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2 wrongs - she eats, they let her
STOMPer Clement, 60, was riled by the woman eating on the train, as well as the four NSmen standing in front of her who did nothing and let her continue eating.

Clement told STOMP on Sunday (29 July) that the woman was sitting near him at about 5pm on Friday while waiting for the train at the platform of Kranji MRT Station.

“She started eating but I thought let it be,” he said. “When the train arrived, she put everything inside the bag.”

“During the journey, she took out a bottle of water and started eating a second bun. She continued eating even as the announcement came on, reminding commuters not to eat and drink on board,” he said.

“I couldn’t take it anymore. I approached her and asked her ‘you’re an educated lady right? Surely you understand instructions?’ She stopped eating right away,” he said.

But Clement was just as upset with the four Nsmen standing in front of the woman. “They behaved as if they did not see it or that there was nothing wrong,” he said.

Three of them later got off the train, while the remaining one sat next to Clement.

The STOMPer had to talk to him. “His name is Song. I asked him what he thought of my action and I explained it is our job to tell people when they have broken the rules.

“He gave the impression that it’s better to let it be and told me maybe I need not have been so harsh with the woman.”

What also bothered Clement was that other commuters saw it but did nothing.

“What if they spot a bag and it could be a security threat? We have to be civic minded enough to do something instead of thinking someone else will do that,” he said.

After that conversation, Clement received a surprise email from Song. “He thanked me for enlightening him and promised that he would do better next time.

“I was impressed with him for being so forthright in telling me I should not have been so harsh with the woman. I accept this - and I think I could have been more polite with her,” he told STOMP.

“This is part of national education. As a 60-year-old man, I am concerned that not all our young people understand that we all have a role to play,” he said.

What should I think of this 60 years old man?
Retarded? Lame? Bo liao? Or morally upright?

Whatever the case, go spend more time on 4Ds and horses races…

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