My MRT Pet Peeves

My workplace is at Yio Chu Kang. So from Clementi/Tampines to Yio Chu Kang, my commute to work mostly consisted of me snoozing (very ghastly at times when saliva drools down my chin, yes), reading (a 0.01% probability), day-dreaming (not realizing that I am gazing/staring rudely at the person in front of me) and looking around (to see if anybody needs my seat). Everyday my journey on the MRT is peaceful. However, I am starting to get annoyed by commuters in the MRT. Hence.....

Sheikha's Top FIVE Facts
on "Why people don't give up their seat for a supposedly pregnant woman(P) or an elderly(E) or a parent with a child(C)".

P1. They do not want to embarrass themselves when they realised that preggie woman is actually a fat lady with a bulging water-retentioned tummy.

P2. They are NOT pretending to sleep. They are really really really actually very tired and sleepy. They ARE sleeping after working 24 hr hard labour shifts from Jurong Island or something. If you compare THAT to a preggie who works in an office sitting down from 9-5, eating at her desk most of the time doing mundane admin job and gossiping, and her stop is only 2 stops away, would you give up your seat, with a high chance of somebody ELSE sitting down at YOUR well-deserved seat after preggie alights after ONE meagre stop? I don't think so.

E3. They are unsure how old is old. If a pruned elderly with total white hair steps into the MRT, BUT she is wearing really bold and BOOMZ lreaporrd-pwrintsss cleavage-revealing tank-top and hot tight neon yellow leggings (don't even try to imagine), and she is standing steadily slightly-hunched in front of you, would YOU give up your seat? White hair+wrinkles = elderly what?

C4. They don't know if the parent with the child really needs the seat. Reason being... imagine this. A parent steps in with stroller filled with SHOPPING BAGS and a 4-6 year old child (huge baby who can definitely walk) clinging on to parent's neck like an ape. Parent looks around and stares at innocent you sitting down meekly at the "reserved" seat. Fine, you gave up your seat to ape's parent and ape. Ape sits down on parent's lap. Barely seconds later, ape stands up and grabs the poles in front of him and tries to climb it to reach for the handles to play/hang on (quite a common sight with children). Ape starts running around and making a chaotic scene while parent sits down SO comfortably in YOUR seat that you have given up. Felt cheated, didn't you?

C5. They wouldn't know if they should give up their seat for the child. OK, if the child is still a baby/toddler who can't walk, sure, give up your seat to the parent. BUT if the child is of preschool age, can already walk and has good gross motor skills, why oh why must the seat be given? Scenario: A parent walks in with his young son. There is ONE seat. The PARENT sits down on THAT one seat, and asked his son to sit on his lap. Soon, the train moves. The parent becomes uncomfortable. Parent asks son to sit BESIDE him on THAT ONE SEAT, squeezing and affecting the comfort of the other person (that's YOU, the victim) sitting in the seat beside him. Finally, you concede and stand up, giving up your seat to that SOAB-who-thinks-his-butt-is-so-minute. You complied to THAT parent who blatantly is a selfish PIG. Why?

So there you go, my top 5 pet peeves. Do feel free to comment. =)