SEE HOW INCONSIDERATE, UNREASONABLE AND SELFISH THESE PEOPLE CAN BE . . . . .
Contrary to what her husband had posted, I was not the one who was telling lies. What I had posted in Facebook was nothing but the truth. There was indeed no empty seat at the point of time as I entered and walked from one end of the two rows of seats to that reserved seat in question. If indeed there were other empty seats as claimed by her husband, Jenny, as the person that she was, would not have asked her wife for the seat that was reserved for seniors and other physically challenged people which their son’s legs had invaded into. We must not tell lies and we must have a clean conscience of the facts.
I do not think that it is a matter of right or wrong for her son to take up one seat whether or not he has a ticket. To have her son’s legs invading into one third of the space of the seat that is reserved for seniors and other physically challenged people and refusing to budge, is a blatant disregard of consideration to seniors and other physically challenged people. It is all simply a matter of showing graciousness, consideration and courtesy to fellow commuters. It is up to a person’s generosity and choice whether she wants to be gracious or not. A good example of graciousness that I have ever encountered is seeing three little children taking up only two seats and thus freeing one seat for someone who needs it more than they do.
My husband said, to quote: “If they are Singaporeans they are being ungracious. However, if they are foreigners, we will forgive them.”
There was no point to reason with such unreasonable people in the train and to avoid an ugly confrontation seeing how aggressive they were and I was only a single helpless lady, what more could I do under such circumstances, then to take a picture.
Contrary to what her husband said, I had no malicious intention in taking the picture. It was a rare sight that I could not miss – a couple sitting with the wife carrying a small child whose legs had invaded into the seat reserved for seniors and other physically challenged people and who adamantly refused to move their son’s legs to allow a senior to sit. It was indeed a rare picture that one would not chance upon again in the next 100, 200 years or more. A picture tells a thousand words.
Feeling disgusted and just before exiting the train, I have taken the picture to show to my great grandniece, grandnieces and grandnephews to inculcate in them a right sense of graciousness, consideration and courtesy to all mankind. And I am pleased with the over 90% of positive responses from so many people who are able to view things in the right perspective. A very big thank you to all these people for sharing their point of view. I certainly appreciate your invaluable responses which are very encouraging.
My post is to get feedback and opinion from the public. Now that I have got what I want I am satisfied. I do not wish to waste my precious time on this matter anymore as what I have posted is the truth.
Source: Whing Jenny
