Grrrr
After a tough day at work - getting my perfectly validated code torn to shreds after emailing it to a vendor to put it up - getting on a crowded train really doesn’t lighten my mood. I don’t mind standing the whole way. I’m sure there are a lot of people who need the seats more than I do. It’s the idiots you meet on the train that you feel like killing, but haven’t the energy to do so. Yes I’m talking to you, the muscleman in the World Gym tank top sitting in front of the very pregnant lady.
Then at the entrance of the train there’s the Secondary school kid who insists on sitting on the floor, blocking a third of the entrance. He refuses to get off his butt and looks around when people have problems getting in and out of the train.
Oh, and there’s the pole dance. Here’s a photo to utterly kill your appetite and help you lose weight.
I was minding my own business, holding on to the pole so I wouldn’t accidentally fall on the stupid boy sitting at the entrance, when this woman decided to align her butt crack with the part of the pole I was holding. I was this close to chewing her head off.
I probably need to up my thyroid meds. Or migrate.
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Sigh. Sorry to hear about your day.
Migrate. Lots of annoying people everywhere in the world but the difference is that in some places, you can tell that annoying someone off and not be stared at. But not likely to happen in Singapore.
I had MRT rage just months before I left.
Yes, I told her off. And yes, people stared but some people were happy about what I did too. All in all, it was worth it.
I know exactly what you mean about your code losing its 'validity' :-P I've put it in my latest specs that the vendor MUST design our website using CSS, not using font tags and tables (except for tabular data). Will soon find out if there are local vendors who can actually do that.
Haven't been on the MRT in ages but I wasn't too surprised reading your account. We have a first world infrastructure but third world manners sometimes.
Buahhahahhah.... Thanks for making me laugh. :) Regards to all at home
The 'pole dancing' incidents happen to me very often. So what do I do?
Whenever the train jerks, these butt cracks will move away from the poles for a moment. This is when I hold the poles such that my knuckles are sticking out and the next time they 'bounce' back to the poles...heehee!! Hope it feels pain!! Most of the times, they will turn around and realise that someone is holding on to the poles and will not lean on to it anymore.
Pinch the bitch!
Pinch the bitch!
Pinch the bitch!
Right up her ass!
I heard chewing on brainless heads can cure thyroid.
i totally understand your angst. the reason why such inconsiderate people exist is because no one dares speak up.
if some idiot ass hat were to commit any of those moral crimes in a country where people speak up, they'd get it for sure.
i wonder when singapore would one day stop "tsking" at people who block their way and start saying excuse me. it's damn rude lah!
i mean, like, what are the odds of getting punched when one speaks up?
Knuckle her. just knuckle her. simple and easy.
Moe, thanks for the knuckle suggestion. The only problem is this: the butts I'm usually presented with are of the sort I'd really rather not touch.
How leh?
How about knuckle rings? Those horned/spiky ones...
I meant knuckle the back! Not the butt! Hahah! Those butts won't feel a thing! Go for the back! That's where it hurts! Hahaha!
Oh and like lbandit said, dun stick out finger lah! You might end up with a broken finger... use your KNUCKLES!!! YEAH!!!
Just met more of these 'pole-dancers' on the train again... sucks.
Sigh. Passive aggressiveness is alive and well in our society. (I would know; I'm guilty of it.)
If it causes you much angst, ask the offender not to lean on the pole and risk some staring and maybe some embarrassment. I would probably expect him or her to feign mock horror (oh yes I have seen this) and be prepared that that person will actually not do anything (oh the horror). But I dare say some Singaporeans are "meek" enough to actually comply with your request. Maybe if more people speak up, pole dancers will go away.
Okay, I was just dreaming there.
Or let's do it the "Singaporean" way and write to ST Forum. In response, there will be some chiding at such offensive behaviour from the men in white and when nothing happens, SMRT will be asked to make three-pole-in-one-whatchamacallit poles mandatory in all future train cabin designs. And voila, we have progress!
Oh, don't forget to send the photo.... They will love that photo.