I did it again!
The trains were particularly crowded in the West Side yesterday. I arrived at Jurong East on the North Line and was greeted by an enormous throng of people jostling to enter the train. As usual, they were ignoring the yellow lines.
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The doors opened and they started to pour into the train, oblivious to the passengers trying to get out. "Heh heh", I told myself. I stuck out my elbows and elbowed the first person unlucky enough to be in my way.
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On the platform, my friend was hopping mad. "Did you know the lady whom you elbowed actually went ‘Tsk’ just now?"
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"Ha ha", I said, "that’s very good!"
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Hopefully she will rub her bruise and think about why she got elbowed in the first place. On the other hand, she might have rubbed her bruise and thought about how ungracious Singaporeans could be by not giving way, instead elbowing her when she tried to board the train.
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In that case, I propose a new culture of sticking out one’s elbows when disembarking the train.
