My 5 Major Pet Peeves In Public Transport Rides

5 Major Pet Peeves In Public Transport Rides

Every single day, I join the crazy crowd of humans jumping in and out of trains AND who also enjoy being squashed in between MRT and bus doors. All these are in desperate attempt to make it to work on time or just to make it to work 5 minutes earlier so that they can scurry to the pantry to make a cup of instant coffee.

Morning peak hours are horrible. This does not only imply to Singapore of course. I bet it is the same in ANY OTHER PART OF THE UNIVERSE! Even aliens experience this I betcha.

Watch this:

How to load people on a train in Japan

Sayonara!

And we Singaporeans thought that not getting to sit in the MRT was bad?

When the crowd subsides, I usually get to enjoy a seat all to myself (only in 1 unfortunate case a pregnant lady hops into the train and stares at everyone who is seated so I HAD to give up my million dollar seat).When I get to sit, usually I end up with bitch assed people. People like...

1) The Peeping Tom

Have you met Tom? (source)

Profile: Generally guys who loves to oogle at :
a) girls' cleavage when they stand and you are seating
b) your mypaper or Today newspapers
c) what you are typing/playing on your phones

Sometimes the girls do b) and c) too! No denying.

2) The Can-Can guys

Yeehaa! (source)

Profile: Guys who sit and open/spread/their legs so wide that they actually occupy 1/4 of the SEAT NEXT TO THEM.

Easily said is that these guys only leave me with 3/4 of a seat! I'm a girl! So does it mean I am only entitled to a smaller seat!? And these guys, are not the big guys. Big guys are SO CONSIDERATE compared these can-can guys who purposely does that to what? show/prove that they GOT A BIG PACKAGE down there? I have no idea. Tie up your legs!

3) The Broad Bulldozers shoulders

My ex. Ex-idol, The Rock (source)

Profile: Macho guys with shoulders and chest that make girls go whoah but...

When you sit next to them, your shoulder touches his shoulder and oh my god that is so freaky. Touching shoulders with strangers (albeit a hot one) but this doesn't count! This decreases my comfort level. I don't want rub shoulders with total strangers thank you.

4) The Sleeping Concert Goer

 ZZzz-ing (source)

Profile: Anyone who ends up sleeping in buses or trains and have the tendency to sway they heads left and right or swirl their heads around (like in trance, but with sleep-mode) in circle before...get this...landing on YOUR SHOULDERS!

My reaction will be euh euw go away, get your stinking head of me, and try to give the annoyed look when people are looking at you but actually you are just damn paiseh thanks to that guy next to you la.

This is a common phenomena and the Japanese take it seriously.

[edited] Subway Hat : comes with a message (yellow card) to wake up the passenger when it is her stop (source)

5) The Walking Boom box

Doche doche doched! (source)

Profile: Anyone who blasts their MP3 so loud that their music leaks from their headphones for the entire bus! or train! to hear.

It is amazing how they can afford to waste their hearing at a young age. If there are campaigns like "Live It Up without Light Up" (discourage smoking among youths) they should also have "Live without Blasting your Headphones". Youths now days. Tsk Tsk!

This also applies to mat and minahs/ beng and lians who plays their MP3 on loud speakers! FTW who wants to listen to your songs.

random picture: this is epic omg!!! LOL!!!

Have you been in either one of the situation before? Or are you one of them?!


xoxo
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