Senior Citizens in Singapore seems to have an ‘entitled’ mindset
Incident happened at Jurong East MRT station during peak hours that left a netizen astonished and perplexed. A woman, approximately 60 years of age, decided to cut the queue and board the MRT train without any regard for the passengers who were already waiting their turn.
What set this incident apart, however, was her audacious attempt to reserve a seat designated for people with special needs, using nothing more than her bag.
What happened according to the netizen
As the doors of the MRT train opened, the passengers inside disembarked in an orderly fashion.
However, the elderly lady showed no consideration and squeezed her way onto the train before anyone had a chance to alight. This act alone was enough to raise eyebrows and elicit disapproving glances from those present.
When confronted by the netizen who questioned the propriety of her actions, the lady’s response was far from apologetic.
In a mumbled tone to her colleague, she stated that the seat belonged to the “older” people, making the netizen think that this was how she was essentially implying that her age granted her the privilege to disregard the rules and common courtesy.
The post by the netizen
Was at JE MRT about off-work hour 6.15pm, queueing to board the MRT when this auntie abt 60yo cut right to the front and middle of the doors. I was couple of people behind, so couldn’t call her out without shouting, so I kept quiet. When doors opened, the auntie didn’t let ppl out first and squeezed her way in, sat at the second seat, while using her bag to “chope” the priority seat for her uncle colleague.
When I boarded, I told her she very xiasuey, don’t even know how to queue up. She didn’t respond to me and told her friend “This is old people seat”.
See la, these are the entitled folks we’ve created with all these “priority seats”, “priority queue” etc. Made these old folks think they are special, more important than others.
In case ppl say I kaypo, it’s not kaypo because she cut our/my queue. As for ppl saying “old ppl, let them la”, no, old doesn’t mean u can be rude and forget manners.
