Sometimes, I wonder why some (most?) of Malaysians (that I’ve encountered) doesn’t understand really simple statements? Let’s see my typical daily examples:

Typical Example 1:

A: Can I have 3 blank CDs please?
Me: Sorry sir, we’re ran out of CD-Rs
A: Hah? Not even one left!?
Me: Yes sir, We’re out of CD-Rs


Typical Example 2:

A: Hi, I wanna print this document *hands me Pen Drive*
Me: Err. sorry, but we ran out of printing paper
A: Eh.. nononono, I just wanna print. I just arrived here, urgent documents!
Me: Uhm.. sir, we ran out of paper.
A: Noooo, you see, I just arrived here and I want to print this document. I need to submit it tomorrow!
Me: You want to print, right?
A: Yep.
Me: But you see, when you want to print, we need to have a paper. Else you don’t have anything to print on
A: *thinks*
Me: *looks at A*
A: Oh oh OH!! Im sorry sorry sorry! I was too blur!
Me: …

Typical Example 3:

B: Can I print this?
Me: We’re out of toner today Ma’am
B: So how?
Me: (… DUH!) Err. you can not print lah!
B: Aisey, but this is URGENT!
Me: Well, if your car is punctured in the highway, would it move if you tell it your trip is important? Not unless you change the tires, right?
B: Uhm.. yeah.. hihi.. nevermind then, thanks!

Typical Example 4:

C: Why’s the net so slow?
Me: There’s a lot of people surfing tonight sir, so I guess the bandwidth is compromized. Furthermore, alot of them are visiting MySpace :)
C: Hmm, can I change to PC03 then?
Me: Sure, but the net speed will be the same, as everybody is connected to one pipe anyways
C: Nevermind, just lemme change, will ya?
Me: Okay.
*10 mins later (no body left the premise)*
C: Hey why’s the net still slow?
Me: As I said, there’s no difference between any of the PCs, they’re all the same since they’re linked
C: Gah, I wanna change to PC22 !
Me: Roger, that.
*15 mins later (a few people left, but a few people comes in as well)*
C: God dammit! WHY IS IT STILL SLOW!!?
Me: (… Wtf? this dude for real?..) AS I SAID, there’s no difference!
C: I wanna change to PC10!
(You can guess what happened next, he left after two more changes)

Note that all the stories above really happened (yeah, even the ‘no paper’ guy… I don’t know what’s gotten into him). Malaysia, Boleh? Hell YES.