Ugly Singaporeans
Quote of the Day: "Ugly Singaporeans"
We were on our way back from the normal saturday drive out of Manhattan and saw some really ugly driving; People using breakdown lanes to overtake in a traffic jam, changing lanes suddenly without any indication and blocking junctions up by moving into cross junctions knowing there is no space ahead to get out of the way. Ok, who cares, I'm not going to be living here. But all this has reminded me about how bad Singapore is too.
My pet peeve is people changing lanes with indicating. Tthese *#%$ are not just inconsiderate but a menace to society. What can we do about them? nothing.
But the ones that we can do something about are the ugly behaviours on public transport. How often is it that we see people sitting on the outer side of double seaters on buses and refusing to move in? And when you walk up to them, they pretend not to notice, hoping that you won't ask them to move in or want to take the seat. Well, too bad for these people, what we should all do (i do whenever i see that) is try to squeeze our way in. While doing that, be sure to rub your ass as close to their faces as possible. What better way to discourage such behaviour than wiping your ass in their faces.
Then there are those that put their bags on seats and pretend not to see you standing right next to them. Bloody hell. Even worse are those that pretend to give you space by moving their bags ever so slightly towards them, leaving you a space no bigger than one butt cheek. And i don't mean J Lo's butt, more like one of those stick thin Ah Lian's scrawny little things.
The key to all this is embarassment and loss of face. Something that EVERYONE in Singapore understands (apart from fines). Wish we had a hidden camera program where people committing these sins will have their faces flashed to everyone. This will probably be really popular too, given our propensity for laughing at others.
Too bad we don't have such a proggie. Next time you're on the bus, look for those hard to reach seats and go for them, and while doing so, make as much fuss as possible so everyone knows the consequences of being selfish.
Post Script: Talk about ugly, this entry is just that...yawnnnnnnn
We were on our way back from the normal saturday drive out of Manhattan and saw some really ugly driving; People using breakdown lanes to overtake in a traffic jam, changing lanes suddenly without any indication and blocking junctions up by moving into cross junctions knowing there is no space ahead to get out of the way. Ok, who cares, I'm not going to be living here. But all this has reminded me about how bad Singapore is too.
My pet peeve is people changing lanes with indicating. Tthese *#%$ are not just inconsiderate but a menace to society. What can we do about them? nothing.
But the ones that we can do something about are the ugly behaviours on public transport. How often is it that we see people sitting on the outer side of double seaters on buses and refusing to move in? And when you walk up to them, they pretend not to notice, hoping that you won't ask them to move in or want to take the seat. Well, too bad for these people, what we should all do (i do whenever i see that) is try to squeeze our way in. While doing that, be sure to rub your ass as close to their faces as possible. What better way to discourage such behaviour than wiping your ass in their faces.
Then there are those that put their bags on seats and pretend not to see you standing right next to them. Bloody hell. Even worse are those that pretend to give you space by moving their bags ever so slightly towards them, leaving you a space no bigger than one butt cheek. And i don't mean J Lo's butt, more like one of those stick thin Ah Lian's scrawny little things.
The key to all this is embarassment and loss of face. Something that EVERYONE in Singapore understands (apart from fines). Wish we had a hidden camera program where people committing these sins will have their faces flashed to everyone. This will probably be really popular too, given our propensity for laughing at others.
Too bad we don't have such a proggie. Next time you're on the bus, look for those hard to reach seats and go for them, and while doing so, make as much fuss as possible so everyone knows the consequences of being selfish.
Post Script: Talk about ugly, this entry is just that...yawnnnnnnn
posted by cokecat at 5:52 am
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