what i encountered on the bus today
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I suppose in this senario.
The witness should in the first place, ask himself 'what i could have done for the pregnant lady to show graciousness is still around'
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U try asking all the pregnant ladies if It is enjoyable to get preg?Originally posted by eddyshinoda:moral of the story is
"dont get pregnent if you can't bare to stand for it"
Have to carry all the extra weight, leg pain. Cramps if stand for too long. Back aches, shoulder aches. Somemore have to tahan the big belly. Go ask yr mother whether it is enjoyable.
Next time dun make fun of pregnant ladies since all of us come from a mother. Let seats for them or point out to other people seating to let their seats. -
The mum-to-be didn't ask for a seat. The sad thing is that arrogance, selfishness and avarice have replaced grace and thoughtfulness in those seated commuters.Originally posted by eddyshinoda:moral of the story is
"dont get pregnent if you can't bare to stand for it"
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Sometime its not whether wan to give anot...for instance...once i was on the MRT while going back home from raffles place...there is this lady with child that board the train ar around newton-summerset area i cant remember while i was slping due to damn tired and listening to my MP3 at the same time...den when i saw her right in fornt of me when i woke up, i wanted to giv in the seat to her...but after i took out my MP3 earpiece...tmd straight away dun wan giv liaoz...trying to hint me that i SHOULD and i mean SHOULD giv the seat to her...the use of her words is insulting me...den i jus shout back at her....F*** u lar...wan seat dun giv attitude lar b***h...den she called her husband and trying to insult me again...this kind of ppl jus dun deserve the right to hav the seat...so what if u got baby and carry lots of stuffs...do u think ur manners is better than those that dun giv in to u
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haiz.. there are all sorts of ppl out there.. n everytime the kind ones bump into the nasty ones.. heard of this chinese saying "ren2 shan4 bei4 ren2 qi1, ma3 shan4 bei4 ren2 qi2"? loosely translated: kind ppl kena bullied by other ppl, kind horse kena ride by ppl.. which means, kind ppl r often taken advantage of... grrr... sch teaches us 2 be polite, then we bump into all sorts of ungracious ppl, want to be polite also dulanOriginally posted by xXhuskyXx:Sometime its not whether wan to give anot...for instance...once i was on the MRT while going back home from raffles place...there is this lady with child that board the train ar around newton-summerset area i cant remember while i was slping due to damn tired and listening to my MP3 at the same time...den when i saw her right in fornt of me when i woke up, i wanted to giv in the seat to her...but after i took out my MP3 earpiece...tmd straight away dun wan giv liaoz...trying to hint me that i SHOULD and i mean SHOULD giv the seat to her...the use of her words is insulting me...den i jus shout back at her....F*** u lar...wan seat dun giv attitude lar b***h...den she called her husband and trying to insult me again...this kind of ppl jus dun deserve the right to hav the seat...so what if u got baby and carry lots of stuffs...do u think ur manners is better than those that dun giv in to u 
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Car so expensive so jia lat pregant also gotta go squeeze bus, wait for bus and i even saw a family of 4 ( 2 adults and 2 kids. both babies ) and 1 baby in the stomache boarding the MRT. So many kids but be damn expensive. The malay couple so rich to have so many kids why don't want to buy a car?? umm....Originally posted by alan-:was taking a bus from katong to orchard this morning. there is this pregnant lady that's around 4-5 mths pregnant and boarded the same bus as me.
the bus was as usual crowded and we have to stand near entrance. the bad thing is, nobody seems to notice abt the pregnant lady. nobody gave her a seat. at the next stop, a guy sitting jus beside this pregnant lady alighted. and amazingly, a young, probably 20 something, abled body guy snatch her seat. and this pregnant lady was quite shock herself. i dont thk anybody notice what happened except the few of us around.
and the poor pregnant lady had to wait about 10 mins later, and several kilometres away before a 50 something year old auntie gave her a seat.
i wonder what had singaporeans becoming to? so much for the 4mil smiles, but a simple courtesy is forgotten. i wished the imf people saw this and how ungraceful we are.
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you see nowadays COE drop like machiam, someone jumping off the flat. but on the other side, the Car Price increase. therefor the price remain.Originally posted by Steve Irwin:Car so expensive so jia lat pregant also gotta go squeeze bus, wait for bus and i even saw a family of 4 ( 2 adults and 2 kids. both babies ) and 1 baby in the stomache boarding the MRT. So many kids but be damn expensive. The malay couple so rich to have so many kids why don't want to buy a car?? umm....
somemore must pay COE, Road Tax, Insurance, Parking, ERP, Season Parking, Petrol, Matain, Servicing. (what else did i miss out? hmm) -
Need to elaborate on the "size" of the lady...don't mean to be offensive.. but sometimes I have difficulty to differentiate whether the lady is pregnant..or overweight esp at 4-5 months pregnant.. which was why I sometimes do not give up the seat.. for the kiasee in me fears the embaressment...
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Why didn't u tell any 1 of abled body people to give up their seats for the pregnant lady??? And u turn a blind eye to it & let it pass like that??? And u come to the forum to complain??? In the worst case scenario, if everybody's like u, give way to cowardice, evil will flourish with ease.Originally posted by alan:was taking a bus from katong to orchard this morning. there is this pregnant lady that's around 4-5 mths pregnant and boarded the same bus as me.
the bus was as usual crowded and we have to stand near entrance. the bad thing is, nobody seems to notice abt the pregnant lady. nobody gave her a seat. at the next stop, a guy sitting jus beside this pregnant lady alighted. and amazingly, a young, probably 20 something, abled body guy snatch her seat. and this pregnant lady was quite shock herself. i dont thk anybody notice what happened except the few of us around.
and the poor pregnant lady had to wait about 10 mins later, and several kilometres away before a 50 something year old auntie gave her a seat.
i wonder what had singaporeans becoming to? so much for the 4mil smiles, but a simple courtesy is forgotten. i wished the imf people saw this and how ungraceful we are.
1 very good example: Before the start of WWII, Germany happily surrendered its voice to 1 man. Adolph Hitler came to power aided by the silence of people who could have spoken out, but did not.
"THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR EVIL TO FLOURISH IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING" - EDMUND BURKE -
Originally posted by Spirit of Fire:
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Why didn't u tell any 1 of abled body people to give up their seats for the pregnant lady??? And u turn a blind eye to it & let it pass like that??? And u come to the forum to complain??? In the worst case scenario, if everybody's like u, give way to cowardice, evil will flourish with ease.
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haven't encountered this so far, i have been giving up my seat when i can. But from ur above senario, I wouldn't know how to react as well. This is the other ugly side we ought to know that exist as wellOriginally posted by xXhuskyXx:Sometime its not whether wan to give anot...for instance...once i was on the MRT while going back home from raffles place...there is this lady with child that board the train ar around newton-summerset area i cant remember while i was slping due to damn tired and listening to my MP3 at the same time...den when i saw her right in fornt of me when i woke up, i wanted to giv in the seat to her...but after i took out my MP3 earpiece...tmd straight away dun wan giv liaoz...trying to hint me that i SHOULD and i mean SHOULD giv the seat to her...the use of her words is insulting me...den i jus shout back at her....F*** u lar...wan seat dun giv attitude lar b***h...den she called her husband and trying to insult me again...this kind of ppl jus dun deserve the right to hav the seat...so what if u got baby and carry lots of stuffs...do u think ur manners is better than those that dun giv in to u -
exchange insult lors...
...still telling her kids...grow up dun b like this...
i was thinking dun giv up seat when ppl dun insult u
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while i admit i do nth to hlp the lady, but im pretty sure i alws offer my seat if i an elderly or pregnant lady comes by.
for the debate of bus no, its 36. -
What happened to the hao gong ming we were taught during primary school!Originally posted by Kuali Baba:This mirrors the other thread about MRT commuters.
I've lost almost, if not all, faith in other young Singaporeans and the people who raised them. What happened to gracious behaviour? -
yah some women tend to have a stinky attitute. They tot as if people owe them and they deserve the right. I meet a lot of such people when working. Some customers demand good quality service, but they should think to themselve "are they themselve showing good manners, polite, courteous in the first place when speaking to the staffs initially?"Originally posted by xXhuskyXx:Sometime its not whether wan to give anot...for instance...once i was on the MRT while going back home from raffles place...there is this lady with child that board the train ar around newton-summerset area i cant remember while i was slping due to damn tired and listening to my MP3 at the same time...den when i saw her right in fornt of me when i woke up, i wanted to giv in the seat to her...but after i took out my MP3 earpiece...tmd straight away dun wan giv liaoz...trying to hint me that i SHOULD and i mean SHOULD giv the seat to her...the use of her words is insulting me...den i jus shout back at her....F*** u lar...wan seat dun giv attitude lar b***h...den she called her husband and trying to insult me again...this kind of ppl jus dun deserve the right to hav the seat...so what if u got baby and carry lots of stuffs...do u think ur manners is better than those that dun giv in to u -
this is definately wad i mean...Originally posted by Phoebie:yah some women tend to have a stinky attitute. They tot as if people owe them and they deserve the right. I meet a lot of such people when working. Some customers demand good quality service, but they should think to themselve "are they themselve showing good manners, polite, courteous in the first place when speaking to the staffs initially?"
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If you give up seat to these people, don't expect any "thank you"s. Sometimes, you'd really have to assess people by their faces before you extend acts of kindness.Originally posted by Phoebie:yah some women tend to have a stinky attitute. They tot as if people owe them and they deserve the right. I meet a lot of such people when working. Some customers demand good quality service, but they should think to themselve "are they themselve showing good manners, polite, courteous in the first place when speaking to the staffs initially?" -
Give up the seats not because they deserve it, we agree that it's not their reaction we are looking forward to recieve.
On our part, we display graciousness and was considerate onto needy regardless if they have stinking attitude or not.
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I believe that you do a good deed then others will do a good deed to you. So why wait, just offer them your seat. Your good deed will be repaid.. regardless whether how they look or what. You cant judge a personality by appearance.Originally posted by dracky:If you give up seat to these people, don't expect any "thank you"s. Sometimes, you'd really have to assess people by their faces before you extend acts of kindness.
But if they insult, give them a good scolding.
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you were slower than the 20+ guy and you had to defame him ?
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that time i gave this seat up to this "pregnant lady" den she stared at me for a few minutes before refusing.
den when i go hme and thought bout it.. Maybe she wasn;t preganant just a tad too overweight..
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i agree with everything u said except for the part when u mentioned this is a reflection of 4 mil singaporeans. how is the action of one man a direct representation of the entire population? how about the other kind acts that are going on in our society today?
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Originally posted by motoway:that time i gave this seat up to this "pregnant lady" den she stared at me for a few minutes before refusing.
den when i go hme and thought bout it.. Maybe she wasn;t preganant just a tad too overweight..
Seriously, I've actually had pregnant women politely reject my offer of a seat. Twice. One of them was heavily pregnant somemore.
Both cases I kept insisting until they finally sat down.
Until today I cannot figure out why they initially said no.