Today I was in JB - not for leisure but to finalize some long overdue matter.
The plan was to do everything chop chop and try to squeeze in some shopping in the afternoon. I guess the word "chop chop" does not mean anything to our friendly neighbours. I started off the day telling the custom supervisor off. You know me and punctuality. We have an appt with the lawyer at 930am and we got to the immigration counter at 9am. Little did I know that there was going to be an issue. I was told to wait - so I waited. The immigration officer who took my passport away stood right in the middle of the room listening to his colleague's conversation! Tick Tock... 5 mins. What did I do? "Saudara! Cepat sikit boleh tak?! Apahal terdiri kat situ tengok orang lain?!" His supervisor came out and our little drama began. Managed to get things done in 2mins and off we go.
We got to the Land office on time... and ended up waiting for our turn for the next 3 hrs! You wanna know why? People in the office are like snails, everything moves soooooooooooooooooo slowly. Some dragged their feet, some were oblivious to their surroundings - they sms, chat on the phone, hid behind the piles of files and daydream! Goodness me, I feel like smacking each and everyone of them! We were sent from one office to another and every single office that we went to, everyone took their own sweet time. There was no sense of urgency in their work and I feel that everything is so messy! Gosh.
We finally settled what we had to do at 4pm! By then I was too tired to shop. But mom wanted to go to Angsana to buy some stuff for the home... and I? hehe... i bought some Korean silk - there was a SALE!
2 comments:
Welcome to Malaysia Boleh... boleh cakap, boleh sms, boleh ngelemer(take your time), boleh drag your feet. I had the same experience at the immigration office once when I wanted to return to singapore for Hari raya.. my dependent pass expired 3 days before..the head was kind and said I just had to pay admin of Rm100 and thats' that as he was convinced that my story was true. That was at 3am. Then i had to surrender my pasport to these 2 admin ladies... same like you... boleh ketawa,cakap with friend.. took hours to photostate.. Only moved faster when I glared at them and finished when their head came to the office..and that took 2 hrs... damn fade up. Memang gitu... that is their sense of power... memang BOLEH.. asal boleh
asal boleh alrite!
You had patience sista...2hrs. If I, dah scream agaknya... some more at 3am in the morning! Need my bed!
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