You can see people sitting on the park benches in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) area. You can see people sitting on curb by the road side waiting for the bus. The best of all people who likes to sit on the fence all the time.
The so-called “undecided” disease is spreading fast in the local community. Some people do not like to commit themselves. Some are just unsure an easily influenced. To test the fiddle mind of the human being, I decided to go to the local shopping mall to give it a try.
The task is easy. Just go to any ladies section and give some comments on the dresses and you will see how easily influenced is the human mind. I once commented on the dress a lady is about to buy. Upon hearing my comments on how terrible the dress is, she just put down the dress and chooses another one. The society is like that. We buy or wear things that the society thinks is good on us.
Another classic is the lunch time question. “What do you want for lunch?” Sounds familiar? The subsequent answer is “anything” or “you decide”. Looks likes there are lots of blind followers here. Most people are just too lazy to think. They prefer things to be decided for them. All they have to do is just to follow. Just like the Digi ad “I will follow you”. The yellow condom guy look alike will just follow you everywhere you go without thinking.
Come to think of it. It’s not totally our fault. The government here practices a just follow do not ask much kind of regulation. If you ask more, more secrets will be revealed. Some secrets are not to be known and if leaked out you are to be jailed. Just to think of it. There is only one president/ prime minister and there are so many followers!
2 comments:
Hehehe.. The lunchtime question is a classic case. I used to give options and even put in a default option if no decision could be made.
Anyway, indecisiveness could have resulted from us being presented with too many choices in life.
It takes courage to make a decision, regardless of whether it is right or wrong. A combination of knowledge and learned instincts will help us in a way to make a decision.
Unfortunately, due to our fantastic "factory-style" education system, we're no longer producing thinkers and decision-makers but a herd of cows who can't think for themselves, but follow the crowd.
I really hate this “What do you want for lunch?”, follow by “anything” or “you decide”. =.=
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