Hello everyone and ASEAN Hive Community, how are you all? I heard that the new Covid-19 virus variant has been detected in Malaysia and Singapore (maybe, it has also been in Indonesia but has not been detected). If this news is true, it is very upsetting news, because there is a chance that we will again experience a lockdown or quarantine and it will cancel our final holiday. We hope and pray that nothing bad happens.
Btw, speaking of annoying things, There's nothing more annoying when our vehicle has a punctured tire when we go to work or is in a hurry. I experienced this yesterday, in the morning when I was going to work on my motorbike, I just got out of the house complex and the front tire of my motorbike was leaking.
Fortunately, not far from the location I experienced a tire puncture. I found a tire repairman, so I didn't have to change my tires, just taped the leaking point and burned it with fire. Creative and simple, right?
As far as I can remember, people in Indonesia really like to fix things. Maybe, in a modern city or outside Indonesia you won't find a “tire repairman” but that's our habit (and I certainly am). As much as possible, we will repair or service items that are considered damaged until we find that the item is truly unusable.
Various business repairs are available here, ranging from servicing laptops, servicing cellphones, servicing electronic devices (refrigerators, televisions, washing machines, mixers), and even serving pots.
I have an acquaintance (englishman) who works in Singapore and praises the quality of Indonesians in repairing or servicing things. He told me, that he has a macbook pro that has some problems (I forget the details of the problem on the macbook). Ibox Singapore said that the macbook could be repaired but had to wait about two weeks, and he didn't have time because he was going to Jakarta at that time. Finally he got a suggestion to repair his macbook in Jakarta, and in less than 3 hours, his macbook was done and can be used. He said at first he was very unsure of the young man doing repairs for his macbook, but the fact that the young man could repair his macbook, even at a lower cost.
These habits and mindsets to improve something have an impact on the habits of Indonesian consumers in buying a product. I will give one example, if you want to buy a car or motorbike, generally we will buy a car or motorbike whose spare parts are easy to find. Why? the reason is that if the car or motorcycle is damaged, it is easy to repair it. That's why in Indonesia, cars from Japan are more dominant (more salable) than cars from Europe or America, because spare parts are easier to find than other cars.
This argument may be true but a little odd in my opinion. Isn't it if a product has spare parts that are easy to find on the market, it means that the product is easily damaged (that's why the factory sells the spare parts). But, well, that's the reality.
We return to the tragedy of the punctured tire earlier, to patch a tire it takes about 30 minutes. The tools and materials used are very simple and can be done by anyone. First, the tire repairman will remove the inner tube. Then, they will check for leaks in the tires using water. After finding the leak point on the tire, patch it at that point and then burn/cook it with fire.
To patch one hole, I pay IDR 10K. This price is cheaper than I have to buy a new inner tube, it costs IDR 45K. What if there are 2 holes, the price will be cheaper usually to IDR 15K.
Okay, this is my story for today. How's your place? is there a similar story?
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