Overheard at a coffeeshop. 2 persons (Ah Su and Ah Ku) giving directions to another person (Ah Blur) over the mobile phone.
Ah Su: How to get from ABC Road to XYZ Road?
Ah Ku: You come down from ABC Road, XYZ Road is on the left.
Ah Ku calls Ah Blur on his mobile phone.
"You come down from ABC Road, XYZ Road is on your left. Where are you now? You see it or not?"
From what I know, ABC Road to XYZ Road is about 2-3km. Along ABC Road, there's a Y-junction and plenty of roads to turn into smaller roads.
I wasn't surprised to hear Ah Ku giving directions to Ah Blur for about 15-20 minutes. Ah Su frequently interrupting Ah Ku saying "XYZ Road on the leftside".
Some people oversimplify things. Not sure where Ah Blur ended up.
actually i would prefer an over simplified direction instead of a more cheem one.. easier la you know.
ReplyDeleteSome people are just really bad at giving directions.
ReplyDeleteMy mum in particular has a pretty bad habit; Like if I need to ask her over the phone where something was, our conversations would go like this:
"Mum, do you know where is the XYZ?"
"Yah, its in the drawer."
"which drawer"
"In the drawer in my room there!"
"Which drawer? Where's *there*?
"The one in the left side!"
"Left side of what??"
"Aiyoh! I'm busy lah! look for it yourself!!"
"Arghh!"
fiona: Me also prefer simple instructions. But in this case, the directions given is 'cannot make it' one. :)
ReplyDeletetempest blue: Ha! Ask for nothing. kekekke...