common sense please

Over the weekend, our neighbor who lives a few doors down the road hosted a party at their house and parked their car outside my house's compound. I thought the car belongs to his guest so it was fine since the party would probably end after a few hours. To my dismay, the car had been there for a couple of days and showed no intention of leaving. We had no problem entering our house because it was not parked right in front of the gate. But, we have limited space to park our second car and it is not our practice to have two cars parked in our car porch. Being courteous, we told the security guard who made his round and asked him to convey the message to the neighbor. Hubby and I went out after talking to the guard. I do not know whether I should be happy or sorry. When we returned, the car was removed which was of course to our delight. However, it was removed to the other neighbor's area and I know that neighbor has at least four cars. Now my problem has been solved but it's the other neighbor who has to face this parking problem. I'm sorry for them but deep down blaming this car owner for being selfish. Yes, he owns a few cars, but tell me which Malaysian citizens don't? I think he can use the space outside his house instead of others'.

Then, the other day, we went out for dinner at a vegetarian restaurant nearby. The mum next to our table forced her school-going son to quickly finish his meal. The poor boy tried his best but ended up vomiting. The mum, looking very impatient, asked the hubby to take the son to the washroom and cleaned him up while she sat there doing nothing. Then, I saw her holding a few pieces of tissue towels, slowly took out one sheet and wiped her mobile phone. When the hubby and son came out from the washroom, she settled the bill and left. The waitress when clearing the table got a shock and mumbled, "gila". Hubby and I felt truly sorry for her to clean the puddle. We felt it was very rude of the parents to just leave the puke without cleaning it up. Many people do not have the common sense of clearing up the mess that we have caused. 

But then again, one day in Korea, I stumbled on this sentence which I think can be aptly put in these situation, "common sense is a flower that just doesn't grow in everyone's garden." 

So what more can I say?