At this moment I am at KFC, KL Sentral waiting for my dearest company for the match tonight. And the funniest thing happened to me just now. While I was having my tea-break lah sangat dekat KFC and got my earphone plugged in my ears, a random guy came to my table and sat in front of me without any invitation from me, verbally or non-verbally. He did not even greet me, or maybe he did, only I didn't hear, maybe.
Anyway, long story short, he asked for my help to lend him RM20 because he accidentally left his wallet in a cab and he has no cash. He wanted to buy the taxi coupon to go somewhere, perhaps his home. He also said that he'll pay me and so he asked for my contact number, or maybe my bank account number, again I wasn't really listening, because, well, in my defense I was startled and confused since he talked so fast and my brain couldn't process and tell me to turn the music player off. I was so blurred liddat.
Anyway, the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Err, macam mana saya nak...err." I honestly did not know how to respond to this. The first thing that crossed my mind was, of course, is this a scam? The second was, if this wasn't a scam, then, how can this guy guarantee that he will pay me back? The third was, should I just be nice and positive and ber-tidak-berprasangka and just give him that RM20 and dah settle sambung makan kentang KFC sambil baca Vampire Diaries? Heh heh nak jugak.
He insisted that he'll pay me, but for some reasons I could not trust him, so I kept looking to my left and right as if looking for help because I was afraid that if I told him I didn't believe what he said, and if things turned out that he was being honest, I would definitely feel so guilty. So I kept silent, and suddenly I asked him "Wallet hilang dalam cab?" and afterwards all the questions popped into my head.
Why can't he call someone e.g. family members, friends, etc. to pick him up? His phone was not out of battery I saw it. Alright maybe he didn't have credit so he couldn't call anyone, shouldn't he be worried about his licence, IC, bank cards and all? Shouldn't he report to the police? Alright maybe he had. He can make a phone call at a police station can't he? Alright maybe he hadn't. I don't know. And shouldn't he track the taxi where he left his wallet? I don't know that either. And if he was from somewhere and came here by a cab, then why would he need to take a cab now to go someplace else? Alright maybe he had something, some work here I don't know! Ugh now suddenly all the questions seemed so silly. And I also noticed that he couldn't look me straight into the eyes when he was talking to me. My point is, he was highly suspicious. I don't wanna make any judgment, but maybe I already have. I'm only human after all.
So when I was in the middle of my sentence, "Wallet hilang dalam cab? Then awak boleh pergi kat kaunter tu tanya-" he cut me off, got up from his seat, and said "Takpelah takyah lah", and walked away, just like that. Aaaaaaand I was like what the fuck. And I remembered I had one of my eyebrows terangkat. -.-"
That was rude. I know this is hardly the point and out of the context but honestly. That was fricking rude. I thought I was trying to help him to find his wallet. But whatever. Maybe he has an urgent need to go back and I wasn't helping him at all. But if you were to ask some random people in the public for a help, the least you could do is to be polite, no?
So anyway (banyak sangat anyway) I didn't lend him that RM20 he asked for. RM20 is a small amount of money for some of you, or maybe not for others. To me, I could afford a 2-day lunch with RM20. I'm not saying I'm being stingy here, of course I would help him if I could see some honesty and build some trust on this guy, but I couldn't. But then again, maybe he would think I was just making up some excuses not to help him, but I can honestly say that I was not.
You see, if we live in a trustworth society, things will be a lot simpler and more helpful to all of us. But we don't, so this is one of the examples of the consequences. The same thing about that child in China who was hit by the lorry and no one helped her until that aunty bla bla bla you know which story I'm talking about. Good thing the trust issue in our society is not as cronic as in theirs, I guess. It could be, though, one day, you know.
Speaking of society, which reflects the nation itself (I guess), I really am worried about the match tonight. I'm hoping that Malaysian team come back safe and sound. Win or lose, ah belakang kira. Saya tak peduli pun. #takpatriotik
Wrote that hours ago. Now I'm home after watching the match, congrats Malaysia is trending worldwide on Twitter. So congrats Malaysia. I honestly thought I was gonna shed some tears during the last penalty kick because of that Indonesian keeper. Man. #Priceless
PS What the... How am I supposed to take MUET essay with shitz like this? #facepalm
Anyway, long story short, he asked for my help to lend him RM20 because he accidentally left his wallet in a cab and he has no cash. He wanted to buy the taxi coupon to go somewhere, perhaps his home. He also said that he'll pay me and so he asked for my contact number, or maybe my bank account number, again I wasn't really listening, because, well, in my defense I was startled and confused since he talked so fast and my brain couldn't process and tell me to turn the music player off. I was so blurred liddat.
Anyway, the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Err, macam mana saya nak...err." I honestly did not know how to respond to this. The first thing that crossed my mind was, of course, is this a scam? The second was, if this wasn't a scam, then, how can this guy guarantee that he will pay me back? The third was, should I just be nice and positive and ber-tidak-berprasangka and just give him that RM20 and dah settle sambung makan kentang KFC sambil baca Vampire Diaries? Heh heh nak jugak.
He insisted that he'll pay me, but for some reasons I could not trust him, so I kept looking to my left and right as if looking for help because I was afraid that if I told him I didn't believe what he said, and if things turned out that he was being honest, I would definitely feel so guilty. So I kept silent, and suddenly I asked him "Wallet hilang dalam cab?" and afterwards all the questions popped into my head.
Why can't he call someone e.g. family members, friends, etc. to pick him up? His phone was not out of battery I saw it. Alright maybe he didn't have credit so he couldn't call anyone, shouldn't he be worried about his licence, IC, bank cards and all? Shouldn't he report to the police? Alright maybe he had. He can make a phone call at a police station can't he? Alright maybe he hadn't. I don't know. And shouldn't he track the taxi where he left his wallet? I don't know that either. And if he was from somewhere and came here by a cab, then why would he need to take a cab now to go someplace else? Alright maybe he had something, some work here I don't know! Ugh now suddenly all the questions seemed so silly. And I also noticed that he couldn't look me straight into the eyes when he was talking to me. My point is, he was highly suspicious. I don't wanna make any judgment, but maybe I already have. I'm only human after all.
So when I was in the middle of my sentence, "Wallet hilang dalam cab? Then awak boleh pergi kat kaunter tu tanya-" he cut me off, got up from his seat, and said "Takpelah takyah lah", and walked away, just like that. Aaaaaaand I was like what the fuck. And I remembered I had one of my eyebrows terangkat. -.-"
That was rude. I know this is hardly the point and out of the context but honestly. That was fricking rude. I thought I was trying to help him to find his wallet. But whatever. Maybe he has an urgent need to go back and I wasn't helping him at all. But if you were to ask some random people in the public for a help, the least you could do is to be polite, no?
So anyway (banyak sangat anyway) I didn't lend him that RM20 he asked for. RM20 is a small amount of money for some of you, or maybe not for others. To me, I could afford a 2-day lunch with RM20. I'm not saying I'm being stingy here, of course I would help him if I could see some honesty and build some trust on this guy, but I couldn't. But then again, maybe he would think I was just making up some excuses not to help him, but I can honestly say that I was not.
You see, if we live in a trustworth society, things will be a lot simpler and more helpful to all of us. But we don't, so this is one of the examples of the consequences. The same thing about that child in China who was hit by the lorry and no one helped her until that aunty bla bla bla you know which story I'm talking about. Good thing the trust issue in our society is not as cronic as in theirs, I guess. It could be, though, one day, you know.
Speaking of society, which reflects the nation itself (I guess), I really am worried about the match tonight. I'm hoping that Malaysian team come back safe and sound. Win or lose, ah belakang kira. Saya tak peduli pun. #takpatriotik
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Wrote that hours ago. Now I'm home after watching the match, congrats Malaysia is trending worldwide on Twitter. So congrats Malaysia. I honestly thought I was gonna shed some tears during the last penalty kick because of that Indonesian keeper. Man. #Priceless
PS What the... How am I supposed to take MUET essay with shitz like this? #facepalm
4 comments:
lai, kes awk ni same je mcm ipah..mntak rm20 jgk, tyme final bola..awk final sukan sea die final piala m'sia..dh la tu die siap bg la..ce bce entry ni..tp xtax la if awk dh pnah bce..heheheh
http://reminderformenyou.blogspot.com/2011/10/saya-dan-penyu-sama-sama-sedih.html
Kita baru baca tadi, hmm obviously scam lah Iffah kena itu. Kita rasa kita pun scam jugak sebenarnya, cuma terlampau blur sangat time tu. Hahaha
skarang ni mmg ssh nk percaye kt orang..dh knl pon ssh nk caye, xknal lg la kn..tp xtlg rse serbe slh tkt die mmg btol2 ssh, tp klu tlg pn tkt nnt terungkit plak, jd xikhlas..
Agree. Itu yang susah tu bab-bab menolong ini. Jadi serba salah kalau orang itu kita tak kenal tapi mintak tolong. Macam orang yg selalu minta derma jugaklah kan.
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