Cranky Old Man

I think I am getting more and more cranky as I become older. I’ve so many things that I can complain about nowadays. Time to compile lists. Today’s edition is about Singapore’s transportation system:

• SMRT officer fines a lady $30 for eating sweets on the train. I believe somebody does not understand the rationale behind the ban on not eating in stations and trains. Of course, nothing is wrong by doing his work, but sometimes, some intelligence might be helpful.
  • By the way, Mr Roger Foo, Station Master of Yishun, said “If everyone were to say they have to take sweets because they are thirsty or giddy, where are we going to draw a line?” That was just much information. Not that I agree with you giving that lady a summon, but you should just say that she could appeal to LTA if she did not agree with the summon and leave. You earn no extra bonus for being a bastard doing your job blindly you know.
  • Lo and behold~! Earlier on (2:42 onwards), Roger could draw a line~!!! (for a lady who was drinking water for her medication)
  • 500 enforcement officers? Why not employ 1 ISE engineer and try improving the congestion commuters face even during off-peak hours?
• Don’t understand why some commuters can stand on the right side of the elevator and jam up the whole length behind him/her.
  • Been wanting to print some name card size reminders to raise the awareness of the inconvenience that person has caused. But this is on my super low priority list of social experiments.
  • Hong Kong and Beijing didn’t have such problem.
• Don’t like people who refuse to move to the back of the bus or in the middle portion of the train.
  • I’d suggest that you give yourself more breathing room by moving to the back of the bus or the middle portion of the train once you board either congested vehicle. Might need some squeezing, but nobody can fault you for doing the right thing.
• People who have loud ringtones or likes to share their music taste with the world by playing their music collection loud are why handphone manufacturers should not add loud speakers to their phones.
  • This is not allowed in Canada. At least the playing music loudly part.
• Smokers who think they are smart in smoking right next to the bus stops are just inconsiderate and selfish brats who wants the world to die with them.
  • We should further increase the smoke-free area and ban smoking at a 5 meter distance away from any smoke-free area. Such is implemented in Canada where no one is to smoke at a specific distance from the entrance of a building.