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Greta75 -> RE: 10 least corrupt countries 2015 (2/18/2016 8:32:31 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Phydeaux
In similar fashion, I would presume that singapore with very high population densities had to learn strict social guidelines - so they could tolerate each other. No bubble gum under the seats. etc.
Singaporeans are known to be naive, and child-like, and black and white and we really believe in the justice and fairness of our law and I do live in a country where I seldom feel there is injustice happening, most of the time, I feel like wrongly accused gets acquitted, bad guys get convicted, and doing business, there is no under table monkey business. And if you try to bribe a cop, you will be cuff and drag to jail. I mean, I find it also strange government interfere with private business honest dealings. Like I don't know why Executive Chefs get jailed for accepting vacations and monetary bribes in return for using certain exclusive food suppliers.
I mean compared to Malaysia, where bribing the cop is the normal way of life, and we do it over there all the time, we notice cops would hint to us that we can be release for a bribe or he'll waive a fine for a bribe. In Indonesia also, one time, my passport expire when I went to Indonesia, it didn't have the 6 months validity period, and the customs officer told me if I paid him like the equivalent of 50bux, he will let me through and ignore my passport is not valid. I of course rather just fly back to my own country than do that. I am sure when I try to go home later, I will be fucked big time for entering illegally or something.
Like we go do business in China and we are shock at the necessity for bribery, and open asking for gifts and bribes in doing business. It's normal etiquette there.
We always say, Singaporeans always get swindled overseas, and are easy target, because we grew up in our little cushy world, where everything seems just and we can trust our law makers and our law enforcers. In my life time, I lost my wallet 7 times. A few places are, it dropped out of my car on the streets in China Town, I left it in a public bus, I left it in a taxi, I left it in a public basketball court, 100% of those times, my wallet was returned with me with 100% of my money inside intact. Nothing missing. Some was just posted back to me, because my address is in my identity card in my wallet. Some was given to the police who contacted me to retrieve my wallet. Some personally delivered my wallet to my door step to me. I've never experienced being robbed or anything in my life.
Talking about gum, in my recent trip to Switzerland, I was commenting, how clean and beautiful everywhere is to my friend. And he said, Singapore is cleaner! And I said no way! This place looks cleaner!
And he was like, "Look at the floors. It's filled with gum stains, you never see that in Singapore!" And I never saw a gum stain in my life before because Singapore ban gums. So I was like "That's a gum stain????? I thought it was just bird poop stains! Wow!"
Lol, like a child who saw gum stain for the first time in her life!
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