How Long Would You Wait

A new wave of personality test fever seems to have hit town recently though the accuracy of those tests still leaves much to be desired. Forget OKcupid. Forget the Coffee test. Here's presenting the test of the season:

How Long Would You Wait?

You have a direct bus, A and four other bus services, B,C,D and E where you'd need to change buses to get to your destination. Route taken by all 5 buses are similar.

You take a relaxed stroll to the bus stop.

You wait for 5 minutes. Buses B, C and E have passed. The direct bus, A should be here soon, since the whole horde of buses usually come all at once.


Would you:
1) Hop on to Bus B-E and let the matter rest there and then, reaching your destination happily.
2) Hop on to Bus B-E, keep peering back and hoping you won't see direct bus A, lumbering behind within your viewing distance, or worst still, overtake the Bus B- E that you are on.
3) Wait for Bus A to come.

If you choose option 3, read on, for this is how the scenario may unfold.

Another 5 minutes passed. Bus A is nowhere in sight. Should you hop on buses B to E that seems to be coming in streams every minute. You've seen the third C passed in 10 mins. Nah...direct bus SHOULD be coming alrdy, after so long.


Another 10 minutes passed. In between, the 4 indirect buses have already made a total appearance of 24 times, 5 to 6 times each, on average.You are running late. Another bus D comes by. Should you just hop on? You hesistantly flagged the bus but before it stops, *hold on* you've waited so long for bus A. It SURELY must be coming. You surely don't want to see Bus A peering through the rear window of bus D once you tap that EZ link card upon boarding Bus D, leaving you hopping mad. You slowly withdraw the hand that flagged bus D down and walk away from the spot, hoping that some passengers will get on board so the bus driver won't stare at you as if you are a hard-core prankster.

3 more minutes tick by, someone called to offer you a lift- in 5 minutes. Huh? Yet another 5 minutes,so long? Forget it, u scoffed . Bus A HAS TO COME.

Yet another 3 minutes gone by. And you are still standing at the bus stop.Too embarrassed now to call and ask for the ride after the haughty declination of having to wait 5 minutes. You try to appease yourself.You try to entertain yourself. You try to rack your brain for an excuse to give for turning up so late, how can you admit and tell the truth when the truth is soooooo silly.

Wait a minute. It's finally here. You make up the 2 numbers of bus A in the distance and shove to the front of the bus stop so you can be the first to board the bus. You waved, you flagged, you refused to let that hand come down till the bus stops right in front of you...

But it didn't. It zoomed on- and you see why. The bus was filled to the brim with passengers.

You are left...speechless.

The results:

For whoever skipped right through the entire passage to this part:

You are impatient and not a person of details. Time is of utmost importance to you and so you can't be bothered to read through what seems like a long-winded and irrelevant description you can do without. :P...You are likely to be an achiever because you are very results-oriented and knows how to prioritise and manage your time well (by not reading a boring and long blog like this). However, before you start gloating. Beware that your downfall is cockiness. Cos there are many more, even smarter people who don't even visit this blog.

If you chose:

1) Nonchalant and carefree. You look at the big picture most of the time and don't let trivial matters get to you and hold you back. You are flexible and easygoing and usually well-liked by all.
The downside is that people may misunderstand you and think that you don't care or value something/someone/ a relationship very much because you won't go too far/wait too long for getting the things you want.

2) Pragmatic and rule-oriented. You want to get the most out of watever you do. The value- for- money/ efforts mentality. You weigh the pros and cons and do cost-benefit analysis to get the most optimal way to do things - and you act accordingly to what is prescribed . Whether you truly feel that it is the right way to do things is another issue. You are willing/able to suppress your personal feelings and views to get to the goal. However, you lack confidence and belief in yourself, and so, even as you execute the plan, you need constant assurance that what you are doing is right, and you hate to be proven wrong.


3) Stubborn, obstinate and foolish. You embark/start off brilliantly. You are patient. You are determined. You are focused. But after some time, the patience deterioriates into stubborness. You know its not right. You know you should turn back before it gets too late. But pride gets at you. You appreciate/treasure/value something/someone more than you would like to. Beneath that strong exterior, your sentimentality rules. You hope that things would right itself- if you wait long enough. And during that time, you are blinded and let opportunities/people pass you by. But you can't let go. You keep harping on certain matters/ things/people. You don't want to admit defeat. You don't want to bow down. It's hard to start over again and how could you forsake that belief/thing/ person? So you choose to cling on.


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