Last weekend traffic at 1U was a horror. Most entrances to the car park were closed and security guards of the mall stood on the road side directing motorists to drive on instead of trying to drive through the cone barriers to enter the parking. Or at least that's what I thought they were trying to do because it was obvious that the entrances were closed and people would have to drive around to find the next opened entrance.
Cars were parked along the road side and not to mention far from the complex. How people were willing to walk in the hot sun for meters just to get into the mall. I was lucky, managed to get in after making a second attempt at the same closed entrance. I even found a spot to park in less than 5 minutes after I got in! Talk about my parking angels.
I didn't spend much time at the mall. After looking for what I wanted and only to find out there isn't any stock left, I decided to leave the crowded mall. Upon exit, I came up to the junction that had a traffic light at each juncture. There were 3 security guards from the mall, evidenced by the security vest they wore, standing in the middle of the junction, directing traffic like traffic policemen.
I wonder if that is legitimate? Could anyone just stand in the middle of a junction and direct traffic and ignore the traffic lights that were working perfectly? Not that there was a jam in sight. Imagine if every mall was to do that, the government would save quite a lot of money not putting up traffic lights in those areas :) Maybe that'll save the taxpayers too!
Cars were parked along the road side and not to mention far from the complex. How people were willing to walk in the hot sun for meters just to get into the mall. I was lucky, managed to get in after making a second attempt at the same closed entrance. I even found a spot to park in less than 5 minutes after I got in! Talk about my parking angels.
I didn't spend much time at the mall. After looking for what I wanted and only to find out there isn't any stock left, I decided to leave the crowded mall. Upon exit, I came up to the junction that had a traffic light at each juncture. There were 3 security guards from the mall, evidenced by the security vest they wore, standing in the middle of the junction, directing traffic like traffic policemen.
I wonder if that is legitimate? Could anyone just stand in the middle of a junction and direct traffic and ignore the traffic lights that were working perfectly? Not that there was a jam in sight. Imagine if every mall was to do that, the government would save quite a lot of money not putting up traffic lights in those areas :) Maybe that'll save the taxpayers too!
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