I am going to
rant,
big time.Imagine this:
A
man -probably in his
mid twenties- with a
180m frame, suave and handsome sharp features and that *BLING BLING* million dollar smile (just think Christiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Kaka and maybe Fernendo Torres ) with toned muscles, broad shoulders and everything that shouts, "I am a DAMN FIT ATHELETE!", getting on a bus at around 7pm. Guess what? You are on that same bus too! He
looks at you with
bewitching eyes and you
literally melt instantly. As he
takes his seat next to the exit, you cannot help but notice his distinct
abs imprinted on his thin, tight shirt. No doubt, a charming man like him would have a first-rate fashion sense.
shuai ah!
Of course, in order to have such a great view of this Narcissus-reincarnate; you don’t have a seat and is desperately trying to keep your balance with that yellow, pathetic slippery pole.
After minutes (
that always seem like hours) of electrocution from those
lady-killer’s eyes, you see an elderly man-
scrawny and frail with stick-like limbs and a head of white hair- from the corner of your eye who gets on that same bus, but all you can think of is whether the air-conditioner of the bus is working as the temperature of your surroundings (but most likely it’s just
YOU) rises.
Fortunately, even as you are pathetically attracted to that
heartthrob, the
pain shown on the elderly man’s face as he struggles to on the bus does not escape your eye and swiftly, your thoughts move towards a rhetorical question-
Will this macho man give up his life-saving seat to this fragile grandpa?And with that, you answer yourself- Of course! He’s so
perfect!
Eagerly, as you watch, wincing and cringing, the
delicate old man with baggage that he can barely carry stagger to stand coincidentally next to
comfortably-sitting-down-in-his-very-own-seat macho man.
Disappointingly, all that macho man can do is just
blink, blink and stare at old man accusingly as though old man is a plague to his magnetism.
Ouch! Your
heart shatters to a million shards and pieces… All that you have believed in is now proven
WRONG in your face… Suddenly, the world seems so
cold...
Okay, now let us get to the bloody point.I am
!@#% pissed with the way some
BLACK-SHEEP SINGAPOREANS are behaving. It
does matter if you are earning a 5-figure (or 6 or 7 of 8…) pay, if you are the fastest person in Singapore, if you are the tallest Singaporean, if you have the most complex brain… What matters is
YOUR BEHAVIOUR that quantifies for
YOUR CHARISMA.
Maybe the above story is too exaggerated, but what I witnessed today on bus 73 wasn’t too unlike.
A man in branded apparels sitting beside his head-turning girlfriend turned a bloody blind eye to this feeble old man standing next to him who, I am very confident, has arthritis. (I know because my dear grandfather suffers from it)
Trust me, I even saw that bastard give the old man a disgusted look.To further aggravate the situation,
NOBODY ELSE GAVE UP HIS/HER SEAT TO THAT POOR OLD MAN!For your most information, (
if you haven’t realized by now)
ALL the seats were taken up and I wasn’t sitting.
If you were to ask me, so why didn’t you do anything to help that old man, I would admit to you that I was being a
coward. Singaporean being Singaporean, we don’t really like to meddle with other’s businesses; what’s more meddle with someone who was older and stronger.
Honestly, I’d prefer if you stick to the
main picture.
(You know, the
old man and
inconsiderate bastard)
So folks, next time if you are on a bus, PLEASE GIVE UP YOUR SEAT TO AN ELDERLY PERSON OR SCOLD SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T ***ONLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SEAT YOURSELF***
By the way,
PCK was on that bus with Rosie and apparently that bastard didn’t see that green poster either. -shrugs
Relate links:1.
Straits Times: 'Fine youngsters who don't give up their seats for the elderly'2.
Stomp Article: 'I will not give up my seat to elderly people and pregnant women in trains'3.
AsiaOneNews: 'Want someone else's seat on the train or bus? Just ask' Unrelated links:1.
Monkey at Marsiling MRT station2.
No Pants 2k8(this^one's INTERESTING! :D)
3.
Ugly Singapore Exposed
