All the simply cant be bother pedestrians! terrible.........

[BeContented]

tankee:

sall:

It is their culture not to help others or they'll be accused of doing something wrong. When dh was in china once, a man dropped his stuff but did not realise it, so dh told him but instead of thanking him, this PRC actually scolded dh and told him to be careful next time. He assumed it was dh who knocked his stuff down. So everybody will just mind their own business or they'll get scolded if they try to be helpful.

:faint:

That's why they are all turning to be so 'cold'. Read somewhere that sometimes kind souls are instead being sued by victims who wanted to get compensations. Since the victims can't get from the culprit, they accused those who helped them instead....
I sure hope Singapore WILL NOT become like this. We must teach our children well and lead by examples......

[BeContented]

markfch:

sall:

It is their culture not to help others or they'll be accused of doing something wrong. When dh was in china once, a man dropped his stuff but did not realise it, so dh told him but instead of thanking him, this PRC actually scolded dh and told him to be careful next time. He assumed it was dh who knocked his stuff down. So everybody will just mind their own business or they'll get scolded if they try to be helpful.

So different from Japan and New Zealand. My friend's nieces and nephews who are Japanese were taught to pick up litter they find in the streets. In NZ, I also saw people picking up litter from the streets, and they were not cleaners.

Not just them, angmohs too actually. I was at the Novena (?) bus stations bound for Malaysia sometime back.....saw an angmoh lady smoking and left her empty cigarette pack at the bench. She walked off, go toilet etc....and I was thinking to myself \"And I thot Angmohs are civic-minded\".
5 mins later, when she was about to board the leaving bus, she walked back to the bench, pick up her cigarette box and went round looking for a rubbishbin. I was :lightrod: , really slapped myself and feeling so good about her behaviour.....she did her countryman proud. Well, I can't say much about our own people :oops: :sad:

[tankee]

I know of 2 different elderly Singaporean that would pick up litters in their neighbourhood. 1 in Marine Parade and the other in Kembagan.


:offtopic: :siam:

[verykiasu2010]

tankee:

I know of 2 different elderly Singaporean that would pick up litters in their neighbourhood. 1 in Marine Parade and the other in Kembagan.


:offtopic: :siam:

I know, one of them is tankee

[verykiasu2010]

BeContented:

tankee:

[quote=\"sall\"]It is their culture not to help others or they'll be accused of doing something wrong. When dh was in china once, a man dropped his stuff but did not realise it, so dh told him but instead of thanking him, this PRC actually scolded dh and told him to be careful next time. He assumed it was dh who knocked his stuff down. So everybody will just mind their own business or they'll get scolded if they try to be helpful.

:faint:

That's why they are all turning to be so 'cold'. Read somewhere that sometimes kind souls are instead being sued by victims who wanted to get compensations. Since the victims can't get from the culprit, they accused those who helped them instead....
I sure hope Singapore WILL NOT become like this. We must teach our children well and lead by examples......[/quote]truth be told, most of the accident victims would lie on the road and pretend to be seriously injured, hoping to get max compensation; and sometimes passerby can't tell whether the victim's injury is real or not

(not referring to Yue Yue's case)

[poppy15]

verykiasu2010:

tankee:

I know of 2 different elderly Singaporean that would pick up litters in their neighbourhood. 1 in Marine Parade and the other in Kembagan.


:offtopic: :siam:

I know, one of them is tankee

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

and the other one is vk2010..

[MummySTay]

poppy15:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"tankee\"]I know of 2 different elderly Singaporean that would pick up litters in their neighbourhood. 1 in Marine Parade and the other in Kembagan.


:offtopic: :siam:

I know, one of them is tankee

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

and the other one is vk2010..[/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[tankee]

verykiasu2010:

tankee:

I know of 2 different elderly Singaporean that would pick up litters in their neighbourhood. 1 in Marine Parade and the other in Kembagan.


:offtopic: :siam:

I know, one of them is tankee

but but but .... I'm still young .... at heart at least :sad:

[tamarind]

tankee:

sall:

It is their culture not to help others or they'll be accused of doing something wrong. When dh was in china once, a man dropped his stuff but did not realise it, so dh told him but instead of thanking him, this PRC actually scolded dh and told him to be careful next time. He assumed it was dh who knocked his stuff down. So everybody will just mind their own business or they'll get scolded if they try to be helpful.

:faint:

I don't think there is anything in the chinese culture that says you should not help people. Recently there was a case in china when someone helped an elderly who fell down. The elderly's family actually sued the person who helped, falsely accused him of causing the elderly to fall down. The family won the case and the kind person was fined a lot of money. Ever since this case, there were a few other cases of 见死不救. The problem is with their judicial system and government. We cannot make a such general statement of the chinese culture.

[sall]

Maybe shouldn’t use the term ‘culture’. But a lot of PRC behave this way. A lot thought that shouting and pushing and behaving aggressively will get them what they want. So the young kids watch and will follow when they grow up. When they think there’s a chance to demand compensation, then they will do anything to get it, feigning more serious injuries or falsely accusing others.

Of cos, there are still some morally upright ones around.