Trains- in Singapore it's called the MRT
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 8:29 PM
I hate being on a train, I don't mind those bullet trains in Japan though but the trains here are my worst nightmare. What I hate most is that THE TRAIN DOOR ALWAYS CLOSES ON ME! Every time! When I rush to board it, it doesn't give any warnings or sort like "*beeping* doors are closing", NO! It just shuts the moment I dash forward! ARGH! It's so annoying! And the people inside are no better. Giving me a too-bad-I-got-in-you-didn't kinda look. The worse, I get sniggers from people. Well, of course I had to walk away or just pretend that didn't happen. *sighs*
Okay, that's not even the beginning.
The PEOPLE are also a huge problem. When the train glides into the station, you can roughly gauge whether all the people waiting on the platform can fit in or not and how much space each person will get. Well...some people just don't want to accept that there's already NOT enough space and the people inside are already squished like sardines. The push their way in even before the people can come out. What's worse is a group of about 10 people( and 10 means 10 PER ENTRANCE) trying to squeeze their way into the already vacuum packed crowd, leaving poor people like me, who are at the sides of the train, flat against the walls. Not a pleasant experience. It's so tight that you cannot fall even if the train jerks, you're just stuck in that position until, if you're lucky, the next stop or so. If not, probably 5 stops.
Another weird thing when I'm on trains especially after I switched trains, the trains from there are quite empty, if you think 5 people per carriage is less. Everyone sits on the seats. I sit down and there are probably 2 other people on the same bench. But by the next stop, they'll be gone and no one sits on my bench till I reach my stop. It happens so frequently that I started to think that I emit some eerie aura that makes people shun me. What is wrong with me and trains?! This happens on buses too. No one sits next to me even when the bus is full. Meh!
*peace out* Labels: Buses, Frustrations, MRT, Trains