Reserved MRT seats, everytime kena on youtube one.

Right guys, I know I said I would try to post a blog up every week.

Well here it is.

First of all, happy Friday to everyone #TGIF.

Second of all, grats to all those who did well for their MYE, and thankfully it wasn't Meet Your End.

For those who didn't do as well as they expected, work harder and all the best!!

So for today's post, it's going to be about..............public transport.

Well not exactly public transport in general but in specific.....the incident that happened a day or two back, I posted the video on twitter if you guys saw it. And it was about two Uncles arguing over a reserved seat. Now most of you have probably seen it. For those who haven't, go check out my twitter or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRUa6rg3dIo

So we know about another case where this auntie was scolding this Ah Lian for taking the reserved seat remember? In this case well....both were Uncles and both were acting like Ah Boys. Their men lah please act like Men like.

From Ah Boys to Men. Okay not funny.

So anyway...I know quite a few people are afraid of taking the reserve seats nowadays for fear of being scolded and put on youtube and going viral. That's actually a legit fear, because I myself also don't dare to sit on reserve seats now. In fact I stand up during train journeys unless I'm super tired and macam want peng san.

After this incident I think many people will think twice about sitting on reserved seats. No doubt there's no law against it but then again those seats were given priority to some people. Such as pregnant ladies, parents with small kids, injured people and of course, senior citizens. And tired students also, but not approved by gahmen yet that one.

I don't want to go into the details of who I think is wrong or right because there's no point. Both were somehow already wrong when they started arguing and cursing just over ONE reserved seat and it doesn't make sense. Plus there was already an empty seat beside it.

What I want to say is simple, next time when you're on the MRT, it doesn't matter which seat you take. It also doesn't matter who you give it up to. Singaporeans have been bred with the mindset that they have to give up their seats. And that's true, but most people do it out of guilt and fear of being looked upon as selfish and inconsiderate. I know it's good to give up seats but we have the wrong mindset of doing it.

People are giving up seats because they're afraid of being criticised as inconsiderate? Giving up seats should be an act of kindness, not an act of fear. That's just the wrong thinking and we won't go far with that. I know it's still a good act but we shouldn't be doing it for the sake of having to do it.

No, not at all. If you see anyone at all who you think needs the seat more than you do, give up your seat. Even if you're not taking the reserve seat, but just any seat, it's still good to give it up to someone who needs it more.

A lot of Singaporeans have this mindset that just because I'm not sitting on a reserved seat, it means I don't have to give it up because this is just a normal seat and not a reserved seat.

Bullshit.

The reserved seats were created to give priority no doubt, but shouldn't we also go pass that thought and understand that if a person really needs the seat more, giving it up to make their train ride more comfortable isn't so hard?

Many at times we Singaporeans go by the rules. If it's a reserved seat I'll give it up because reserved seats are meant for senior citizens and others who may need it. If it's not a reserved seat I have the right to continue sitting on it.

Uh......SMLJ?

So I just want to say again, when on MRT's or buses, if you see someone who really may need a seat, just give up yours to them. Even if you're sitting at the middle which totally isn't a reserved one, there's no harm in giving it up. And also Singaporeans can be very paiseh one ok. They will say things like “Dunnid lah dunnid lah”. But just give them the seat anyway. Don't be a total bodoh and sit down again. That one sure kena STOMP one. :P

Anyway thanks for reading as usual, and hope that you like this!

@livinginsg