Defective Unit For Replacement

It's mind boggling how a person can take something so easy and simple and transform it into something very hard and complicated. Take this broken water fountain for instance.

Can you read the "Out of Order" sign on this water fountain?  No, because there isn't one.  Instead there is this rather cumbersome and awkward message.

Not only is the English bad but they set a target completion date a whole month away! Is repairing this water fountain really that involved of a project that they have to set aside a whole month to fix it? And what if the target date is not met? What if this water fountain does not get repaired until October? Or even December!?

You can't even see this sign until you are already bent over to take a sip of water. That's then you realise you got gypped. What a waste of your time. Here you are expecting a cool burst of water to cool your throat and some idiot maintenance man who was thinking way too hard decided to write a convoluted and un-understandable message in tiny print which you can't read until you walk up to the fountain. By then it's too late for you sucker!

Frankly I don't care if it ever gets repaired all I want is a drink of cold water. Courtesy would dictate that patrons be told if the fountain is in working condition or not. Instead of this stupid message they should have just placed a huge "Out of Order" sign on the water fountain.

See how much easier and convenient that is for everyone involved?

The Garbage Bench

Outside of the house there is a nice little bench on which to sit. Right next to the gate. Relaxing spot when you want to people watch and talk with the neighbours.

Doesn't it look lovely?  The problem is the whole neighbourhood has taken it upon themselves to use our little bench as their own pit stop and restaurant.  After buying snacks from the sari-sari store they sit there and eat them.  The unfamiliar smell of strangers causes the dogs to bark. Thankfully we all know how quietly Filipinos conduct their conversations.  

But not only do they treat our little bench as their own rest spot, they also use it as a garbage dump.  Take a look at all the trash they stuff in the trees and bench and toss on the ground.

If sitting on your neighbour's bench and treating it like a garbage dump isn't the definition of rude then I don't know what is.