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I have just 'done' a study titled 'An Observation On Types Of People Who Step Into The Train That Ranges From Seremban To Rawang Everyday' and come up with several entertaining results. This was done on Friday, 13th November 2009 at 5.30 to 6.30 p.m. I have found five obvious types of people there, which are:
1. 'Fainter'
This type of people is probably the weakest kind of passengers in a train, physically and mentally. Normally they come with a small body and people will hardly realize them. 'Fainters' will drown in the sea of the multicultural train society, like a headless sardine in a can. People will only see them when they are down on the floor. They get seats after that.
2. Actor
They are still new in the industry and getting nervous for their first upcoming advertisement or drama. So they keep practicing and repeating their dialogues, hoping they will be able to memorize them. Their common dialogues are, "Let people out first!!!", "Can't you have patience!!?" and "My leg! My Leg...(pause)...my leg!". With various intonations, of course.
3. Lost Lover
Individuals of this type wait at the train station in pairs. When the train comes, they want to enter together, but the world in never fair, they are stopped and separated by hundreds of immovable figures, that they have to shout to one another, "Wait me at Sungai Buloh's sta....(door closed!)!". Very tragic.
4. Worker
Workers normally possess a temper and are very prone to violence. Since they are so into working and do not have time to socialize, they do not enjoy being with people, feeling the heat and sniffing the odour from the crowd, let alone getting body contact. If one of these happens, their eyes will burn and they will start pushing people away from them. They will also produce a few dialogues to make the drama slightly interesting. "Don't step on my foot!", "Move backwards!", "Move! Move! I wanna go out! I said move!", and "Don't lean on me!!". They are easily worked up.
5. Opposer
Panic or exhaustion might cause this type of people to appear, and they are definitely the most hated people in there. When they are told to wait and let others go out first, they go in. When they are told to move and make way, they stand still. They will normally trigger the Worker to become active, but most of the people would just give up on them. They seem very confident in behaving strangely and doing the opposite.
p/s: This is what you get when the train is overcrowded.
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20 comments:
lagi satu.kategori yg suke tgk awek2 cun dlm tren..
eh..tp klo awek2 cun dh peluh2 dlm tren tu,jadi x cun dah kan?hahaha
lagi satu,kat career fair ade vacancy kat ktm.try la mintak.hahaha
hahahaha
mementang skrg pengguna tetap ktm..
terus bleh wak analysis! hakhakhakha
tahniah3....
hehehhe~
yang lost lover tu klakar r!
ekekkekekekek...~
dun forget The Students.
come in groups.
laugh the loudest.
n love to snap pictures while in the train. :P
sapik: yg suka usha awek cun takleh sebut.sensitip. hehe. ko la try mintak. keje aku dah best dah. :P
aida: kan? memang perfect place. :P u witnessed pick-pocketing? did u say anything at the time?
sha: menyelam sambil kencing. hahaha.
key: kelakar dan tragis. hehe.
kim: haah la. tapi maybe semalam takde sebab weekdays kan. weekend byk la kot. hehe.
Hmmm... Lover scene. I like that...! Suddenly caught me an idea... jeng! Jeng! Jeng!
Seriously I can be the worker type.
Recently in LRT... hardly I took LRT after office hour so when I did, I was trapped in a pack of humans & there was this one male school student... he hardly move his arm to cover his armpit, but a slight move can cause a bad odour so when he did... I immediately smell my own armpit (Rexona Men deodorant 24-hr anti-perspirant really works!) ^_^...
Fakhrul Anour: u smelled ur own armpit rather than someone else's? good move! :)
A'ah good move. Nanti ko naik tren ngan dia ko cium r ketiak dia gak. hahaha
Igniz: Always a good move if I know my armpit didn't smell as bad as his! If otherwise, I might jump off the train on the next stop! Doesn't want to humiliate myself among the crowd for scrutinizing other people's bad body odor when mine is 2 x 5 (Err... I forgot u hate math! Haha!)... far worse I mean! ^_^
burn: ketiak aku sendiri kan ada. hehe.
fakhrul anour: hehe.but we're used to our own smell. so in a way it's better.
BuRN: Memang nak kena terajang whoever try to sniff my armpit, termasuklah Igniz. Obviously a fool act! Lain la kalau cium ketiak sendiri sebab bau ketiak orang lain tak best, baru la a clever act. Muahahaha! ^_^
Slm,
Interesting post! May I add another two?
Observers: Those who sink themselves in their seats,observing and jotting down notes. May be seen lost in an empty gaze,though they're not. Or they actually are,only God knows.
Observers observing observers: Those seen gazing at others without even moving a finger-whose eyes were strictly fixed at a corner or two in the train that they miss their stops and will later get down somewhere unfamiliar for another ticket down the railway. Hawhaw!
Joking... :) How's life now that you've graduated?
phyto hystrix: haha..nice:) my life? it's getting better:)
nice study. but where the perverts gone?
one more jan, ko lupa. the pervert and sexual harrassor.
penanya & n: masa tu packed sangat sampai perverts pun tak mampu nak gerakkan tangan diorang. hehe.
haha tragis gila yang lost lovers tu
anisizaty: tau takpe :)
oh dramatic betul you. hahaha.
i think im one of those fainters. tch. hahah
merissa k: kalau u jadi fainter, konpem ramai yang sambut u before jatuh. hehe.
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