heaven & earth.
Well, today I witnessed 2 things.
Firstly, when I was at Parkway playing pool, I saw this man playing pool. He was playing with only one hand. At first I thought he was just trying to be funny. Then I realised he only had one hand. I was amused and thus continued watching him play. He played quite well. Seriously. He would balance the cue stick on the edge of the table and then hit the ball that way. Amazing. This shows us what determination can do. There is nothing that we can't do. It's just the amount of determination that we can conjure up to do that thing.
Next, I was taking a cab home. From Bedok, the cabbie drove me the longest way home. I simply keep quiet. I was thinking, aren't cabbies also in the service sector? Since people would surely complain if service people provided inferior quality service, why is it that no one has said a thing about cabbies driving passengers through the longest possible routes, especially after midnight. For example, if you were asked to pay $100 for someone to repair your computer, and you knew that the computer could be repaired at $50. But the repairman explained that this part and that component was spoilt, so it required more repair. So we gladly pay him, without checking out the facts. This is similiar to the cabbies. They can tell us that this route is shorter, that route is prone to traffic jams, and we should believe them, after all, they have more experience than us in driving around Singapore. But that route is a route I know well enough. I kept quiet, because I thought he would at least turn through Simei, which is long but still not as bad. He chose to turn the longest route, which disappointed me. For those who are interested, it was a Comfort cab, I think. Plate number SHA 4640B.
After this incident, anytime I take a cab, especially after midnight, I'll tell them exactly where they should drive me, and specify the route I feel they should take. My apologies to those honest drivers who feel that I would insult them by doing such a thing.
Firstly, when I was at Parkway playing pool, I saw this man playing pool. He was playing with only one hand. At first I thought he was just trying to be funny. Then I realised he only had one hand. I was amused and thus continued watching him play. He played quite well. Seriously. He would balance the cue stick on the edge of the table and then hit the ball that way. Amazing. This shows us what determination can do. There is nothing that we can't do. It's just the amount of determination that we can conjure up to do that thing.
Next, I was taking a cab home. From Bedok, the cabbie drove me the longest way home. I simply keep quiet. I was thinking, aren't cabbies also in the service sector? Since people would surely complain if service people provided inferior quality service, why is it that no one has said a thing about cabbies driving passengers through the longest possible routes, especially after midnight. For example, if you were asked to pay $100 for someone to repair your computer, and you knew that the computer could be repaired at $50. But the repairman explained that this part and that component was spoilt, so it required more repair. So we gladly pay him, without checking out the facts. This is similiar to the cabbies. They can tell us that this route is shorter, that route is prone to traffic jams, and we should believe them, after all, they have more experience than us in driving around Singapore. But that route is a route I know well enough. I kept quiet, because I thought he would at least turn through Simei, which is long but still not as bad. He chose to turn the longest route, which disappointed me. For those who are interested, it was a Comfort cab, I think. Plate number SHA 4640B.
After this incident, anytime I take a cab, especially after midnight, I'll tell them exactly where they should drive me, and specify the route I feel they should take. My apologies to those honest drivers who feel that I would insult them by doing such a thing.
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