I was writing down 25 'random' things on facebook when I included some of the things that irritate me.
Not all 25 items are about irritations mind you But I did include Erratic children Running around with No regard to other people Or safety
Case in point
MRT Incidence No. 1
Mother and son entered MRT yesterday - Monday 2 Feb Fairly empty train Lots of seats
Did the son sit down Next to the mother? No
Did the son stand up To play with the hanging handles? No
The son, all of his 5? 6? 7 yrs old Decided to be a cross-country Choo choo train / BMX bicycle / Free fall parachute.
He ran up and down the carriage Jumped up to touch the hanging handles Swung around the pole Like a very bad pole dancer
Then flung himself at his mother Spreading himself across 2 - 3 seats....
All this while, he had body-slammed into passengers walking into the train, Passengers trying to walk out of the train even passengers staying still trying to not Knock into him...
His mother - on the other hand - Deserved a medal for her composure Her oblivion to the world Outside of her mobile phone As she sms relentlessly Begging to be taken away from reality & Taken away she was
Far from the behaviour of her son Far away from the dagger glares She and her son received in equal proportion from fellow passengers.
Couple of stations down One young sweet-looking girl Entered the carriage..
She played dodge ball & Obstacle course in order to get to a seat a slight distance away from the hyper-active boy - She sat opposite me.
From the way she narrowed her eyes slightly Throwing glances at the duo's direction We obviously shared similar sentiments..
I looked down trying not to encourage her look of disdain
Suddenly a male voice broke the monotony of travelling - "Excuse me boy"
We both looked up The man who firmly spoke to the boy was none other than one of the MRT staff / driver He asked the boy to move
But it didn't end there!
He proceeded to lecture the boy about running around and swinging from poles that he should sit with his mother As his actions would cause injury to himself and other passengers
He spoke politely softly but his eyes were firm...
I looked up and saw the young girl looking at me We were both smiling I even uttered "Serve him right!"
By now, a few more passengers were smiling We... were having the biggest cheshire cat grin!
The mother briefly tore her eyes away from the phone to pull her son close. who by then was sitting still beside her... without a sound..
Thank God! Intolerance of bad manners & poor social behaviours still exist in this society I was about to give up hope.
Alas! my stop was due I couldn't see if the boy could behave for more than 2 stops.
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