Saw this post on https://www.facebook.com/
"To all those attention seeking fuckers out there, we are also human. I am a NSF who ORD's in 5 months and about 3 weeks ago I was taking the Circle line MRT back from a long days work in camp. And in the entire train, there were only about 10 people including me. It was EMPTY!!! so I decided to sit down with the impression that if there are no more seats available and someone is in need of it, I will get up. But this was highly unlikely because I was nearly to my stop and the train was only filled with 10 people.
So what happens is that this woman steps into the train and sees me sitting. She approaches me and says ""excuse me, may I please sit down on your seat?"" Astonished, I look around for one second and just get up to avoid any Drama whatever because I represent the SAF. So I walk to another seat in the train and sit. She comes to me and tells me to get up because I am in the army and am not allowed to sit down. I told her that if someone needs a seat i will give it to them (in a very nice manner) and also said that the entire train is empty. She then says that she will take a photo of me and post it on STOMP and all that nonsense because i am a army personnel and im not allowed to sit.
I was very angry that many people have this mentality, but because I didn't want any drama to go down, i just said sorry and stood the rest of the journey. And this was not a short journey it was a long one as she apparently had to go out on the same station i did. I know i should have let her take the photo, but i really was not up for all the drama.
All i have to say is that to anyone who sees any military personnel on the mrt/bus etc sitting down. Please dont be a prick if the entire place is empty. I understand if it is full, i would voluntarily give my seat to someone else (in fact, i have done this in many occasions even when im not in uniform, and even before i enlisted) So to all those attention seeking fuckers out there. STOP WE ARE HUMAN TOO. WE NEED TO SIT..."
Seats are meant for those who need it. One day if my high heels are killing me with blisters, I would need a seat too. Anyone who pays for the ticket will have the right to take an empty seat. I will be sad to be denied of a seat simply because of what I'm wearing or what I am.
I hope people will be more gracious and less uptight about "what should" and "what should not". Sometime ago, I offered my seat to an elderly man but he politely declined. So I went back to my seat. I will not insist that he take my seat simply because of his head of white hair. If someone were to take a photo of me on my seat with the elderly man standing besides me, it would be malicious.
