The younger generation in Singapore have been called out as self-entitled, spineless, strawberries by the elderly in this country. Once in a while, you get stories showing the elder generation are equally self-entitled.
Redditor u/WittyKap0 knows this all too well. He recounted a disagreement he had with an elderly couple on the MRT.
According to the redittor, the couple looked to be in their 50s but claim to be in their 80s. That was not it.
What triggered him was that the couple took it upon themselves to cut the train queue and russhed into the train. They even shifted seats before they made their decision to seat at the reserved seats.
While many local youths may have kept quiet, the redditor had just had enough. He confronted, and chided them for their behaviour, branding them as self-entitled people.
Of course, this triggered the elderly couple who created a ruckus in an attempt to gain sympathy and attention. They also did the very Singaporean thing - took out their phone and threatened to complain to the MRT staff and the police that he tried to fight with them for seats.
The redditor didn't waver. He was aghast at the suggestion and felt that no one was going to believe the old couple because the train was empty.
Having had enough of them, he decided to tune out by turning to his trusty Netflix.
His full account is here:
Well this happened in the morning. Pissed me off but made my day at the same time.
Told off an 'elderly' couple who decided to bypass the MRT queue today and rushed in once the doors opened. (They claimed they were 80+ but looked and behaved like mid 50s so yeah whatever)
As I get in they start doing some weird musical chair shit shifting seats so I couldn't sit down for a bit, after they finally decided I was quite annoyed so decided to tell them off about their earlier behavior. Told them there was a line and they should follow it and not cut queue. Surprise surprise, they start accusing me of trying to fight with them for the reserved seat, old people should get priority, reserved seats are god-given right etc.
I got pissed and told them old people also have to queue, people letting you go first is your privilege not a right, your parents didn't teach you manners, etc
Guy tells me he wants to take the issue up with the train staff and police, he whips up his phone and I tell him in Mandarin "Go tell the staff/mata you want them to arrest someone who argued with you over a reserved seat (not that I did in the first place), they will die laughing". He then tries to take a photo of me and the carriage (which is < 80% full) and I start laughing at the guy saying "Yeah, go to the SMRT staff with this picture showing so many empty seats and tell them I'm fighting you for your seat LMFAO"
The guy and his wife then try to shame me by telling me "the whole carriage is looking at you for bullying old folks", I told him "No, they are all staring at these two unreasonable old people".
Finally I tell him I don't have time for this bullshit, plug in my earphones and watch Netflix until my stop, every time there's a break in the action I can hear them making PA comments to each other the entire trip (8 stops) about "kids nowadays", their god given right to reserved seats, "some people have no upbringing", cursing me etc.
Maybe I'm the asshole but feels good man.
The elderly can be hard to deal with and understand.
We don't recommend you confront them though. It was a catharthic experience for him, but be warned, it may not end the same for you.
The redditor took a few minutes too long to come to the solution. If you are faced with self-entitled old people behaving unreasonably, plug into your Netflix and chill. Walk away.
