"Face off on Bus gets ugly EGG ATTACK!" (TNP, 14 Dec 2007)
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i dont care what you typed.Originally posted by BusSpeeder:so you mean that the singaporean woman deserves to block the other woman from alighting and to be hit with eggs? the other woman did not do anything except to tell her that what she's spraying affected her and shouting at her after this incident happened?
but still, down with PRCs!!!
singkapolean wan sui!~ -
FACE-OFF ON BUS GETS UGLY
EGG ATTACK!
Female commuter's spray annoys passenger in front
Confrontation ends with one smashing eggs on the other
YOU could say that one woman egged the other on and neither would chicken out until one literally ended up with egg on her face.
By Hedy Khoo
15 December 2007
YOU could say that one woman egged the other on and neither would chicken out until one literally ended up with egg on her face.
This was what happened in an unusual fight between two female passengers onboard an SBS Transit bus yesterday.
It started with an exchange of words and ended with one of them swinging and smashing a plastic bag containing eggs at the other.
BROKEN SPECTACLES
The impact damaged more than the victim's pride. It also broke her pair of spectacles in two and bruised her face.
The police were later called in.
This incident took place yesterday morning as SBS Bus Service 65 was travelling along Bedok Reservoir Road.
The bus captain, Mr Thanabalan Subramaniam, 34, said that he was first alerted to the problem when he heard a woman shouting near the exit door of the bus.
According to some passengers, the incident was sparked by a middle-aged woman who was apparently using a spray on herself.
The spray affected a younger woman sitting in front of her and, when the latter confronted her, the older woman became upset.
She allegedly stuck out her leg to block the younger woman as she got up to alight.
A quarrel then erupted.
Mr Subramaniam said: 'I looked at the rearview mirror to see who it was.
'The next moment, I saw a middle-aged woman stand up from her seat and smash a plastic bag containing eggs against the head of a young woman who was standing at the exit.'
He described the aggressor as a plump woman who appeared to be in her 40s. The victim was a slim young woman in her 20s.
'The older woman swung her plastic bag and used it to hit the young woman at least two to three times,' he added.
The victim, he said, tried to block the blows with her arms, but to no avail.
Mr Subramanium stopped at the next bus-stop near Block 745 at Bedok Reservoir Road and rushed to the women to stop the fight.
It was 6.45am then.
'My first instinct was to check the young woman to see if she was injured. She was not bleeding, but she had egg running down the left side of her head and her T-shirt, and egg shells were stuck all over her,' he said.
'Her glasses were broken at the nose peg into two pieces. She had picked up one side, but couldn't find the other half.'
The attack left a trail of eggs near the exit, on the ceiling of the lower deck, the stairway and a window.
Mr Subramaniam said: 'I stepped between them and told them to stop fighting.'
But his words went unheeded as the women continued shouting at each other.
Mr Subramaniam said he did not understand their heated exchange as they spoke in Mandarin.
At one point, however, he heard the older woman shout in English: 'Why should I be scared, I'm Singaporean!'
Mr Subramaniam later found out that the younger woman was a Chinese national. She was with a female friend, who called the police on her handphone.
There were about 50 passengers on board, with about 20 on the lower deck, at the time.
Mr Subramaniam said: 'The other passengers were so shocked and frightened they quickly moved to the back and stood there.'
He had informed the control station by then and allowed the other passengers to alight and transfer to another bus.
The older woman then returned to her seat near the exit door.
FRIGHTENED
'She seemed to calm down when she realised the police were on their way. She even seemed frightened,' he recalled.
She had boarded the bus at Orchard Road and he had recognised her as he often saw her on his bus.
The younger woman, who was dressed in an orange T-shirt and jeans, continued to shout angrily at her assailant.
'The older woman suddenly apologised to the young woman. She said 'sorry' in English once,' Mr Subramaniam said.
But what she did next in an apparent attempt to appease the young woman backfired.
Mr Subramanium recounted: 'I saw her take out $10 from her wallet and offer it to the young woman who got even more upset.
'She shouted at her even more fiercely while the older woman just kept quiet.
'She then put the money back into her wallet.
'The young woman looked so angry that even her friend did not dare to stand near her. Instead, she stood beside me while waiting for the police to arrive.'
Mr Subramaniam said he was concerned about handling the situation when the attack occurred.
'I was worried about the other passengers. It was almost peak hour and people were rushing to go to school and to work. I'm glad nobody else got hurt,' he said.
'It wasn't funny at that time, but now when I think about it, it looked like a movie scene. I have never seen people in real life fighting with eggs.'
The police said they received a call around 6.50am informing them of a dispute between two women on a bus along Bedok Reservoir Road.
When they arrived, they advised the two women to keep the peace and they complied.
FIRST TIME
Ms Tammy Tan, director of corporate communications, SBS Transit, said that while there have been fights onboard SBS buses, this is the first time that eggs were used.
She added that such incidents inconvenience passengers by disrupting their trips. The bus also had to be taken off service to be cleaned.
She said: 'The eggs were thrown with such force that they splattered all over the ceiling, seats and floor. We have had to take the bus off service to clean it.
'We realise that people do crazy things when they are angry, but this one takes the cake.'
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the younger fella should bear the smell of the spray or something instead of confronting leh.damn dumb.
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And utter rubbish continues to be spouted...
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not lyk i nvr smell the stench of bangla for the whole journey from WRI to sch...Originally posted by JJxJJ:the younger fella should bear the smell of the spray or something instead of confronting leh.damn dumb. -
Too many goondoos on the road now this happen inside a bus.What's gonna happen next?Passenger throw char kway tiew at other faces
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so you support more people to throw eggs or to do what they aren't supposed to do?Originally posted by sinicker:i dont care what you typed.
but still, down with PRCs!!!
singkapolean wan sui!~ -
i find this a racist commentOriginally posted by nenepokey:not lyk i nvr smell the stench of bangla for the whole journey from WRI to sch... -
Singaporeans r rude.
i have a term for these kind of shameful singaporeans
sillyporeans
just he other day a young banker sort of guy sat in da 64 scania. put his bag on seat. old lady come prob him wake him up. he go Hong Kong crazy man. say want alight next stop.
banker bag rude man want to alight leo, the old lady confront the young banker guy. he retorts back rudely. old man n ME scold him same word. rude . not polite. the guy wanted to confront us three. another woamn throw missile. 4 against one. the poor guy alighted being criticized by 4 people at once.
i was so pissed. the old lady say thanks to us. we continue chatting abt how rude young Singaporeans are on the 64 bus
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that auntie was really v unreasonable.
wahlew.. hurt ple like that still wana compensate her $10?
so wat if she's PRC? In this situation, that auntie was too much! -
bbdep bus.Originally posted by ^tamago^: -
Wah, now even eggs are not spared as "weapon"! Next? Pouring coke at the victim?
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auntie's fault la, but the china gal shd be more tolerant ma..
haiz..
in bus got alot of ah siao one..
me see more not weird. -
Anyway that was a poor waste of potential chai tow kuay/omelette/sambal telur/chawanmushi.
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You better watch your words. I am absolutely shocked with your comments especially from a fellow bus spotter. One bad PRC doesn't mean the rest are bad. We, Singaporeans are not angels as well.Originally posted by sinicker:i dont care what you typed.
but still, down with PRCs!!!
singkapolean wan sui!~
You deserved a TIGHT SLAP on your face. -
omg.. its damn smelly one leh.. the younger one damn sad.. freaking stinky sia cracked eggs..
and the bus is gonna stink too.. the stench is really intolerable..
but seriously, this kind of thing both parties also got wrong one la.. one cannot tahan smell, one cannot tahan kaobei, den hong gan lo.. -
Originally posted by ZYX2005:Singaporeans r rude.
i have a term for these kind of shameful singaporeans
sillyporeans
just he other day a young banker sort of guy sat in da 64 scania. put his bag on seat. old lady come prob him wake him up. he go Hong Kong crazy man. say want alight next stop.
banker bag rude man want to alight leo, the old lady confront the young banker guy. he retorts back rudely. old man n ME scold him same word. rude . not polite. the guy wanted to confront us three. another woamn throw missile. 4 against one. the poor guy alighted being criticized by 4 people at once.
i was so pissed. the old lady say thanks to us. we continue chatting abt how rude young Singaporeans are on the 64 bus
ZYX
Agreed with Dr ZYX,More and more Sillyporeans are rude nowadays especially the highly educated ones(No offense).These assholes deserved to be stomp by elephant foot -
there is no use saying all this. ultimately, both are at fault. lodge police report also no use.Originally posted by Airbus330Captain:You better watch your words. I am absolutely shocked with your comments especially from a fellow bus spotter. One bad PRC doesn't mean the rest are bad. We, Singaporeans are not angels as well.
You deserved a TIGHT SLAP on your face.
but yes, with the ever increasing influx of PRCs, i cant take it anymore. i dont feel singaporean anymore. 'nuff said. say what you want. i dont hold grudges one.
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If you don't constantly upgrade yourself, of course you would feel that PRCs are winning you.Originally posted by sinicker:there is no use saying all this. ultimately, both are at fault. lodge police report also no use.
but yes, with the ever increasing influx of PRCs, i cant take it anymore. i dont feel singaporean anymore. 'nuff said. say what you want. i dont hold grudges one. -
Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Good thing the eggs weren't hard boiled. Otherwise, there would have been fatalities.
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hope we see you'll upgrade yourself to what level. some God-complex?Originally posted by Oceane:If you don't constantly upgrade yourself, of course you would feel that PRCs are winning you. -
how are both are fault? read the whole thing carefully, not only did the PRC's pride was damaged, her spectacles broke as well and her face was bruised. the PRC can already demand for compensationOriginally posted by sinicker:there is no use saying all this. ultimately, both are at fault. lodge police report also no use.
but yes, with the ever increasing influx of PRCs, i cant take it anymore. i dont feel singaporean anymore. 'nuff said. say what you want. i dont hold grudges one. -
it takes two hands to clap.Originally posted by BusSpeeder:how are both are fault? read the whole thing carefully, not only did the PRC's pride was damaged, her spectacles broke as well and her face was bruised. the PRC can already demand for compensation -
Reminded me of my school teacher.Originally posted by Y_Shun:it takes two hands to clap. -
i am a clone and i am not welcomed here