Wife Cracks Down On Kiasu Behavior At Airport

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My wife just out-kiasu-ed an old man at the airport and deserves a high five. In an act that spells victory in the minds of many Singaporean men over the age of 60, ‘uncle’ cut a long line of people waiting at immigration with the smoothness of someone trying to shoplift an elephant from a store that only has one in stock. I’m sure he expected this victory to cost him a few rolled eyes. I assure you he did not expect what was coming. C walked to the front of the line and gave him a very public, raised voice, finger pointing, un-ignorable (he tried), un-placate-able, piece of her mind which showed the level of cultural panache that consciously steps on every cultural button necessary in order to get the job done. He offered to let her go first. She sent him to the back of the line. To use her triumphant words, “I made him lose FACE!” And that concluded our trip to Brunei. Which was lovely.