I just don't get it...

No matter how hard I try, and never mind that I'm older and more patient and have mellowed down from the fire-brand I used to be, there are still some things for which I JUST DON'T GET IT!

Case-in-point One
Why do people call my mobile, and ask to speak to me? I mean who else would it be?! I can understand if they're trying to clarify that they're speaking to the correct person. In that case, they should ask "Is this Miss So-and-So?" instead of asking "May I speak to Miss So-and-So?". One of these days, one of these days, I'm going to say "You may not!"

Case-in-point Two
Visiting my friend's private apartments the other day, we stopped at the Visitor's Entrance and asked to be let in, the Security Guard (whom I wouldn't trust a bit!) asked whether we were visiting. I had to bit on my lip to stop myself from blurting out the first thing that came to mind, "May I know what my other options are? What is the option for 'I came to rob the place?'."

But I was a good girl. I said nothing, and just quietly laughed to myself until my face turned red.

Case-in-point Three
Heathrow's much-heralded long-awaited (For 19 long years in face, sheesh, I've grown old by now!) Terminal 5 opened on March 27 to total bedlam and chaos. (I wonder why they even bother opening it in the first place. They might as well have just kept it close.)

And we're talking about a first world developed country, fellow big-gun, super power, super duper ally of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Note the CAPITAL LETTERS! And who is currently leadership-less now by the way.)

Some of the problems are so small, it's ludicrious to be even surfacing - broken-down escalators (I mean, how can anybody miss a non-moving escalator?!), gates not working at the Underground station, malfunctioned hand dryers.

And then there were the BIGGIES which boggles the mind really; how can anybody miss it? Non-working luggage conveyor belts? DUH? And to top it all up, British Airways was the sole occupant of the cavernous terminal. I'm seriously wondering whether any other airline would even want to occupy Terminal 5 at all.

The only other funnier thing is what the Chief Executive said in his public apology,"I am very sorry that the problems have meant that some of our customers did not experience the true potential of this amazing new building." If it was not so funny, I think I would have been attempted to smack his face.

Great Britian, the Apologetic Nation. That's what they do best.

(If my British friends see this, I am so going to get it from them. But I DON'T CARE! It's just too funny for words! Bite me! Haha)


And if we can't even do the simple things properly, what serious chance do we have of World Peace and eradicating poverty and hunger and sickness and all that sort of thing, I ask you?