The Door Follows
Dear Stupid Japanese Woman 1 and Stupid Japanese Woman 2,
Looking at how you were dressed today, I guess you have been living in Singapore for quite some time already. However, I also guess that despite the long time that you have spent in Singapore, some trauma of your childhood past may still cast forbidding shadows in your minds.
Stupid Japanese Woman 1, I really sympathise and emphathise with you. It must have been a really tramatic childhood. I am sure when you were young, the buses in your hometown must have had one longitudinal half of it disappearing for no apparent cause. I see you still adopt a safe bet standing manner of occupying both halves of the bus with a leg in each so that if one half of the bus falls off, you can still cling on to the other half.
Perhaps that's why you would not consider taking a seat in the empty seats around. Taking a seat means choosing a side of the bus. In case that part becomes a statistic in X-files, you'll be lost.
Don't worry Ma'am. Our buses go through stringest tests. But then again, you could still be scared because of some our buses are indeed Japanese products. I cannot blame you for being fearful because you see something familiar. However, I really wish to assure you that our buses pass the strictest of tests and their frames are strong enough not to disintegrate into halves.
Stupid Japanese Woman 2, you must have suffered a lot when you took buses. The way you cling to the door seems to suggest that you were ever trapped in a doorless cabin when you finally arrived at your destination. I don't know how it works in Japan or wherever you grew up but the doors on our buses follow wherever the bus goes.
Shuffling from the front part of the exit to the rear part of the exit does not mean much to the average passenger because you are blocking one end at any one time. Worse, you stand right in front of the door, blocking us entirely.
Perhaps that's why you would not consider taking a seat in the empty seats around. Taking a seat means leaving the security of being close to a door. In case the door disappears and the seating region becomes a black hole, you won't be able to get off.
Don't worry Ma'am. Our buses go through stringest tests. But then again, you could still be scared because of some our buses are indeed Japanese products. I cannot blame you for being fearful because you see something familiar. However, I really wish to assure you that our buses pass the strictest of tests and their doors are firmly attached to the rest of the bus. If all else fail, you may choose to exit by the window. I know it is an airconditioned bus but surely, the safety hammer could help.
To the both of you, I fear you may have come from the same town. You congregate at the door because there is safety in numbers. You speak to one another perhaps to take your minds off the fearful consequences in case the bus does really fall apart or it the door really disappears.
However, have both of you considered what would happen if the door really falls off and you two go to the destination that you don't want to be? Wouldn't that be terrible? SJ1, you did not tell your friend about the disappearing half-bus. What happens if the exit side disappear? She'll disappear with that part of the bus. Could you imagine how remorseful you would be?
I believe I speak for the remaining commuters for whom their inconvenience was your doing. Don't feel bad. We are not admonishing you. We just want to assure you that unlike the place(s) where you were from, our buses here are indeed safe. Very safe, in fact.
Looking at how you were dressed today, I guess you have been living in Singapore for quite some time already. However, I also guess that despite the long time that you have spent in Singapore, some trauma of your childhood past may still cast forbidding shadows in your minds.
Stupid Japanese Woman 1, I really sympathise and emphathise with you. It must have been a really tramatic childhood. I am sure when you were young, the buses in your hometown must have had one longitudinal half of it disappearing for no apparent cause. I see you still adopt a safe bet standing manner of occupying both halves of the bus with a leg in each so that if one half of the bus falls off, you can still cling on to the other half.
Perhaps that's why you would not consider taking a seat in the empty seats around. Taking a seat means choosing a side of the bus. In case that part becomes a statistic in X-files, you'll be lost.
Don't worry Ma'am. Our buses go through stringest tests. But then again, you could still be scared because of some our buses are indeed Japanese products. I cannot blame you for being fearful because you see something familiar. However, I really wish to assure you that our buses pass the strictest of tests and their frames are strong enough not to disintegrate into halves.
Stupid Japanese Woman 2, you must have suffered a lot when you took buses. The way you cling to the door seems to suggest that you were ever trapped in a doorless cabin when you finally arrived at your destination. I don't know how it works in Japan or wherever you grew up but the doors on our buses follow wherever the bus goes.
Shuffling from the front part of the exit to the rear part of the exit does not mean much to the average passenger because you are blocking one end at any one time. Worse, you stand right in front of the door, blocking us entirely.
Perhaps that's why you would not consider taking a seat in the empty seats around. Taking a seat means leaving the security of being close to a door. In case the door disappears and the seating region becomes a black hole, you won't be able to get off.
Don't worry Ma'am. Our buses go through stringest tests. But then again, you could still be scared because of some our buses are indeed Japanese products. I cannot blame you for being fearful because you see something familiar. However, I really wish to assure you that our buses pass the strictest of tests and their doors are firmly attached to the rest of the bus. If all else fail, you may choose to exit by the window. I know it is an airconditioned bus but surely, the safety hammer could help.
To the both of you, I fear you may have come from the same town. You congregate at the door because there is safety in numbers. You speak to one another perhaps to take your minds off the fearful consequences in case the bus does really fall apart or it the door really disappears.
However, have both of you considered what would happen if the door really falls off and you two go to the destination that you don't want to be? Wouldn't that be terrible? SJ1, you did not tell your friend about the disappearing half-bus. What happens if the exit side disappear? She'll disappear with that part of the bus. Could you imagine how remorseful you would be?
I believe I speak for the remaining commuters for whom their inconvenience was your doing. Don't feel bad. We are not admonishing you. We just want to assure you that unlike the place(s) where you were from, our buses here are indeed safe. Very safe, in fact.
posted by Eugene Tan | 6:12 PM
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