1 IDIOT too many...

Here I am coming down the car park, after watching Harry Potter 6 at Berjaya Times Square. I had paid... yeah, a whopping RM7.00. It would have only been RM1.50 PER ENTRY at Berjaya Mega Mall, Kuantan. I arrived at one of the two Exit barriers. I tried to slot my ticket into the reader but it just wouldn't go in. I tried every imaginable way of inserting the card but to no avail. Then the guard notices that I was feeling like a real IDIOT and he gave me the 'You IDIOT... can't even put a simple card in' look. So, he takes the card and tries... no luck... tries again... still no luck. Looks at me and says... "Dah bayar ke bang?" He was polite so I replied... "Dah..." As he tries franticly, I notice the other barrier behind me... the others were having problems too but at least it was intermittent at that point and some got through. The guard finally gives up and enlists help via the Intercom. He then politely tells me to hang on while help arrives. He then moves to the other barrier which by now was 'stuck' too... and naturally, since it was just after a movie the queue had built...

The car park attendant arrives on his fancy motorcycle. He then tries... tak boleh... turns it around... still tak boleh.... takes a look at the reader then asks me to back up coz there was no light on the reader... so I back up... and then move forward again... then he tries again... still tak boleh... he keeps trying and as he tries he asks me... "Dah bayar ke bang?" At this point, I am a wee-bit annoyed... I mean... look around you... obviously I am not the only one with this problem... you make me back up and move forward again as the light was not registering and yet you want to ask me if I had paid? If the card went in and the barrier didn't come up, ok... Maybe I have not paid... but never mind... he was polite so I obliged and answered.... "Dahhhhhhhhhhhhhh"... then another question... "Brape erk bang?"..... "Tujuhhhhhhhhhhhh"....

He gives up and uses the intercom to asks his colleague to bypass and release the barrier... Voila!... nothing happens... I was really amused by now... he intercoms for the key to be sent down... as he waits he tries to call his colleague... but judging from the actions... must be credit habis lagi... since I had nothing to do, as usual, my bionic eyes start working... he's about 25... married... and has a cute daughter... probably 4-5 years old... can see from his phone's wallpaper lah...

Anyway, all this took a good 10 minutes or so... the guy had moved on to check the other barrier which was stucked as well... he then decides that it was taking his friend too long so he tells me to hang on again and hops onto his motorcycle and went to look for his friend. Seconds after he left, some IDIOT honks his horn... and since this is the land of IDIOTS it only takes one IDIOT to reveal several IDIOTS... and practically everyone was honking away and you can hear it go all the way to the top. Boleh... memang boleh... kite boleh...

A couple of minutes later he returns with his colleague. He releases my barrier and says... "Minta maaf erk bang?" And I casually replied, "takpe...".

It's not everyday that you meet courteous people like these two... but it's everyday that we meet IDIOTS who think that honking will help make things speedier... if you could wait over 10 minutes without honking then why do you need to honk and follow other IDIOTS? We have no patience whatsoever these days.

So, it just goes out to prove that we live in a country full of followers who just needs a hint of provocation and they will do the DiGi (I Will Follow You...)...