The Train Breakdown
Over the last week or so, I fell sick, sick over the repeated bashing of the service providers of our MRT system for the breakdowns. First, the Red line, then the delay over the other line. People calling for the CEO to resign, the Minister holding the board responsible. This actually created more adverse reactions rather than helped.
Perhaps, we have grown into a society where everything has to be perfect, clockwork. We might have grown too pampered and soft. We cannot walk out of the station, we need to wait for transport to be arranged and so on, and if there is a delay in the back -up action temper flares up. Are we really that soft now? Will our next generation become a strawberry generation, easily bruised? In some countries, when the train moves or arrive, it is a cause for celebration.
Why can't we give our service providers some space and back off ? Do we really need to be so hard on them and so hard on ourselves by being perfect? Look, mechanical parts will breakdown due to wear and tear, however having said that, I will be ballistic if there were serious collision in the tunnels attributed to the organization. We need to take things into perspective and understand that in Singapore not all things need to be perfect although we pride ourselves to be.
Then the question is, If we want all things to be perfect, we need to strive to be perfect ourselves, which will never happen!!! Things are not perfect, and never will be. I believe the incidents happened for a reason. Perhaps, it is a gentle warning for us to maintain parts that were deemed not critical more regularly, a prevention of a more serious accident.
I leave you with this thought, "Look at things in its context not the contents "
Perhaps, we have grown into a society where everything has to be perfect, clockwork. We might have grown too pampered and soft. We cannot walk out of the station, we need to wait for transport to be arranged and so on, and if there is a delay in the back -up action temper flares up. Are we really that soft now? Will our next generation become a strawberry generation, easily bruised? In some countries, when the train moves or arrive, it is a cause for celebration.
Why can't we give our service providers some space and back off ? Do we really need to be so hard on them and so hard on ourselves by being perfect? Look, mechanical parts will breakdown due to wear and tear, however having said that, I will be ballistic if there were serious collision in the tunnels attributed to the organization. We need to take things into perspective and understand that in Singapore not all things need to be perfect although we pride ourselves to be.
Then the question is, If we want all things to be perfect, we need to strive to be perfect ourselves, which will never happen!!! Things are not perfect, and never will be. I believe the incidents happened for a reason. Perhaps, it is a gentle warning for us to maintain parts that were deemed not critical more regularly, a prevention of a more serious accident.
I leave you with this thought, "Look at things in its context not the contents "
Jerry
Agree! Think singaporeans become too pampered nowadays, expect all things to be quick and efficient and no mistakes allowed. Quick to blame the government whenever anything happens..
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