Bus Ethics

I did a previous post on MRT ethics previously. Let's just do another for our affable bus services. Taking a bus to work is nothing less than a daily chore, something better than slavery. On my daily escapades, I made several realisations, the gist of which is that some Singaporeans are monsters:

1. These people have 'larger-than-normal' butts that overflows onto 2 seats.
2. These people have thick fur coats.

As to why I made such conclusions? Please do allow me to elaborate. Our bus seating usually has 2 seats in a row i.e 2 person can sit together. Somehow, the number of seats get decreased tremendously when there are the people who:

• Have such big ***** that they have to spread their legs so wide.
• Have luggage as heavy as 1kg that they need to place on the adjacent seat.

Why thick fur coats then? I believe i'm not alone in witnessing that the 2 air-con holes will most probably be pointing at only 1 person. 1 person requires 2 air-holes at full blast to be kept sufficiently cool?? And worse of all, when the neighbour switches 1 over to his/her side, the former will immediately switch both back to facing him/her again.

On a better note, something good did come out from my daily bus trips. Just a few days back, I witnessed someone giving up his seat to an elderly lady. I felt comforted. And no, I was not in a position to give up mine, I was firmly lodged right at the last row window seat, that had been my permanent seat for 2 weeks straight. Some anti-climax here, the volunteer was non-surprisingly not a Singaporean. It was a caucasian who had lodged himself comfortably with his bags packed around him and who was conscientiously reading a book. When the elderly lady walked in, people suddenly became tired and dozed off; people suddenly had smses gushing in and phone calls ringing non-stop; This caucasian immediately stood up and offered his when everyone else did the opposite. Learn well fellow Singaporeans!!!

Till later...