IT IS almost like a comical musical- chair routine, played out on Singapore's public-transport services. A passenger boards the bus or MRT train and rushes to occupy seats other than the priority seats, which are usually a different colour from regular ones. The 'slower' ones who get the priority seats had better give them up to pregnant, old or disabled people who board the bus after they do. Otherwise, they will be bombarded by disapproving stares from other commuters, who hope to force them to give up their seats.
This is something that I have seen happening often in the train. In the article, the writer also directed these questions to the readers, "Yet, has Singapore really become more gracious? Or have we merely shifted our civic responsibility to others?" I have witnessed inconsiderate commuters who still continues to sit at the priority seats despite having a pregnant lady just standing right in front of them. Honestly, I really want to know what they were thinking at the moment when they chose to ignore the lady who obviously needs the seat more than they do. I think that our government have tried hard to educate and promote the citizens regarding graciousness on MRTs but Singaporeans still has a lot to improve on when it comes to it.
source: http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Transport/Story/A1Story20100506-214540.html
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