what happens on the train
Incident 1:I think it was a few weeks ago when I was on my way to TTSH for my monthly dental appointment. So I board the train at Yishun Station and began my journey. I was standing since there's usually no seats in the train towards Marina Bay. So seated two seats away from the corner 'priority seat' was an angmoh.
I know, there's nothing strange bout' that, not yet.
There was this guy wearing shades in his twenties perhaps, standing near the occupied priority seat.
So around a few stops after Yishun, the occupied priority seat was empty. Lucky guy in shades thought he could get a seat, so he sat at the priority seat.
I think one stop after he sat down, an elderly came in.
So the angmoh patted on the guy in shades's shoulder and pointed to the priority seat sticker behind where the guy in shades was sitting at. Than he asked or rather commanded the guy in shades to stand up and give up his seat to the elderly.
I think the guy in shades must have felt damn malu or embarrassed already.
Okay, from a third person's point of view, it was rather logical for the angmoh to do so as he seem all righteous by asking the guy in shades to give up his seat for the elderly. Cos it is called the priority seat after all.
So the guy in shades stood.
Than after two stops or so, the elderly thanked the angmoh and left the MRT already.
Meaning: The priority seat was empty once again.
So once again, a guy wearing a red tee saw it as an opportunity to rest his legs perhaps. Thus, he sat down.
At the same time, an auntie boarded the MRT, she wasn't really old or anything, just your typical middle age 40 plus auntie.
So the angmoh strikes again. He patted the guy wearing a red tee and asked him to get up and let the auntie sit. He even said something like, 'Can't you see the lady wants to sit?'
Sheesh, I was standing there looking at all this crap the entire time btw, and the auntie happened to be standing beside me at that time. I even took the time to look at the auntie to see her reaction, apparently she was feeling quite peculiar already cos she never told the angmoh she wanna sit and I think its kinda insulting cos the angmoh is referring to her as an elderly in this case if he's demanding the guy to let his seat out to her. I don't think she's very old either.
But i think the angmoh was rather big-sized so it was kinda threatening to defy his wishes. Hence, the guy in red tee gave up his seat, and the auntie sat down obediently. lol.
Live 'entertainment' for me I know -_-
The journey to Novena had seemed so long.
Than remember the guy in shades?
He was still there!
At this point of time, the guy in shades was damn unhappy already. You know like in those ah beng gang fights where A just see B bu shuang(unhappy).
He began to speak up to that angmoh. It started off like, 'Hey don't you think people should have the right to choose whether they wanna give up their seats or not... etc etc'
He was saying a lot of stuff at a very fast pace.
But all I remember from the angmoh was, 'You shut up! Shut up! Shut up!' continuously non-stop.
Than the guy in shades stopped his speech aft a while I think and went, 'You babarian. Babarian. Babarian.'
I was still standing there watching alongst with the rest of the commuters in the same cabin going wth. -_____-
So I think the angmoh had enough of it. At around one stop before Novena, he shouted 'You get out! let's settle this!'
Something like that, I think he wanted to settle this with the guy in shades using his fist already.
Cos when the train finally reached Novena, I heard the guy in shades saying, 'Don't touch me you babarian!'
GEEEEEE. I was like trying to move further away from them already by than, but it was a little too bad I couldn't stay on in the cabin to see the continuation of the incident.
I supposed the soon-to-be fight was stopped.
Cos I didn't see any news about it the day after.
Right, all I wanna say is, I think the angmoh had some issues as well. If he was so into the thing about giving up seats and all, why was he seated throughout the entire journey too? He might as well have been the one to set an example by standing up and allowing someone else with greater needs to have the honor of sitting down.
Seriously, that day was just, strange.
Incident 2:
I was on my way to work yesterday, and yes I was in the train, standing yet again cos I was headed to Orchard on a busy Friday.
There was this foreign couple (I don't know what country) standing near the glass place for you to lean on.
The girl was leaning on the glass already. The guy was just standing near her.
Somewhere at Bishan or something, someone alighted, so the priority seat near the glass thingy was empty. At the same time, an elderly couple came in. The girl who was leaning on the glass RUN, I MEAN RUN, to the priority seat immediately even though she knew and saw the elderly couple! LIKE WTF?
The thing is, she was right beside the seat only and she had the cheek to run! As if the elder couple will snatch the seat from her. Seriously this is the shittiest inconsiderate thing I've ever seen for a while now. & the BF even smile at her as if he was happy that she got the seat in time. Crappy shit. -_-
PLUSSS. She kept gaving looks of contempt at the elderly couple and covered her nose. Cos I think there was this weird smell in the air which I never smelt of. I think the smell was from her BF. sheesh.
The elderly couple obviously saw the actions of the gross couple.
It's such a disgrace. How ungracious are these people man.
EEW.
For a moment, I actually wished the angmoh from incident 1 can pop out and reprimand that woman and then force her to give up the prioroty seat for that elderly couple.
All right. What a long post, I'm hungry now.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM.