Aghast!
Hmm... I met a really weird person on my way to church tuition last Sat. This was what happened...
As you guys who so often take the MRT would noe, imprinted on the floor of the platforms (of most train stations) near the tracks are the numerous yellow "Y"-shaped signs to mark out where the train doors would roughly be and to encourage us to stand according to where they are to enhance the efficiency of human flow in and out of the train.
Then there was this person (I shall call him Mr. A), who stood right in the middle of the "Y". For the rich people who don't take the MRT, the centre of the "Y" is supposedly allocated for the passengers to alight and leave the train. Well, that wasn't really a very big thing honestly, so Mr. A continued to happily stand in the middle of the "Y". But what was worse was that he was standing BEYOND the yellow line! I wanted to go up to him and pull him back (cos he's really endangering his own life, and others' too) but I didn't. I was thinking to myself, "The driver would definitely sound the horn at him later." But seriously, he looked so learned and educated (bespectacled and all), doesn't he understand simple Physics??
So when the train pulled into the station, lo and behold, the driver sounded the horn! And do you noe how much I dislike the MRT horns? They're always so stupidly loud and it never fails to give me a shock every time I hear it lah, no matter how 'prepared' I am. =P Anyways, that's not the worst thing. Mr. A didn't seem to think that the horn was directed at him and he actually turned to look around him to see who the perpetrator was. At that point in time, I really felt like going up to him and tell him, "Hey. That horn was for YOU." But I didn't. Hehe. And he was standing REALLY near the train lor...
In any case, when the train finally came to a stop, Mr. A hurriedly pushed himself even more forward (I can imagine his lips 'kissing' the windows of the train. Haha.) and when the train door opened, he charged in immediately and made his way towards the ONLY seat that was available. And it so happened that there was another middle-aged lady who was heading for the SAME seat as well. This lady, I presume, had just finished her grocery shopping since she was carrying a few filled NTUC plastic bags in both her hands. So guess what happened? Our dear Mr. A actually had the cheek to go past her and 'snatch' that seat away from her! I was totally digusted lor! I mean, can't he be a gentleman and give up his seat to those who need it more than him?? Seriously, what's the problem with him?!
Then... He did something which really made took the wind out of my sails... After he was comfortably seated down, he rummaged through his bag and fished out a book which was so disturbingly familiar. It was "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren... For those who dunno, that is a highly-recommended book among the Christian population. SO I presumed Mr. A is also a Christian and it's really revolting to see a fellow Christian behaving in such an uncivilised manner lah! =P
posted by LKY @ 11:17 am
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