Saturday, December 17, 2011

Locomotive - Guns N' Roses.

SMRT. What happened? People jammed packed in overcrowded trains. So much so that I have personally seen two fights break out on the morning rush hour trains in the last three months. Fares that keep inching upward, (not to forget the change of ticket which worked like a cash injection). Train breakdowns more often than ever before. Every morning when I go to work, I have to wait for three trains before I can fight my way into the sardine can of a cabin. And this week, cake of cakes! Three breakdowns.

Now I am not saying that trains cannot break down. It happens. Accidents happen. But three? In three days? And with the CEO saying shit like “People can board the trains – it is whether they choose to." Seriously? I mean, what the fuck was going through her head when she strung those words together? She cannot be talking about the same trains I'm on. Because there is no way in HELL people chose whether or not they wanted to get on those trains. There is no space for anything in that warzone. Then theres the furore about the gentleman smashing that train window when the people stuck in the stranded trains started having difficulty breathing. The official statement given by jolly ol SMRT was, "He should not have done so but (considering the situation), he will not be penalized." YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING SHITTING ME! The fact that they even say the word 'Penalized" during a situation like this shows how disgustingly disconnected they are from us, the lowly people. Their precious malfunctioning train is more of an issue to them than the safety of the commuters on board.

Then of course there's that video making its rounds on facebook where a SMRT "Enforcement Officer" is shown fining a poor lady who had committed the unspeakably heinous crime of sucking on a sweet. Shows you the priorities of an organization with its head stuck so far up it's own ass it's not even funny. So how Ms Saw? You gonna do what a whole lot of Singaporeans are asking you to do? "Give up your seat?" Well let's sit back and see what happens over the next few days. Buckle up, it's gonna be a hell of a ride. Oh wait a minute....