This morning, for the first time in my entire life of taking
train, I experienced a breakdown in the air-con of the train.
And hey presto, the breakdown took place in none other than an NEL
train run by the "venerable" SBS Transit...
which harks back to the time when many a times, many poor commuters
had and still have to put up with faulty air-con systems in SBS
buses in the humid and hot weather of Singapore...
which makes me wonder if this is not a side-effect of SBS'
cost-cutting policy, or perhaps...
IT BOILS DOWN TO PLAIN INCOMPETENCE.
And whoa, I just realised I'm paying more to take the NEL...OUT OF
NO CHOICE because some smart aleck at LTA:
(1) miscalculated the ridership of the NEL; and
(2) thought having a "dirverless" system = innovation and
progress.