Malaysian Netizens’ Bashing Selfish Singaporean Drivers
Or, to be more precise, Singapore-registered car owners.
There is a thread in a famous Malaysian forum, Cari.com.my (佳礼论坛) that triggered heated discussions, or bashing of Singaporean drivers among the forumers.
A forumer ahlong7788 had posted 2 photos he took at the carpark of Bukit Indah Jusco (at Johor Bahru). The photos showed 2 Singapore-registered cars park in parking lots that are reserved for disabled customers. There is a board beside the lots stating clearly that those are for disabled customers only. The lots are purposely painted in blue colour as well. Initially, ahlong7788 said in the thread that (click to enlarge)
These Singaporeans do not seem to understand English. There were still a lot of parking lots available when I was there. They did it for their own convenience sake only. They are so selfish.
Lots of forumers joined in the fun of bashing Singaporeans. The same photos and topics were subsequently posted in another Johor Bahru based forum, JBTalk.cc. It attracted lots of discussion as well. Just to quote a few:
whatever they can’t do in Singapore, they do it all in JB
Singaporeans should feel ashamed of this.
they like to anyhow do things when they come into JB. I look down on them.
Of cause, there are still netizens who are rationale. They raised a few points that are worth mentioning:
the drivers or car owners may not be Singaporeans. They may be Malaysians who who in Singapore but are living in JB.
The black Proton Iswara at the background in the 1st photo is a Malaysia-registered car.
the thread starter should actually focus on this irresponsible behaviour itself, rather than the nationalities of the person who did that. It doesn’t matter where the drivers come from. Such action must be condemn regardless the nationalities of the drivers.
Threadstarter ahlong7788 accepted advice from other forumers, changed the contents to “these people can’t read English? Really Irresponsible behaviour” later on.
Omy.sg also reported on this as well
Actually, if you look at the photos carefully, there is a contact number stated on the board for people to contact the management for assistance. A more proper way for ahlong7788 to do maybe should be calling the management immediately and let them settle that. The management may cramp the vehicles, or make public announcement requesting car owners to remove their vehicles, or totally bochap (take no action). Either way, there is immediate effect. Much better than now, all the talks, but no action. The lots are still taken.