My husband also tells off anyone trying to enter the MRT door before people get off. No-one has EVER said anything back. He's also made guys stand to give the seat to older people. But I guess 6 foot ang moh would make anyone move?

No links at hand and cannot search right now due to bandwidth issues. But it was probably in the Telegraph.JayCee wrote:When did this happen? Any links?JR8 wrote:Assaulting a police officer, and GBH are no longer arrestable offences in the UK.
Unbelievably.
This goes back to there being a (toxic) level of acceptable crime.
Contrary to many reports in the press, I am human, and, yes, I certainly get bent out of shape ... don't get me started on why my body has become a Singaporean magnet on the sidewalk !!! I feel like I'm inside a pinball machine all the time.Vozzie, do you never let anything annoy you (apart from things that have been set to intentionally annoy you)?
That...the astounding thing about it is they see you, you're both walking at a reasonable pace and they still to manage to walk into you. The many times I looked like dancing because I had to resort to evasive manuevers. Martial arts skills in Singapore are not used in defending yourself from an attack but to avoid homing pedestrians.vozzie wrote:Wow ... I've been away for a day or so and this thing has gone berserk.
Contrary to many reports in the press, I am human, and, yes, I certainly get bent out of shape ... don't get me started on why my body has become a Singaporean magnet on the sidewalk !!! I feel like I'm inside a pinball machine all the time.Vozzie, do you never let anything annoy you (apart from things that have been set to intentionally annoy you)?
However, in this particular circumstance, I have forced myself to:
1. Understand why they do it ... they have obviously not been taught/encouraged/enforced to walk on one particular side of the footpath. So I can't really get angry at them (although I sometimes do)
2. Consider whether I can do something about it (like SMS suggests) ... or, as I'm lazy , whether I can bother doing anything about it. And the answer, in this particular situation, is no. So, I adapt ... and laugh about it most of the time.
This way, at least, I'm not continually pissed off , stressed and angry ... life is too short.
Reminds me of Jackie Chan doing his thing.nakatago wrote:That...the astounding thing about it is they see you, you're both walking at a reasonable pace and they still to manage to walk into you. The many times I looked like dancing because I had to resort to evasive manuevers. Martial arts skills in Singapore are not used in defending yourself from an attack but to avoid homing pedestrians.vozzie wrote:Wow ... I've been away for a day or so and this thing has gone berserk.
Contrary to many reports in the press, I am human, and, yes, I certainly get bent out of shape ... don't get me started on why my body has become a Singaporean magnet on the sidewalk !!! I feel like I'm inside a pinball machine all the time.Vozzie, do you never let anything annoy you (apart from things that have been set to intentionally annoy you)?
However, in this particular circumstance, I have forced myself to:
1. Understand why they do it ... they have obviously not been taught/encouraged/enforced to walk on one particular side of the footpath. So I can't really get angry at them (although I sometimes do)
2. Consider whether I can do something about it (like SMS suggests) ... or, as I'm lazy , whether I can bother doing anything about it. And the answer, in this particular situation, is no. So, I adapt ... and laugh about it most of the time.
This way, at least, I'm not continually pissed off , stressed and angry ... life is too short.
the lynx wrote:Reminds me of Jackie Chan doing his thing.nakatago wrote:That...the astounding thing about it is they see you, you're both walking at a reasonable pace and they still to manage to walk into you. The many times I looked like dancing because I had to resort to evasive manuevers. Martial arts skills in Singapore are not used in defending yourself from an attack but to avoid homing pedestrians.vozzie wrote:Wow ... I've been away for a day or so and this thing has gone berserk.
Contrary to many reports in the press, I am human, and, yes, I certainly get bent out of shape ... don't get me started on why my body has become a Singaporean magnet on the sidewalk !!! I feel like I'm inside a pinball machine all the time.
However, in this particular circumstance, I have forced myself to:
1. Understand why they do it ... they have obviously not been taught/encouraged/enforced to walk on one particular side of the footpath. So I can't really get angry at them (although I sometimes do)
2. Consider whether I can do something about it (like SMS suggests) ... or, as I'm lazy , whether I can bother doing anything about it. And the answer, in this particular situation, is no. So, I adapt ... and laugh about it most of the time.
This way, at least, I'm not continually pissed off , stressed and angry ... life is too short.Now where can I find that darned gif file to put it here....
Personally, and without wanting to trigger reaction from the locals here, I think it's 80% blissful ignorance / arrogance, 20% stupidity. You wander the streets in Sydney, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, UK - any Country with a mix of races, and you don't get a fraction of the 'sidewalk stupidity' you get here. In fact most places you'll even get a smile as you walk past!!vozzie wrote:Wow ... I've been away for a day or so and this thing has gone berserk.
Contrary to many reports in the press, I am human, and, yes, I certainly get bent out of shape ... don't get me started on why my body has become a Singaporean magnet on the sidewalk !!! I feel like I'm inside a pinball machine all the time.Vozzie, do you never let anything annoy you (apart from things that have been set to intentionally annoy you)?
However, in this particular circumstance, I have forced myself to:
1. Understand why they do it ... they have obviously not been taught/encouraged/enforced to walk on one particular side of the footpath. So I can't really get angry at them (although I sometimes do)
2. Consider whether I can do something about it (like SMS suggests) ... or, as I'm lazy , whether I can bother doing anything about it. And the answer, in this particular situation, is no. So, I adapt ... and laugh about it most of the time.
This way, at least, I'm not continually pissed off , stressed and angry ... life is too short.
BillyB wrote:[, I think it's 80% blissful ignorance / arrogance, 20% stupidity. .... you don't get a fraction of the 'sidewalk stupidity' you get here. In fact most places you'll even get a smile as you walk past!!
My biggest annoyance is when you are walking straight and you have someone on the the outside of you who wants to cross the road or turn across you. Rather than waiting a split second, dropping their stride and simply cut in behind you - they decide to cut right in front of you and walk across you, going out of their way to prove a point. Try giving their back leg a little clip and watch them throw their toys out of the pram!
Or another thing - families, with buggies, stopping at the bottom or top of escalators, or right in front of a door way, entrance or lift. Even though those fall into the 20% category, and it's not malicious, it still makes me laugh!
And while I'm at it - people who are walking three wide and slowly, and one of them turns round and sees you behind, obviously wanting to get past and you think they'll tell the others to move across. But nothing!! They just carry on regardless. To me that is pure ignorance.
Ooohh, I feel much better now!!
Nail on the head.Brah wrote: ...it's a constant, cumulative grind and irritant - nothing so serious to leave about, but enough to put one off public places.
Nail on the head.Addadude wrote:Brah wrote: ...it's a constant, cumulative grind and irritant - nothing so serious to leave about, but enough to put one off public places.
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