Or like a congregation of people blocking the entire walkway, laughing as shrilly as hyenas and louder than the aeroplanes that fly past our block on an almost daily basis. They make me sigh.
Have you ever seen things like that? Let's take a vote. I'll provide you a list of a few things. We all pick the most dreaded three from the list, lining them up in order of the most hatred to the least of the three using the 'comment' function here. Leave your name in it too. Or feel free to also add your own, giving it the next number. I'll run this vote for a week and we'll sum it up. Ready? Here it goes!
Top things that you hate to see / hear at your neighbourhood park / footpath
1. The incessant ringing from cyclists. 'Ring... ring... ring...' You hear the ringing of bells from a bicycle approaching you from behind miles away. So do the other pedestrians along the path. Everyone moves to the side of the path. But the ringing does not stop. Turns head back to show the cyclist that you're aware of his presence. The ringing goes on. And it continues even after the bicycle has passed you, all the way for as long as you can hear it... Irritating.
2. Little dog on a leash with its owner following behind, reading from a magazine. Dog stops by a tree beside the path, lifts one of its hind legs to do its business. Big business sometimes. Owner nonchalantly walks away behind its dog after that, no bag on hand to pick up after its pet. Not sure if he even had the intention to...
3. You are taking a leisurely morning walk at the neighbourhood estate. You see a group of middle-age people gathered in front of you. They talk like they are all hard of hearing. Suddenly, someone blows his nose by pressing his thumb of his right hand at the ground in front of him. No handkerchief. The woman beside him stops and clears her throat, then spits phlegm at her side. Yet another few from the group starts lighting their cigarettes.
4. You are in a rush and are walking fast. You suddenly stop. The path is blocked. A group of people are leisurely talking, taking up the whole path in front of you. Short of them holding hands. You ask for their forgiveness to let you through. It falls on deaf ears. There is no passable way as it has just rained and the grass beside the path is flooded / muddy.
5. 'Don't wash dirty linen in the public' they say. They did not mention not to dry it. "You know, the sun is brighter / stronger than in my flat..."
6. This is similar to s/no. 4. Only this time, the 'pet' is not a pet. Mother / grandmother chats in estate with neighbours. The poor child is left to play alone. Minutes later, child approaches adult as he needed to answer 'nature's call'. Adult is in the midst of an interesting discussion and does not want to leave it and bring child home. What's the next best option? Pull off boy's shorts, holds boy to the grass at the side of the path to ease himself. Surely we have better sanitary facilities here in Singapore?
7. Poom! Poom! The football is smashed onto the sides of the void deck and multi-purpose halls, leaving dirty ball prints on the once clean walls. Children giggle on the sight. Notices sign to indicate no playing of ball games where they are. Takes aim at the sign. Bull's eye! Giggles turn to laughter. People walk past them. They do not stop, not caring if the ball were to injure an innocent passer-by. Cyclists / skateboarders ignoring the signs not to cycle and skate in the park. Some young cyclists pedal at such breakneck speeds that you dread to think of the consequences if they were to 'run into' a pregnant lady.
There you have it. More? Add on as s/no. 8 and beyond. Let's run this until next Monday. Which will emerge as the most hated thing seen / heard?
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