So yeah, I haven't been writing much. Or it's been in separated spurts of mad typing. I figure that a bo-liao free willed post in 10mins in the train couldn't hurt. After all the Internet is about content and any content is better than no content - quite unlike what people say about shutting up when there's nothing good to say. Or at least it'll keep me occupied on the way to work.
If anyone read the last post, he/she will realise that I am affected about how unkind or uncivil people in Singapore have become. Everyone seems to looking out for themselves and oblivious to the needs of others. Someone (Twitter handle @Dustygirl) responded to my tweet about no one giving up their seat in the train to a man on crutches in this way:
"@gurms ppl have e right to remain in their seat as everyone paid fares. It should only be offered out of goodwill or by polite request."
I replied that logic meant the MRT needed to have seats available to all passengers. Everyone pays a fare, don't we all deserve the same on-board experience? Maybe the bit about goodwill or polite request is part of someone being kind and thoughtful. But it's a stretch. What happened to people opening doors for someone carrying bags, holding lift doors open, being patient with an older person? Basically helping someone else. (And perhaps not blaring one's car horn at the slightest hold up.)
Civility, that's what I'm asking for. Isn't that what makes a mature society? There's still a place for it in ever-changing Singapore right?
Or am I turning into a grumpy old man complaining about youngsters? Yikes.
(Time to switch lines. Just in time. )
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