Sometimes, I really wonder what kind of leaders is Singapore producing for the next generation. It is a rather worrying sight.
Today, I took a chartered bus to some place for some activity. Due to confidentiality, I am unable to tell you exactly everything, but that is not the point. I guess you all more or less know what I am talking about. Basically, I had to take a chartered bus to some place with my 'counterparts'. We had to board a very old bus. This bus is really really old. It looked like it came from the 80s. What disgusted me was not the way the bus looked but how some people behaved. It was disappointing.
Some passengers of the bus actually laughed and complained about the condition of the bus. They started cracking stupid jokes and making fun of the bus, all these being done in front of the bus driver. They complained like some whiny kids, all because a functional bus looks old. It reminded me about some time back when we chartered a bus too. My counterparts actually found the bus too hot and shouted at the bus driver in a bossy tone, " Uncle! On the air con leh!". I was shocked and flabberghasted at the way they behaved. A total no respect for the driver and a sad portrayal of one's character.
So what if you came from a premium institute? So what if you are deemed as the elite of the organisation? Your very behaviour is a disappointment to me. Not that it bothers me that you have a screwed up attitude as an individual but of the fact that you were supposed to be nurtured as a leader. So what if you are fit and you are smart? Such attitude is not befitting of a leader. Is this the best Singapore can produce?
As much as I am disgusted by this issue, I have learnt to remind myself not to commit the same mistakes. Constantly, I will remind myself not to behave in such an uncaring manner. My judgement is futile if I do not live up to it.
I continue to wonder, how much longer do I have to put up with this...