MRT Incidence No. 2
Late night
Packed carriages
A few of us got onto the train
Homeward bound
Tired from work
Tired from shopping
All seats were taken up
Then I saw this lady
Her clothings could not cover
her bulging tummy.
She stood in front of a sitting passenger
who was yakking with her friend
both looked at the pregnant woman
briefly
during the commas of their
Ddiahorrectic conversation
She was sitting on one of those
'for those needier passengers' seats
with a big sign above her
and opposite her
Reminding passengers to
give up these special seats
for pregnant, weak heavily laden
passengers.
She looked at the pregnant woman
again...
and continued to talk, without
taking her eyes off the pregnant woman.
I said out loud
to the standing passenger
"OH!! You are pregnant?"
like Hint HINT!!!!
She nodded.
The 2 gossipers
Kept talking to each other
A man grudgingly
Gave up his seat -
Must be my LOUD exclamation!
The pregnant woman's husband
Leaned over to speak with me
about courtesy in Singapore...
Like, hello, what courtesy?
Singapore really has a
long way to go.
We have cars jumping the lights
Jumping even the zebra crossing
So they move on first
even as you proceed to use the
zebra crossing..
Like people pushing past you
to get onto the bus.
Courtesy?
This country?
Blah!!
I've seen more
courtesy and graciousness
in a 5 yr old american girl
than in the whole neighbourhood.Labels: Random, Rants and Raves |
