Living in a hectic and competitive Singapore today, many of us, if I were to quantify, perhaps including myself to some extend has developed some form of MMI syndrome one way or another. Such behaviours are largely amplified in area like driving, esp. parking, finding seats at public eatery place like hawker centres, food courts and indiscreet rumblings in places like cinema, library, etc....
What concerned me most, without me sounding judgmental, is a general lack of self-consciousness in some people when conducting themselves in public domains.....
I can remember vividly, a few occasions (not just once) whereby after circling my car in the busy car-park for sometime, and finally spotted a couple walking towards their car, I stopped the car and waited with much delights and reliefs. What follows though, is much to my surprise (and anguish) , the driver, probably sensing that someone is waiting for him, can actually take his own sweet time to load his bags of groceries into the boot, slowly get into the car, start-up the engine, play around with his mobile for a while, talking to his girlfriend or wife, and then finally, (if I were to add, reluctantly) drive his car out of the parking lot after some good 5 minutes or so!
*Sigh*, I'm no saint myself, but I think a basic principle I would follow is at least for whatever thing I do, make sure I do not cause inconvenience to others. That means, if I need to park my car illegally (not that I'm encouraging that ;) ) , make sure I don't obstruct other cars. If I need to talk loudly in public places (why should I huh?) , make sure there are nobody nearby, etc....
Be thoughtful today, and send the MMI away! In a sense, if everyone play their little part, and be more self-conscious, we can fight the MMI syndrome and becomes more civic in public places.
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