22.7.09

Singapore is a fine city

A woman has been fined $30 for eating a sweet while riding the MRT --- all captured on a video news report to boot.

Note to self: Stop eating breath mints while on the train, even if breath might be stinky. Le sigh.

(Via Junfeng on Facebook.)

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At 7/23/2009 6:42 pm , Blogger naixuhs said...

Amazing..what about mothers who are breastfeeding their babies?

Ha....what about the "noise" pollution when the unfed babies start wailing!

If litter (from the food/drink item) is the problem, what happens if you unwrap some new item (ear phones for your new iPod)on the MRT?

 
At 7/24/2009 5:23 am , Blogger Tym said...

I can see why they don't want people eating and drinking on the train. I've seen people devour hamburgers or nibble away at prawn crackers for the duration of a long ride.

But a sweet?! And what if it's just someone getting a sip of water, where the worst thing that might happen if there's a little spillage is --- it'll evaporate?

The word "draconian" doesn't begin to cover half of it, plus the spirit vs. the letter of the law, etc.

 

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