why wy?

This is going to be a long and sporadic theme. In no particular order:
1) Ring tones that sound like engaged tones. If I was supreme ruler of the universe (one of my lesser-known ambitions) or even a lowly orderly at the UN, I would conspire to have a unified ringing tone system.
The phone is ringing: ring, ring.
The phone is enaged: toot, toot.
Simple. But noooooo. I've heard ringing tones that sound like another country's engaged tone, sort of like toot, toot, but with longer toots. It pisses me off, not knowing whether I'm waiting for someone to answer or just holding on like a desperate, psychotic ex.
 
2) People who think that Singaporeans don't speak English. After getting that all of first semester, I turn on the telly and there are these stars being interviewed. Surprised, that the audience understood the musical because it was in ENGLISH. You can make fun of us for other things (chewing gum, nepotism) but not knowing we speak English just makes YOU look dumb. It's time for Australia to move into the global village, instead of being in the global outback.  
If it happens to me one more time I'm going to teach the person to say good morning to your mother in Hokkien and tell him it's a polite greeting.