Taking the Mass Rapid Transit(MRT) in the morning or even are normally more crowded due to people who are going to work or going home.
Most of us follow social etiquette and queue up to enter or exit the MRT. However, there are always those who refuse to queue and try to rush in or out of the MRT.
For many years netizens have been referring to this group of people as “MRT aunties”.
A netizen who was preparing for the morning’s rush hour said that he encountered “aunties” putting their bags at entrances to “chop” to guarantee that they will be able to enter the train instead of queueing.
The photo depicted not one not two but three tote bags.
Here is what the netizen said:
The man uploaded a photo on Facebook and said:
“Aunties never Q but instead place their bags to chop for a place to enter MRT for the 5.20 am train. Can meh? Mrt staffs never bother about this???“
The netizens expect staff to take action but the MRT station is a busy place, it is not possible for staff to monitor every single area of the platform. But we are sure the MRT staff are doing whatever they can.
The blame should be on those who behave irresponsibly in public and not on the working staff.
So many of them…
With many of us taking the MRT on a daily basis, there are always cases of a similar nature.
Below is a list of them: