Originally posted by mancha:
I notice too that the escalators move more people faster with two
abrea5t when there is a surge of people.
When the traffic is sparse, using only half of the escalator is no
problem.
Also to adopt the stand left rule in a tropical country is to ape
the west. In temperate countries, people move briskly to beat the
cold. There are as many people who stand as there are people who
move on escalators. Therefore they have the stand on the left
rule.
In tropical Singapore, people go the easy way, like why run, when
you can walk, why walk when you can ride.
Those who are late and those who like to rush, are very few indeed.
And lo ! they expect the greater portion of the population to stand
aside for them!
Our media are staffed with people who are schooled in the west, and
they supported the call for the stand right rule with their
biasness. I noticed they printed a number of letters
[b]for, before they print one letter
against. The stand left rule was then introduced
on a trial basis, and then left as it is. This is one rule that was
introduced without taking the local context into consideration.
Aptly it is aping the west.
Our MRT system is used NATION WIDE, not only in the CITY, by people
of all walks of life, for all purposes, all through the operation
hours. Not mainly for commuting to and fro from work. Therefore we
will see aunties, grannies, ah peks, students, couples, etc.
Tsk Tsk, and the few idiots who are late and
kancheong want all others to stand aside for them.
Furthermore most of the escalators are not that long anyway.
So what if you missed a train by seconds. Take the next
train.
But no, they start thinking "If only..." and begin to curse and
swear at others. Who is the idiot now?
If you missed a train by a minute, you would guai guai take the
next train.
The diff is only in your mentality.[/b]
i only adopt the fast pace win the race. fast pace definitely
win u alot of previous time as u r fast ahead of the crowd, u will
catch the train less crowd comparing to missing the train n
squeezing wif more crowd.
