On transport
I gave the TIBS bus a chance this afternoon.
But TIBS has once again disappointed me.
Moral of the story: Never slacken your service at any moment for you never know when will you encounter a passenger who has just had a long tiring day and just came down from a long and tiring bus journey and is made more tired by the glaring sun and the unbearable tropical heat.
A tired and frustrated man who is feeling heaty after dehydration by the bus air-conditioning system and by the humid weather is an angry man.
An angry man who aims to blog about his unpleasant waiting-for-that-damn-bus-to-come-but-it-takes-forever-to-come experience.
In my humble opinion, a peasant like me can only afford to wait at most 3 minutes for a MRT train to pull into a station during peak hours and at most 5 minutes during off-peak hours.
A maximum of 10 minutes of waiting time for buses is tolerable if I just happen to witness the previous bus depart from the bus stop right under my nose. Of course, 7 minutes or even 5 minutes of waiting time (e.g. bus number 74) is very much ideal and appreciated, but unfortunately this privilege is only made available to one bus route, i.e. number 74.
No way am I going to accept ridiculous things like 7 minutes, 8 minutes or even 9 minutes for a MRT train to arrive during off-peak hours or 5 minutes during peak hours.
And no way am I going to accept shit like waiting for 15 minutes for a bus to arrive (e.g. bus number 156 and 852). And the waiting can go up to 20 minutes when unlucky incidents happen, like the bus just happen to leave as I reach the bus-stop.
Yes, I am an impatient bastard. Come and slap me.
No, not that I am a spoilt brat for that matter. I just cannot swallow the fact that the bus fares have been increasing exponentially for n times ever since _______ < insert any lame reason provided by the various bus companies and the present Transport Minister >
Yes I know that I only fork out 45 cents for every single trip I make. But the fact is, I still remain a consumer and I do have the right not to keep my mouth shut.
And it doesn't help when your air-conditioning in your buses do not work on hot days and they work doubly hard instead on freezing-cold rainy days and you claimed that temperatures of the air-con system is maintained through whatever shit to ensure comfort of the passengers.
In short, transport in Singapore suck. No doubt that I do realise how fortunate I am to have a relatively extensive network of transport system in my country and our buses and trains seldom break down, but we should not be complacent. Following all that hype to transform this tiny little island nation into some central hub of this globalised world, I do see an urgent need to first build up Singapore's internal infrastructure.
To start off, increase the frequency of buses! And make sure the air-conditioning work on correct times.
We seriously have a lot to work on before we can proudly boast and proclaim that we have a world-class transport system.
But TIBS has once again disappointed me.
Moral of the story: Never slacken your service at any moment for you never know when will you encounter a passenger who has just had a long tiring day and just came down from a long and tiring bus journey and is made more tired by the glaring sun and the unbearable tropical heat.
A tired and frustrated man who is feeling heaty after dehydration by the bus air-conditioning system and by the humid weather is an angry man.
An angry man who aims to blog about his unpleasant waiting-for-that-damn-bus-to-come-but-it-takes-forever-to-come experience.
In my humble opinion, a peasant like me can only afford to wait at most 3 minutes for a MRT train to pull into a station during peak hours and at most 5 minutes during off-peak hours.
A maximum of 10 minutes of waiting time for buses is tolerable if I just happen to witness the previous bus depart from the bus stop right under my nose. Of course, 7 minutes or even 5 minutes of waiting time (e.g. bus number 74) is very much ideal and appreciated, but unfortunately this privilege is only made available to one bus route, i.e. number 74.
No way am I going to accept ridiculous things like 7 minutes, 8 minutes or even 9 minutes for a MRT train to arrive during off-peak hours or 5 minutes during peak hours.
And no way am I going to accept shit like waiting for 15 minutes for a bus to arrive (e.g. bus number 156 and 852). And the waiting can go up to 20 minutes when unlucky incidents happen, like the bus just happen to leave as I reach the bus-stop.
Yes, I am an impatient bastard. Come and slap me.
No, not that I am a spoilt brat for that matter. I just cannot swallow the fact that the bus fares have been increasing exponentially for n times ever since _______ < insert any lame reason provided by the various bus companies and the present Transport Minister >
Yes I know that I only fork out 45 cents for every single trip I make. But the fact is, I still remain a consumer and I do have the right not to keep my mouth shut.
And it doesn't help when your air-conditioning in your buses do not work on hot days and they work doubly hard instead on freezing-cold rainy days and you claimed that temperatures of the air-con system is maintained through whatever shit to ensure comfort of the passengers.
In short, transport in Singapore suck. No doubt that I do realise how fortunate I am to have a relatively extensive network of transport system in my country and our buses and trains seldom break down, but we should not be complacent. Following all that hype to transform this tiny little island nation into some central hub of this globalised world, I do see an urgent need to first build up Singapore's internal infrastructure.
To start off, increase the frequency of buses! And make sure the air-conditioning work on correct times.
We seriously have a lot to work on before we can proudly boast and proclaim that we have a world-class transport system.
小权纯裕郎 自作自秀@at
9:10 pm
1 Comments:
a bit excessive, perhaps?
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