He's right. The father was trying to be difficult, and is
equally at fault as the China bus driver.
I would like to offer the other side of the story since I was
on the bus and happened to witness the incident when it occured .
As mentioned in the news report, it started off with a fare dispute
between the father and the driver near Khatib. The driver mentioned
that the kid has past the height limit which entitles for a free
ride and requested that he should make the payments. The father
refused and insisted the driver to communicate with him in English.
Seeing the situation, one of the passengers actually offered to
help translate what the bus driver is saying for the father, but
the father told the passenger not to translate and it’s the
driver’s job to communicate with him. I then decided to alight as
the whole situation is holding up my time. From what I have
observed, like many comments here were pointing out, the driver
should have been better trained in his English proficiency.
However, I think that’s where the driver’s fault end. By turning
down other passenger’s offer to help him translate what the driver
is trying to convey, the father was obviously trying to be
difficult. If he had really wanted to solve the issue, he would
have tried to communicate properly with the driver through the help
offered, but he didn’t. Personally, I also think that the driver is
just doing his job, and has the rights to refuse to continue with
the journey in the event there is a fare cheat. And in this case, I
do not know whether the father tried to cheat the fare, but one
thing for sure is that this issue will be resolved faster should
the father have co-operated and not try to be difficult and holding
up the time of all the other passengers onboard.
http://mothership.sg/2017/07/fellow-commuter-on-service-969-offers-another-side-of-story-defending-smrt-bus-captain/
http://redwiretimes.com/singapore-in-brief/bus-fare-dispute-witness-says-parent-stopped-passenger-from-helping-driver-translate-possibly-to-cheat-fare/
