Watching people queue up to enter a new shopping mall on the news today struck me as just absurd.

An auntie was on leave so she decided to come and take a look.

An elderly lady  joined the queue to enter Uniqlo, a Japanese clothing store, just because there was a queue. She didn’t even know the store was from Japan or what it sold. 

Are Singaporeans so devoid of anything to do that they flock to the opening of new shopping malls and join queues just because there is one? And why is the opening of a new shopping mall on my television news again?