on Ah Beng and Ah Lian.
1 minute later, his friends, another Indian couple showed up and they greeted each other. Now, what they did piss me off. He actually asked his friends to queue right behind him, which was also right in front of me. God damn it! They cut the queue that has 15 to 20 people behind me just like that and they pretended as if they have been queuing there for a long time and nothing has happened. What the fcuk! I looked the queue in front of me, another 6 people before me and estimated the waiting time, which was about 15 minutes. I decided to keep quiet then.
Finally, the Ah Beng and Ah Lian went into the room and the Indian couple was in front of me, waiting outside the door. I tapped on his shoulder so that I could talk to him. He turned his head and looked at me. Please take note that the following conversation has been “perfected” for easy understanding.
“Excuse me, do you know that I am the next one right after your friend since I have been queuing behind him for more than 30 minutes?”
“Err……”
“I managed to see your receipt and seems like you are my junior. Supposedly, you have taken the subject PML 1018 – Moral And Ethics during your Beta year. Did you fail the subject?”
“Err……”
He then turned his head to the girl and talked something in some language that I did not understand. Later, the couple walked away and when he walked past me, he stared at me. I gave him my sweetest and cutest smile. I looked behind and saw them joining the queue which was about 20 people behind me. I made them waited for 15 minutes for nothing. The ABAL came out of the room and I walked into the room and proceed with my stuff.
Victory was mine. -grins-
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March 24th, 2005 17:15
my cousin also said very long queue.. he studying in mmu..
wah you not sked mati ah.. later they put poison in your soup.. becareful ah!!
March 24th, 2005 20:09
you so evil…gikh gikh gikh gikh…served them right.
March 24th, 2005 21:14
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March 24th, 2005 21:16
It’s good that you did that. It should not be thought of as “a-okay” to cut queues.
March 24th, 2005 21:17
wow..so you yin ahh…wonder any gals stare on u tat time ahh?
March 24th, 2005 23:06
Good for ya!!!! *** thumbs up***
Had to do that quite often when we were in Malaysia and In Chinatown here too. What bugged me the most were the ones pushing infront of the elderly.
March 24th, 2005 23:53
Well done, Jason..! Bravo !
March 25th, 2005 00:55
*thumbs up* babe ;)
Love the part where u asked if they failed the paper, haha. Great one !!
March 25th, 2005 01:23
*Clap clap clap*
I should learn that from you!
Usually i don’t really dare to voice up when people cut my queue…sigh*
-Chat with you 2molo ….i’m too tired. Hp creadit xpired, top up esok pagi ….. *wat to do, org miskin* Nitez~
March 25th, 2005 01:51
MunKit : Your cousin what faculty and what year? Why its not your cousin sister leh? :P Poison me? Err, maybe I should suggest them to resit for the paper. :P
Twinsmom : Evil? Where’s the devil? Where? Where?
Iblogme : Yaloh, they should learn how to queue up.
Msau : No woh~ Too bad. :(
Romantic : Heh, I thought you were gone for good since you have been quite some time for not commenting. ;) Those that pushes the elderly one in a queue ought to be shot dead.
Earthtone : Thank you.
Joez : I also abit scared when I said that loh. I scared he might punch me lah~!
Carol : Hehe, you so small size, say oso no power lah! :P Haih~ why you so jalat one nowadays?
March 25th, 2005 02:38
Ho Yo!! Alicia’s in d house!! Give it up for her!! *hears boos!!* Ok enuff crap.
Jason, you being the amiable guy I have always known, I never expected you to be so DUK(lethal)!! hahah. Seriously, I’m not prejudice or what, but I really kenot tahan those that you are talking about too. I hate it especially when u walk into the cinema and there’s this whole bunch of them filling the row just behind u. They talk laugh and sing like there’s no one else in the cinema….bloody hell..it’s freaking irritating..especially when they try flaunting their paleolitic aged technological assets..like the faithful ol Nokia 3310 your ‘friends’ had. Goodness, I find even the 6100 a dinosour. No offence 2 u, but i’m also using that model. HAHA anyway, cheers keep up the good work
Just becoz i’m lazy 2 click on the other posts’ comment…wanna ask u bout the performance of the E2 batteries. I was planning on getting those. Wonder if they’re more powerful than duracell.
And Jason, don’t worry too much bout the problems kay. Study hard, get good results. Anything, licia jie jie (more like licia poh poh for now..so cheong hei)for u okay..kAKAKKAKAkakaKAKak *hugs*
March 25th, 2005 09:16
Just another reader saying, “Excellent job!!”
Bringing up the Moral and Ethics class is great.
Sometimes Malaysians keep too damn quiet la. If something is not right, it should be voiced out, like what you did.
You know, same thing with those idiot traffic queue cutters who just wedge their car into a line, and no one honks at them. They then have a smug look on their face. I would honk like a mutha at them, and maybe show them the finger that they deserve.
March 25th, 2005 14:21
haha..u can tahan hor.. if anyone stands in front me like that.. i’ll just give them a cockstare.. and if i’m with someone, i’ll just complain nonstop about how screwed up is it.. waiting for such a long time and suddenly some hero ‘potong-q’.. and if bitch bitch bitch until the fella still dowan to move then i’ll definitely ask the fella to screw off..
eh uncle i aso using 3310 lah.. u insulting me aso lah tiu.. i DO hold my fon and stare at it for 15 secs then only pick up wan ler.. ish and i DO talk like that if i’m scolding someone.. GOT PROBLEM AR? :) come la wave your 6100 in front of me..
March 25th, 2005 15:37
luckily i paid my fees early :p
March 25th, 2005 16:03
Alicia : Jason stands up to welcome Licia JieJie. Yaloh, those idiotic people that goes into the cinema late ought to be banned from entering the cinema as well. Haha! No offense lah, dear! I know its a dinosour, that’s why I never flash it around and always put my phone into silent mode. :P But his 3310, macam ice age, not even dinosour age lah~! Hehe, the E2 battery got positive comments from my readers woh~! Maybe you should give it a try.
Anonymous : Haha! It takes a lot of courage for me to do. I also got scared while talking to him. Scared he might punch me! :P Indians mah, they never talk one, all use brutal force. :bpbpbpb No offense, no racist! Oh, on the road leh, usually I will just keep quiet lah, coz honk aldy, both side also beh shiok and well, I also cut queue sometimes.
Penny : Haha! Where got insult you woh! Don’t lah so perasaan, ok? The Indian couple are ah beng and ah lian, you are not mah! ;) Haha! My 6100? Cannot lah, that one better keep it to crush kuaci shell. Not for showing off one. :P
Narrowband : So, you are not the typical last minute Malaysian lah? :P