Complaint Nation

Whenever i flip to the forum page of either Today, Straits Time or New paper where readers will provide feedback or voice their fustration, I would never fail to find a complaint letter where the stuff mentioned will be petty.Take for instance today when I bought the newpaper and a reader complained that the frequency of the trains has increased to the extent of trains having to stop longer at MRT stations so that there won't be any collision with the train in front..Give the MRT personnel a break!!First we wanted them to increase the frequency to an extent of trains coming every two mins during rush hour. Next, we want them to ensure that the train stops at the mrt station for a short period of time without any hassle.

When will Singaporeans stop complaining about petty issues? Are these issues going to be very relevant? i guess it's very important to be very punctual for work and time is of the essence and in today's world, technology has become a double-edged sword where manual things could be done faster but people expect us to do more within a short period of time but readers who write in to complain about petty stuff are frankly immature. I want to read constructive letters in the forum section and there are some constructive letters in the forum section occasionally.

I guess we Singaporeans are generally a bunch of armchair critics where we criticise the government and all the people in the world. Nobody is perfect in this world and you can't expect the government to be so perfect all the time. Some of you guys might feel that our tax money is paying for our minister's salary and we are entitled to criticise these people.If you think you are better than our minister or think you have a better idea of the state of the economy or the social issues and have a master plan, why don't u stand up for elections. I can hear another complaint saying that it's impossible for the opposition to win beacuse the ruling party will always make it difficult for the oppposition.There we go again. Our complaint list seems to be longer than our shopping and makan list!!!Aiyohhhhhhhh

I'm not in favour of the government or the opposition. I just want people to put themselves in other people's shoes and ask themselves what would they have done. i guess complaining is our number one past time besides makan and shopping