Caught in the Act
Selfish teen acts blur and refuses to give up seat to woman with toddler

STOMPer Nelson is disgusted with this teen who ignored a woman carrying a toddler and standing right in front of him. The teen refused to give up the priority seat in the 6-station journey from Toa Payoh to Yishun.

In his email, the STOMPer says:

"This teen is abusing the priority seat.

"These photos were taken on the North South train on Oct 22 at around 4.30pm at Yishun Station.

"A women was standing in front of him carrying her toddler, and this teen sitting on the priority seat seems to be 'acting blur'.

"I observed him for most of the journey from Toa Payoh to Yishun, this teen simply refused to give up his seat. He continued to look at his handphone and PSP.

"This teen seems to be only 17-18 years old, and didn't give up his seat to the woman in her 40s, who is having a hard time carrying her toddler.

"I'm really very disgusted by this sight.

"I am truly saddened by the behaviour of Singaporean kids nowadays."

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AbsoluteTruth said   on 17 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
It takes a lot of concentration to play that psp. The teen needs focus and of course seat, get it! He already wore his red lucky cap to win the game. Who would be responsible if he lost? The mother with the boy on her arm?
souljer_militia said   on 17 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
Come on guys stop behaving like kids. What a cowardly way to ashame another persons selfish act. If u have a problem with him go talk to him. he might have his own reasons for not giving the seat. just because u dun like his face and his coloured hair ur creepily take his photo to post here.These things happen everyday If u have any moral courage go up to him and ask him POLITELY to give up his seat. Otherwise shut up. Ur in no position and have no right to flame the poor kid by posting his photos here. Ur such an angel meh never do any bad thing before in life? Everything so black and white is it?If ur so righteous why don the guy who post this post his own photo, why hide behind a camera? And for the rest of u idiots why are u flaming the mother. Shes clearly the victim. U think its so easy to afford a child to bring him up to pay for cab fare. What is all this open leg big big. Don forget ur mum also opened her leg big big to give birth to brats like you. Ur the worst lot.
qwerty1151 said   on 16 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
If you have the guts to post this picture up, then why you don't have the guts to go up to the teenage and tell him off?
ktmorgan said   on 16 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
take a cab if you do not want to stand. Cant afford to take cabs, dont give birth. SIMPLE LOGIC.
Family_Guy said   on 16 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
So whats new! Why can't they just color code the seat next to the exit, say fire-red and post priority seat 'warnings'?
lightsofnorth said   on 16 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
Why can't the person next to the boy give up his seat? You don't need to be in a priority seat do be capable of doing that
devils1975 said   on 16 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
I'm really sick of such post. Can Stomp administrators ban such posting of people not giving up seats for the needy and elderly? No matter how many thousands of photos you guys out there going to take and post here, it won't change any thing at all. Can you force someone to give up his or her seat to those people who you think need a seat? Try doing that inside the train and see what will happen to you next. Posting such photo here won't solve this problem. After having seen thousands of such posting, I still see the same old problem happen daily inside our MRT train. Move on please people! Stop posting such photo and stop wasting your precious time. It will never stop or prevent it from happening daily in life.
livecoal said   on 15 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
He is not selfish -- he has been brought up that way.