http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=236894&page=5
From the above link:
i onli read the first post in this thread and all i have to say is
that my opinion of PRC people was neutral up to about this
month.
just came back from a hongkong & shenzhen trip. hk was fine.
shenzhen was not. PRC pple smoke everywhere, spit everywhere, and
the modern subway in shenzhen (similar to our MRT with the fare
gates and ez link tokens) seems to be terrorized by monkeys
everyday.
my experience: the PRC people disregard all rules and
signages.
1) buying the single trip token - queue in the queue line? rubbish.
whoever pushes their way to the machine first gets to buy first. i
got people sneaking to stand in front of me in the queue at least 6
times when there are only 4 people in front of me. when i'm already
at the machine, a guy just pushes me aside and presses the buttons
for his own ticket.
2) boarding the train - a civilised matter? no. more like american
football. 3, 2, 1, doors open! fight! people entering and leaving
the train push each other. they don't push u aside. they push u
BACK. when guy A is trying to leave the train, guy B would be
shoving him BACK into the train. a bit like sumo wrestling.
survival of the fittest.
3) leaving the station - before every stop, a reminder is announced
in the train in chinese, dialect, and english for single trip
passengers to drop their ez link tokens in to the slot at the fare
gate. when i got to the fare gate at my stop - i arrived at the
shen zhen homo sapien zoo.
every PRC person was pushing and shoving and hurling vulgarities at
each other to get out of the station. oh and those extremely fed up
and climbed over the gate.
scenario:
legend:
x = PRC people
| = gate/glass
---- = side of fare gate
x xxx| outside
xx xx|
x x----------------
xxxxx| <
xx----------------
xx xx|
xxxx|
as you can see, X represents them. they were everywhere and
everyone of them refused to queue. furthermore, those who climb
over the gate stood at the other side within the faregate lane (in
between the two ------ ) which kept triggering the sensors and
every single lane kept BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP with the error red light
flashing
they didn't even bother to tap the token or drop it in or figure
out how to work the machine or something. they just kicked at the
gate, spit at it, whack it, and cursed etc.
the officer on duty took a half hour to clear about 50 people
through the gates.
In short, i have to agree that PRC people need to improve. that's a
long story.
