Singapore "Elites"
I've wanted to blog about this since last week but I've totally forgotten about it until my wife talked to me about an incident, reminding me of which.....
I'm talking about people here, especially those waiting to board the MRT train and LRT skytrain.
For the MRT, at every stations' platforms, there are yellow lines drawn, aligned with the train doors' width, purpose of which are for indicating where passengers should stand before boarding the train. Law abiding citizens usually stand and wait behind the yellow lines for the passengers to alight before boarding the trains. However, in every society, unexplicably, there will be a handful of goons, they seem to be simply lost in their own world, and just plant themselves right smack in the middle of the opened doors' walkway. Seems to me that their top most priority is to block the pathway of alighting passengers, thinking that they will split on these goons' left and right hand side so that the goons can walk straight into the train, leading them to their 2nd priority: snatching whatever available seats left.
Appallingly, these goons are usually the young, middle aged and working class people. Sad to say, 90% of these are males. I deem these people complete idiots. From the way they dress and present themselves in public, they understand and speak at least simple English. What don't they understand from the phrase "Please stand behind the yellow lines to allow passengers to alight before boarding?" Little wonder why Singaporean girls are shunning local men.
The situation isn't any better with the LRT stations. There are no yellow lines drawn, but I have come to believe that even with the yellow lines, they serve no purpose. People will just stand where they like, which is right in the middle of the pathway of alighting passengers. The worst situation happens at Choa Chu Kang LRT station 100% of the time.
What has our society become ? The endless struggle for right of way, empty seats, being first in the queue. It is because of these self-centred souls that elderly aunties and uncles have to literally "fight" so that they would not be shoved around by the insolent brats.
I think the only way that they will learn is by imposing fines. Only then will they be "persuaded" from being the brats that they truly are. I believe imposing fines will definitely work. We never ever had a case of people misusing systems that come with a monetary penalty if caught.
I'm talking about people here, especially those waiting to board the MRT train and LRT skytrain.
For the MRT, at every stations' platforms, there are yellow lines drawn, aligned with the train doors' width, purpose of which are for indicating where passengers should stand before boarding the train. Law abiding citizens usually stand and wait behind the yellow lines for the passengers to alight before boarding the trains. However, in every society, unexplicably, there will be a handful of goons, they seem to be simply lost in their own world, and just plant themselves right smack in the middle of the opened doors' walkway. Seems to me that their top most priority is to block the pathway of alighting passengers, thinking that they will split on these goons' left and right hand side so that the goons can walk straight into the train, leading them to their 2nd priority: snatching whatever available seats left.
Appallingly, these goons are usually the young, middle aged and working class people. Sad to say, 90% of these are males. I deem these people complete idiots. From the way they dress and present themselves in public, they understand and speak at least simple English. What don't they understand from the phrase "Please stand behind the yellow lines to allow passengers to alight before boarding?" Little wonder why Singaporean girls are shunning local men.
The situation isn't any better with the LRT stations. There are no yellow lines drawn, but I have come to believe that even with the yellow lines, they serve no purpose. People will just stand where they like, which is right in the middle of the pathway of alighting passengers. The worst situation happens at Choa Chu Kang LRT station 100% of the time.
What has our society become ? The endless struggle for right of way, empty seats, being first in the queue. It is because of these self-centred souls that elderly aunties and uncles have to literally "fight" so that they would not be shoved around by the insolent brats.
I think the only way that they will learn is by imposing fines. Only then will they be "persuaded" from being the brats that they truly are. I believe imposing fines will definitely work. We never ever had a case of people misusing systems that come with a monetary penalty if caught.
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