Just A Pedestrian Observation
When you are out walking on the street, have you noticed how some people really don't care about their surrounding and their eyes stayed glued to the smartphone or whatever gadgets they have. Some are so "busy"" watching movies (or maybe those Astro-on-the-go thingy) to even bother about others that they might bump/crash into. @.@
I've seen plenty who are so busy they don't even bother to look at incoming traffic when they cross the road!
Or just take their own sweet time to cross while traffic was backing up behind them.
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People! Stay alert!
Nobody is in-charge of your own safety but YOU yourself!
Also, you know how some people hold up their hand to stop traffic. It's one thing to do on slow-moving road but I do think one cannot simply just cross a road (especially a four lane ones!) holding up a hand and expect cars to screech down to a halt in front of you! You might cause an accident. One thing if you yourself get knocked down because of your silliness, but another if the car swerved hit another car just to avoid you. :(
Seen this "hand-of-god" pedestrian way too many time along Old Klang Road. These people walk holding one hand up to stop traffic and expect cars to slow down, when there is a pedestrian bridge just 50metres away!
That people, is my Friday morning rant. Thank you for stopping by and actually reading this post. xD
very true, this is what i can see everyday, and the number of people keep concentrating on their phones while walking seems to get more..
ReplyDeleteNow there are lots of stories about snatch thieves and crimes, it is better to stay alert and concentrating on the phones. :(
Deletei saw one clip the lady's mobile phone kena snatched inside the train.. apparently she was so concentrated with her phone, just when the train doors are about to close, the guy standing next to him just snatch away the phone and ngam ngam escaped out of the closing door.. doors closed, thief escaped, train moved on.. nothing she can do!!
DeleteNothing she can do other than buy a new phone and do the same thing all over again and probably get snatched again. o.O
Deletei have not thought of their safety first, but while they are looking at their phone they will walk slower than a grandmother, that is what i hate most, because i walk fast (as if i am always in a rush) so i rather feel annoyed when the person in front of me block the way..
ReplyDeleteIf you are behid the steering wheel and you actually have to make way to these people instead of the other way round, their safety comes to mind.
DeleteThey don;t seem to care but other people do because if kena knocked down - they are not the only one in trouble!
but sometimes i also do that, hahaha!! anyway, limited to within the building as usually i played with my phone in the train, and sometimes too kan cheong to keep it while i'm texting or reading or playing games, i tend to continue with it when i get out of the train.. but usually i'll stop right there, or at least before i take the stairs or escalator lah..
ReplyDeleteI don't usually look at them unless I'm sitting down. Me old. Cannot multi-task so much. Don't play games either. LOL
DeleteI agreed with you. I do see many peoples looking at their phones while crossing or walking on the road. Scary! The phone screen is more important than their lives!
ReplyDeleteCandy Crush is more important than their life! @.@
Deletedon't get me started with those Candy Crush people wokay??!!
DeleteYou're not one of the addicts SK?
DeleteI see soooooo many people who can't seem to pry their eyes away from their phones for this. :P
9 out of 10, is like that... I think most of them act the same silly way
ReplyDeleteBut not us. ;)
DeleteI will only look and play with phone when I really seat down nicely and comfortly on my couch!
ReplyDeleteMe too! :)
DeleteCandy Crush time!
ReplyDeleteLina wish you have a nice weekend ahead.
ReplyDeleteNext week will not be the same for me anymore.. Yan and Yvonne is not around! *sob*
Thanks. You too.
DeleteYou will be lonely without Y&Y sistas eh?
Never mind, can still whatsapp/chaton/line each other. :)
I know right, especially teenagers nowadays, is like they have to 24hrs look at their phone, if not they gonna niss out something or what!!!
ReplyDeleteMoreover the funny thing that I saw is people oay rm13 for a movie ticket but they sit inside the cinema theatre checkout their Facebook (keep looking at her own album, her own profile picture!!! =.=!!!) and played candy crush!!! =.=!!!
Not only teens. Adults also as bad! :P
DeleteMay I rant with you? It can't be worse in KL than it is in Tokyo, where mobile phones have become a comfort zone, a security blanket, an excuse to avoid others.
ReplyDeleteWhy in heaven's name people are so fascinated by that stupid little screen when the entire glorious, fascinating, wonderful world is all around them, that I shall never understand.
Hallo? There's this thing called real life. Ever tried it?
I so agree with you.
DeleteAnd what's worse. Them being fixated by the small screen even when they are in the glorious outdoor. Look at the sky. The birds. The trees. Flowers. Fellow human beings.
yeah, i don't get the hand of god crap even for slow moving traffic. pisses me off :P
ReplyDeleteKan? Makes me more tempted to ask hubby to just ram them down. *evil laugh*
Deleteaiyo....no need OKR...Petaling street that bridge betwen S & M to the petaling street also nobody wanna use. Kena saman baru bising
ReplyDeleteanother thing is some cars wanna drop off passenger at a busy street...some more wanna slow slow get out of the car...people at the back had to waiiiit for them
DeleteHate those too! Taking their time to alight/enter and hold up traffic. So darn inconsiderate.
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