http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/tit-tat-exchange-over-reserved-mrt-seats-084554302.html
saw this and i went like 'WHAT?!!!'.
honestly, whats with the wrong mindset that only reserved seats people must give the seat up?
are the other seats around not seats?
or is the reserved seat more comfortable, bigger, softer, such that its more suitable for the needy?
no matter where u are sitting, as long as there is someone in need of a seat in front of you,
YOU SHOULD GIVE IT UP.
if let's say there's a pregnant lady who moved into the centre of the cabin,
because it was crowded and she needed to move in to let more people enter.
she's standing away from the reserved seats.
does that mean that you no need to give up the seat to her?
or do singaporeans expect the needy to purposely place themselves in front of the reserved seats?
honestly, it doesn't make sense because you should give up your seat as and when the need arises.
but then again, there are some particular old people who thinks that they are specially privileged.
they are healthy and strong, but yet stroll into the mrt and purposely place themselves in front of the reserved seats, EXPECTING people to just give it up for them.
hello? who do you think you are?
i dun mind giving up my seat to you.
but i just dun like the attitude of yours, as if the whole world OWE it to you to let you sit down.
if you are jolly when capable of standing then why do i need to give it up to u?
there are times where young people do not feel well and need a seat too.
there was a few times where i had my menstrual cramps and i got a seat.
and then some aunty come along n keep staring at me as if i am obliged to give it up to her.
she was wearing high heels btw.
i am not blind, i can assess her capability of standing.
obviously if u're still healthy and can balance so well on heels, then i dun think u need the seat more than me, do you?
age is not a default.
why should i give it up to you when im in physical discomfort, and when i have a 40 minutes train ride ahead of me?
so i just kept staring back at her.
to add on to my irritation, she kept using her bag to bang against my leg.
it was not a peak period btw. she had plenty of space.
LIKE WTH.
so, to deal with people like her, who are so buay paiseh,
i commented to her LOUDLY 'excuse me, can u stop using your bag to hit me'.
for people like that who are so full of themselves, making them feel embarrassed will do the trick.
for the old man who complained, im shocked that he actually has the face to do so.
it just shows his mindset - that he is obliged to have a seat purely by default of his age.
this, is the wrong mindset.
on another random note, GE 2011 is over.
i just like to comment to certain new citizens who proclaim that we singaporeans, who are born and bred here, don't have the right to discriminate against them because our ancestors are migrants too.
i would just like to say that, these ancestors of ours contributed to what Singapore is today.
they supported Mr Lee Kuan Yew, they worked hard, to build Singapore to a modern city today.
you guys simply flock over when things are rosy and good,
and comment that 'we are all e same. all of us are migrants'.
excuse me?
our ancestors contributed to Singapore.
did u? or rather, did urs?
you cant just come when things are looking good and go around acting superior, and act as if u're a pure Singaporean too.
in other countries, migrants are e ones being discriminated against.
ironically in singapore, it seems that the foreigners are the ones who start the discrimination war first.
a case of 贼喊捉贼
