Singaporeans are either selfish, or unobservant.

I was sitting down in an MRT train and i saw about 3 or 4 parents of young children enter at either dhoby ghaut or city hall. I recall seeing a chinese mum with a baby on a trolley, a malay mother also with a baby on her trolley, an indian father also with a baby on his trolley, and a mother with a baby in her arms. No vacant seats were available at that time. When the train started moving, only one person was kind enough to let one of the parents sit down, and so it was the indian father with the trolley.

I felt kinda bad cos i was sitting down too, so i moved my total 10kg laptop and book bags away from the seats, not even by any strap or handles on the bags, and stood up wanting to ask the malay mum whether she wants the seat, as she was the closest to me/ the seat. However before i could finish asking, (which was within 2 seconds) a chinese auntie , probably around 30-40 yrs old, quickly snatched the seat. When i finished asking, i heard the aunt being so happy to get the seat and when i turned back and forth and looked at the malay mum, i realised she didn't even hear me. Well i din bother to repeat, since that chinese auntie was already seated.

At the next stop, 2 passengers beside her left the train. What's more absurd, is that she asked her friend, also a singaporean, to sit down. She was even younger than her. The other seat was also taken up by a male singaporean. (not me)

Only till a few stops later, both aunties left the train and the malay mum was finally able to sit down.

The chinese lady with the baby in her arms also left the train.

The chinese lady with the baby in a trolley had a non-opening door corner to herself, so she's fine.

Conclusion: Only one of thousands of singaporeans would let their seat to someone who needs it more?

And i thought i was gonna do a good deed letting my seat to someone who needs it more, not need it less.

P.S. the sign that says "Let the seat to those who need it more", the yellow one, was just on top of the aunties' heads. Yep, they missed it. Lol.

So when will singaporeans really learn to be unselfish like the japanese?

Wish to see a day like that.