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Every Sunday when I go for mass with my hubby, I make it a point to get there early for the simple fact that the timing is quite popular and the church is catering to a very large parish...
Now as anyone can tell you, where you have LOADS of people, and a "not so large" doorway, add in the kiasu (or scared to lose) society we live in, and you get a human jam...from getting the holy water before leaving, to just leaving the chapel...the worse thing? Getting PUSHED and SHOVED along the way while trying to be nice to others who are also trying to pass...
Even getting on the bus was a hassle...the worse is when the elderly push and shove u from behind. Once I got so pissed off, I turned around and told the lady, "DO U MIND?!" Needless to say, I got stared at by the people around me, whether it was looks of sheer shock, or "how dare u?", I quite frankly didn't care..To me, just coz you're old, doesn't meant the world owes you a living.
While on the bus going to the MRT station, I told him that I'm starting to wonder why do people go to church? I mean, even before they leave church, they've already seemed to have forgotten everything. I mean, I see parishoners leave even before the priest does! I mean, HALLOooo.....rude much?! *sigh
He just looked at me, shrugged his shoulders coz he knows that he didn't have the ans either. All he did was say that as long as we were going for the right reasons, that was the impt things and we kinda left it at that.
Then while waiting to get on the feeder bus to go to IMM from Jurong East, there was this mom who ENCOURAGED her kids to CUT the queue when everyone was queuing nicely....I loudly saracastically said something and another mom behind me did the same thing, after I had said that and I knew she heard! I was really losing my temper coz the bus was crowded enough as it was, and you are just encourging your kids to be RUDE! My hubby also had enough and told the lady and her kids,"Can you please queue up?!" and mind you, his tone when he's pissed off is wwwaayyy harsher than mine. Mine is just plain bitchy. She actually stared at my hubby and told her kids to ignore him.
EXCUSE ME?!?! U were cutting queue, TEACHING your kids to do the same, someone tells you to queue up and you tell your kids to ignore him?! Then again, I don't blame her...What parent wants to be upstaged by a stranger esp when the latter is obviously right?
While on the bus, which was already packed like crazy, I was commenting to my hubby that I was losing my sacrastic touch, he calmly looked at me and said, what makes you think they understand? Very bitchy and mean, I know but HALLO?!?! Let's be honest, if you were in my position, what would u do? Then when the bus was reaching the destination, this FAT (I am not even going to bother to mince or "beautify" my words) lady pushed and shoved her way to make room for her kids to get off...and mind you, there were like at least another 6-7 people she would have to get through. N naturally she poked and shoved me while trying to do that. N naturally I got more irritated...
Luckily the bus stopped soon and we alighted unscathed.
I commented to my hubby that if I am so impatient and all, why am I studying to become a counsellor? He said that from what he's observed so far, I am impatient regarding things related to me directly. Things that don't affect me directly, I am fine...
Which I got to admit, has some truth to it.
Just like any Singaporean, much as I hate to admit it, I hate to wait.
I walk fast, I (dunno if I still do) talk fast, I don't eat as fast as I used to but then again, I can be so caught up in doing something, I can don't eat the whole day.
Sunday Christians...this term is something that I've been exposed to for a long time ever since I went to a mission school...warnings about not falling into that trap...etc. Unfortunately, I think now it's progressed to "Sunday Mass-ers" considering those who don't even have the courtesy to stay until at least the priest has left the chapel. And of course, let's not forget those who leave right after communion...
But everyday we face people like that...on our way to work, during lunch, during office hours, after office hours, sometimes even at home!
It's amazing how we all haven't gone mad yet...
Personally, I think the age has come where it's no longer an issue about "Sunday Christians" but more about "Everyday Nightmares"
After all, not everyone goes to church and it's not fair to let the rest of the world off now is it? |
