Polite Singaporeans my butt

This little item was in the papers today. From The Star: Malaysians show their good side:

RECENTLY, I made a trip from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur with my family. I was very impressed with Malaysia’s friendly Immigration officers and toll operators.

But what made a truly wonderful impression was when we made the mistake of going into a Smart Tag lane while trying to read the road directions.

Obviously, we were stuck as we did not have a Smart Tag card.

The owner of a Malaysian registered car came to our aid and used her Smart Tag card to activate the barrier. It was very light traffic on that day and she could have easily driven to another lane, but she didn’t.

To the Good Samaritan and all our dear Malaysian friends - thank you very much for your kindness and hospitality.

GRATEFUL SINGAPOREAN,
Singapore.

It's laughable how this Singaporean is so grateful. You want to know why?

Well, I made a mad trip to Singapore over the weekend so that I could claim a prize being given by the Singapore Tourism Board. I left KL at 10pm, arrived at 1.30am, and left again at 10am.

I entered Singapore via Second Link, and wanted to leave that way but mistakenly ended up at the Johor Checkpoint instead. Big mistake. There was massive traffic and it took us an hour to get through.

Of course, it didn't help that the Singaporeans were being rude bastards. Par example:

1. Trying to get into the long line for the car lane, I signalled left and was going to change lane where there were no other cars behind me. Suddenly these 2 Singaporean cars zoomed up and squeezed into the spot leaving me no choice but to try and cut in somewhere, which I hate to do.
2. All throughout the traffic from checkpoint to checkpoint, Singaporean cars tried to cut their way ahead of me, squeeze me out of my lane and just generally annoy the shit out of me. It was a battle just to maintain my spot.

Seriously, after this trip to Singapore, I'm absolutely baffled as to why some Malaysians idealise Singapore as a place to stay and work. They're rude, they're pushy, and they're pretentious. I'll admit that the towns are well planned and that their government seems to be more together than ours, but if I had to drive in Singapore daily, I think I'd go apeshit.