Friday, May 20, 2005

Prams, Babies, Incoveniences & What-nots

Have you ever gotten onto a crowded bus/train, and wondered why nobody seemed to want to stand at that empty spot over there in the corner? And when the passengers got shuffled around, you realise that there's actually a pram taking up the space of 3~4 standing passengers?

Imagine this: TWO whopping prams inside a train cabin, side-by-side! How's that for starters? We're talking about peak hour crowds, or just a normal weekend, not off-peak hours on the public transport system.

It seems to me that this phenomenon is getting more and more common on the streets. What are these parents actually thinking in their minds?

What's that? Nobody to take care of your baby at home? Hmm... you got me there. So why's the maid out with you, pushing that pram for you, following you while you shop around?

Oh, now you're saying you just want to take a walk with your baby? That's lame. You should be providing the best for your baby, and not make your baby go through all the rough and tumble, squeezing onto public transport during peak-hours. Most importantly, you are creating a lot of inconvenience for the other passengers with that giant pram of yours which occupies the standing space of at least 3 grown men.

You don't trust the maid to take care of your child at home? So why'd you hire a maid in the first place?

You don't have a maid? You don't have to bring a pram out with you either.

Gimme a break, I'm a newly-wed! Newly-wed? And you have a baby already? You should be ashamed of yourself, engaging in pre-marital sex, you scum o' the earth. Unplanned pregnancy and shotgun marriages doesn't appear in my dictionary, and many others' as well.

What's wrong with this world.

PS: Did I tell any of you folks out there reading this, about the man whom I saw who brought a shoe cabinet up the bus one time?

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