It is a truth universally acknowledged that Malaysians behind the wheels must be in the possession of some evil nature. A couple of nights ago my friend and I witnessed such devil at work.
On our way back from dinner on the Kajang Highway, a car overtook ours and dogged another on the extreme right lane which was meant for cars driven below 110km/hr. But most Malaysians thought the speed limit was the minimum requirement to be on that lane. And so they usually drive at light-speed.
The Proton Kancil, which was being followed, was recalcitrant and refused to change lane. This made the driver behind it furious -- flashing frantically and tailgating ever so closely that even the air between both the cars felt suffocated. Other people would probably be worrying about the safety of everyone in both vehicles. But as Malaysians, we were expecting a scene which came out from Final Destination.
I looked over and found that I couldn't say anything about the driver since all the windows were heavily tinted. What sort of a person would do that? I wondered. And so, true to our Malaysian nature, my friend and I began to speculate things about the angry driver, judging only from the type of car.
He (most likely to be) must be someone who was
A) Successful; and important. Who, we imagined, to have endless high-profiled meetings to attend to and critical decisions to be made. Who tirelessly lamented how useless everyone else was in the company and how stressful his life was now that the entire team and/or company had to be dependent on him. And tonight was no different from the others; there was yet another highly significant deal to be closed somewhere. Which explained the manner in which he'd driven. We imagined.
B) Or, in short, a self-important S.O.T.B. who couldn't care less about the life of other people.
As we approached the toll station with our preconception about the driver, we'd expected important people like him to zoom through the SMART tag lane with the least time to be wasted. Less important people like my friend and I would wind down the window and pay with "Touch and Go". Even less important people queue up and pay cash.
I looked around for the car as my friend wound down the window and stopped to pay. And guess where it was?
Stuck behind three cars in the CASH-ONLY lane!
What is SOTB? Son of the B*tch? lol
ReplyDeleteAnyway, that was the car? An expensive car?
Well normally Malaysians who own a costly car would be driving like that :P
But why on the cash-only lane? Probably for business-related claims or something.. haha..
Well, I witness many incidents of these idiotic drivers. Drive fast and overtake like they got 9 lives but ended up queuing for petrol or traffic lights. Sometimes I always wished they got into accidents but without hurting themselves or their passengers but their cars. Let them paid for their repairs...!
ReplyDeletewakakaka....nasib nasib...no la...the fella must be on the way home. Late already mah. Maybe scared wife scold lo. Hence drove like a manic
ReplyDeleteHrm.. tht's a typical kisu Malaysian! Padan muka, such oblivious and inconsiderate driver will soon or later got his time-up one day...good 4 him to eat dust!:p
ReplyDeleteHi Selamat malam you are back. There is this saying even if you put an angel behind the wheel in Malaisiya road would turn into devil within minutes...how true? haha.
ReplyDeleteIf only they have a card for everything...
ReplyDeleteeh kancil proton ka? i thought it's a perodua. wahahahha
ReplyDeletePick up something new saying from Mango who said 見面三分情 *jiàn miàn sān fēn qíng*. Its a pleasure knowing and meeting you in person than rather via blogs.
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