I'm sure there are many of you out there who have encountered
the following acts of lacking basic courtesy in public places.
Sometimes i just wished that mediacorp can come up with a one-hour
program to teach Singaporeans and FTs staying in Sg step by step
what they should and should not do in public. It's pretty
embarassing to portray such an image to visitors from other
countries.
1. Rushing into MRT cabins before allowing passengers to alight
first
2. Cutting queue when boarding buses at bus terminal berths by
boarding through the side while people in the main queue are
still boarding
3. Standing on the right-hand side of escalators and blocking
people who wants to walk through (don't they know that if they want
to stand still just keep left?!)
4. Lying with back against metal pole handles in MRT
cabins, hindering passengers from holding onto the poles for
support which is the main purpose of the pole design
5. Creating inconvenience for bus/MRT passengers who
wants to take a seat, by
- sitting with legs wide open (sometimes not closing up even
when another passenger sat down beside him)
- putting stuffs on the seat beside him
- reading newspaper and opening it up widely
- sitting on the exterior seat on a crowded bus with interior
seat empty (for buses)
- sitting with half buttock on either side of 2 seats (for
MRTs)
I'm sure there are more, but i don't have time to make a full
list as i need to get back to work. Feel free to add on to the list
to share your common frustrations in the lack of basic courtesy and
consideration for others as exhibited by fellow singaporeans.
