Mobile phone usage in toilets
One of the funny things here in Singapore is that people are talking on the phone while they are at the toilet in office buildings. It is funny entering a fancy building’s toilet and hearing hard core business conversations from the “toilet cubicles”. It happens 7 out of 10 times I enter an office toilet (regardless of company or building).
I find it hilarious, just imagine a conversation:
"Dan: - Then should we do that million dollar deal lah? Can or cannot lah?
Sound of flush of the toilet in the nearby toilet cubicle….
Scott: -Ah…. sorry ah… just flushed your offer down on the toilet…. Please give me a better deal ma… one million cannot. Only half million can!"
Can’t imagine what one thinks when hears toilet flushing over the phone at the other end of the line in a serious business conversation…..
Is this a practice in other countries as well? Or only Singaporeans are that funny to think that only their voice can be heard over the phone and not the other toilet noises? Please share your experience if any :)
I find it hilarious, just imagine a conversation:
"Dan: - Then should we do that million dollar deal lah? Can or cannot lah?
Sound of flush of the toilet in the nearby toilet cubicle….
Scott: -Ah…. sorry ah… just flushed your offer down on the toilet…. Please give me a better deal ma… one million cannot. Only half million can!"
Can’t imagine what one thinks when hears toilet flushing over the phone at the other end of the line in a serious business conversation…..
Is this a practice in other countries as well? Or only Singaporeans are that funny to think that only their voice can be heard over the phone and not the other toilet noises? Please share your experience if any :)
posted by pixi at
6:10 PM
1 Comments:
hello, thanks for your lovely long partager experience with us. just like to add a little point of my view about the comment you have made about the singaporean "discuss buissness in the toilet". in fact, i never knew that the singaporeans do their "buisness" in the toilets with their cell-phone, until i read it from you. it really sounds every stupid indeed when they add their 'singlish' accent into it, i was pretty shocked by their carefree 'don't-care' behaviour in the public as if everything is okay kind of attitude. i felt every embarass about their lack of correct mannerlisme and i think that above all the "singlish" make it sounds even more unprofessionnel. i really think that singlish should be abolish and it is time that singaporean learn to speak correct international english so that everyone can understand and not a disgraceful language namely 'singlish', it just don't fit into the modern society.
well just my short comment, even though i have lot more to talk about them, but it is not up to me to judge them, just love to see that they change these indifferent attitude...
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