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Eating and drinking in public transport common
I HAVE witnessed many instances of passengers consuming food and drinks while using public transportation.


Just yesterday, two girls from a school in Woodlands had a sumptuous breakfast while travelling to their morning class. I was appalled, but not surprised, as this was not the first time I had seen such anti-social and inconsiderate behaviour from students of that school.


A few weeks ago, to my disappointment, I saw a group of girls from a reputable school in Alexandra happily sipping a canned drink while standing in the bus.

Is there any respect for fellow passengers and the law? Has the new generation of youngsters lost touch with civic and moral values while pursuing excellence in school?
In Perth, while taking a public bus, I saw the driver telling a passenger boarding the bus to drop the apple she was holding into a bin at the bus-stop first. He was assertive and polite. I was impressed.
Mark Ho


I think i have committed the crime of eating and drinking in the bus before. I've ever eaten a sandwich and fish burger on the double deck bus. I've done so because i'm late for school and i have to take my breakfast or else i will have gastric pain. I know that this is not allowed and i should wake up earlier instead of eating on the bus. However, i would rather be seen as 'no manners' rather than having 'good manners and gastric pain' at the same time. I eat on the bus because i'm only left with 1/3 of the sandwich when i board the bus.
By saying that the new generation of youngsters have lost touch with civic and moral values while pursuing excellence in school is simply not fair to the youngsters. This is because not all youngsters are like that and everyone is imperfect. Life would be so tiring and stressful(stressful because everyone is afraid of making mistakes) if everyone is perfect. Singapore would be a country for robots if that really happened. I posted this article in my blog because the article seems to be targeting a particular group of Singaporeans--> youngsters. This is simply not fair because some 'aunties' and 'uncles' are worst than the youngsters who eat in the bus. I have seen uncles taking their shoe out and putting their feet on top of the chairs. I have seen aunties trimming their nails in the bus. Imagine someone trimming nails and removing the dirt from their nails and then throwing it onto the floor. Isn't this worse than looking at someone eat on the bus?