Netizen Who Complained About Woman Knitting On Bus Brutally Slammed By Netizens

If you’ve read the headline and you’re thinking, isn’t that news from a couple of years ago?

Rest assured, they’re totally different incidents.

Or maybe, they’re the same person.

But whichever way it is, here’s what’s going on in Singapore.

S’pore: A Big Brother State

In case you’re not aware, you’ve got to be careful about how you behave when you’re in public.

Because just like the autocratic city-states of tomorrow, there are cameras everywhere monitoring the citizen.

With one fundamental difference.

The big brother, in this case, isn’t (just) the government. It’s the internet.

Step one toe out of line and you might just be launched into internet infamy almost overnight, like “Is it because I’m Chinese?”

And with how the CSI-culture is taking off online, your home address, three sizes, four different dogs and their breeds will be exposed for everybody to see.

But luckily, (most) netizens today are savvier as well, able to discern between bullshit and real issues read online.

Even if you’re the fastest to post a particular incident online, it doesn’t mean that you’re right. As one person is experiencing right now.

Lady Complained About Another Lady Knitting On Bus

On 2 February 2019, Facebook page Singapore Silly Cyclists uploaded a video on the social media platform.

The caption of the video claimed that it was sent in by a Facebook user named Sandy, who claimed that the practice of knitting on the bus is dangerous to other passengers.

“What happen (sic) if the bus jam brake?”

The needle might just poke a passenger in the head, she claimed.

And it was added that sharp objects should be banned from being brought onto the bus.

Here, you can watch the video below for yourself.

Cue brutal smackdown.

Netizens Rage Against Sandy

One snarked about how holding up a smartphone can be considered dangerous too.

Another corrected her word choice and told her to mind her own business.

Ban knitting on buses? Even planes don’t do that.

Some could remember the GO-JEK ERP incident.

And the harshest comment.

Well, all we can say is, somebody’s off to a bad start for CNY this year.

This Wasn’t The First Time It Happened

Remember how I was writing about this incident being a different one from another similar issue raised up years ago?

And it wasn’t raised up on Facebook.

It was an ST Forum letter.

The writer noticed a passenger working on a “cross-stitch embroidery inside an SMRT train” and felt that it was a danger to other passengers on the train.

But that’s not all.

She asked if sewing activities are banned within carriages. And when would it be justifiable to press the e-stop button.

Needless to say, the netizens all came rushing in like sharks who smelt blood.

To be honest, I don’t know which is better.

Is it the same woman from the ST forum letter? Or could there be two of them in Singapore?

Interesting.