Guy refuses to give up seat....

Something "common" you might read about once in a while in STOMP.

"Guy refuses to give up seat even after I yell at him"

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/ugly_commuters/309372/guy_refuses_to_give_up_seat_even_after_i_yell_at_him.html

First thing that came into my mind. Wa. After being "YELL", still refused to give up seat leh. Power. Must have more things behind this incident.

Then I think deeper. I ask myself. If I was the one got yell at, will I still give up my seat? Answer: Yes of course, but not without yelling LOUDLY back at him: "Give up give up la! Need to shout so loud anot. You think I deaf ah? Or is it you deaf you cannot hear yourself talk. Do you need a microphone?"

Haha. Just joking. I'm a soft-spoken girl. I won't have the guts to fight back even though I've been bullied in public. But that idea sounds great though, isn't it? Hehe.

So. I'm not here telling you the guy shouting is wrong, or the guy insisted on sticking his butt on the seat is wrong. Something DIFFERENT came into my mind, as usual:

1) The standing man shouted at the sitting man to give up the seat for the elderly, does the elderly NEED the seat int he first place or not?

2) Lets if we "assume" the elderly need the seat, but won't it be better if you ask the elderly if the seat s needed? Maybe the elderly have been "decaying" at home for quite sometime, and now he/she is out for some "exercise", how do you know? Or maybe the elderly is getting down after a few stops and he/she feels that there is no need for shifting around, and in the meantime do some exercise so that their bones is more used?

3) IF, the elderly really need the seat, can't the elderly open his/her mouth to ask for his/her own? Why do you have to take a look on the white hair on his/her head and decide for him/her that he/she "need" the seat? Do you go around and decide for the public who need the toilet and who don't?

4) We shouldn't "pamper" others too much. If you need something, can't you open your own mouth and ask for it politely, instead of standing there and have that "pathetic" look and hOpE someone will see you and give up their seat, and if they "pretend" not to see, you stand there make "monkey" faces and feel upset about it? Won't opening your mouth to talk much easier and FASTER?? If I am pregnant, I board up the bus or MRT, if I feel I need a seat, I just go to the nearest seat, make sure the person does not have a tummy bigger than mine, and ask nicely: "May I have the seat?" If the seat is given to me, I will smile sweetly and happily and thank the person from deep inside my heart, and most importantly, APPRECIATE it instead of treating it as I own the place, or I by right should have the seat.

5) How do you know the person you are shouting at, need the seat MORE than the elderly? Maybe the person is sick? Fainting soon? Stomach cramp? Vomiting? You want to be responsible to clean the sick person up?

Some monkeys can't see my point of view, will "insist" that I don't know what is going on to write a composition about a topic. THINK. Don't you feel that my blog is on the GENERAL side of the topic? What is the MAIN thing I have been trying to put across on EVERY post on my blog? FIND OUT THE FULL WHOLE STORY BEFORE YOU COME OUT WITH A JUDGEMENT! And that doesn't mean that passing judgements is a right thing in the first place. You shouldn't judge right from the beginning!! If any of the monkeys bother to use the brain more, he/she will be able to see that, what I am trying to bring out in all my posts, is that sometimes things are totally different from what most of the normal people assume. There are things happening "behind" which people chose not to find out, or just chose to believe in "facts" he/she chooses to believe in.

Going back to the "main" topic. Yelling at the guy, hello, is that the ONLY seat on the bus? Only YELLOW seats elderlys can sit, others not seats ah?? Sigh.

Referring back to the comments left at STOMP, some of them I agree, some are just made me roll on the floor and laugh.

steed9210 said: "Why you make your wife pregnant. Next time buy a car first and then only make your wife pregnant"

*Fainted* So only the rich can make love, and the poor cannot? And does that also means that only the rich can fall in love and get married, and the poor cant? So is the cOmMeNtOr from a f***ing rich family? Readers! Attention! Find out who he is and go rob his house!! Hahaha~ *roll on the floor*

Supergrover said something I agree: "Yes, no matter who is right or wrong, Singaporeans have to learn to be firm but not rude. Don't jump to conclusions and no one has a right to order or shout at another. Don't talk about extreme cases lah. Should attempt to inform those seated that there is someone else who needs the seat more than them. If any bugger don't talk to me nicely but screams when wants my attention, I'll be damn TL also loh."

Summary? TALK NICELY LA! WHERE'S YOUR MANNERS?

Sigh..

As usual, a video for you to enjoy. A funny SBS bus advertisement. The unhappy people should do this in bus more often, perhaps Singaporeans will be much happier =P



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