Honestly speaking, it isn’t exactly new for Chinese Netizens (who’re not from local parts) to make a ‘big fuss’ in Singapore.
But as it is, China has been taking steps to enforce the behaviour of its citizens, and I guess that’s a win-win situation for China and every other country around the world.
Though of course, change doesn’t exactly happen overnight
Just recently, a woman, who did not appear to be local, was caught on video scolding a bus driver and getting off the bus to block it, all because she had allegedly missed her stop.
The incident reportedly took place outside MacPherson MRT, and the bus in question happens to be bus 43, a service that alternates between Punggol and East Coast.
Having missed her stop, the lady seemed to be unaware of how she should get to her original destination, and reportedly demanded the driver to make a U-turn to her bus stop.
While it could, however, have been a simple miscommunication between the pair, the fact remains that she had physically blocked off the bus’ route, and in the process interfered with the other commuters’ scheduled arrival times.
You can watch the full video down below:
Last night when I was going home after a long day's at work, I had to encounter this irresponsible behaviour affecting not only me, but many other commuters who were tired and all they wanted was to go home to their families for the weekend.This happened in bus number 43. This PRC woman started making noise from the paya lebar mrt bus stop till the tai seng bus stop. Initially, I dunno for what reason (I do not understand her language) she kept making noise all the way till about 3 stops. What I understood at a later time was she had missed her stop and wanted the bus driver to u-turn back to her designated bus stop.The driver made all his attempts and efforts to convince her that it was not possible for him to return to her desired bus stop and was trying to offer suggestions which she did not understand and kept talking away.She then got down and even started blocking the bus from moving away. The commuters alighted too and tried to make reason with her for being a public nuisance which she opted to totally ignore.Seriously my dear SG govt, is this the type and quality of people you are importing to our country to be a pollutant? Aren't they inducted into our country on their rights, responsibilities, rules and procedures?The entire event had to ruin the night and delay everyone.
Posted by Pravin Kumar on Saturday, 26 January 2019
Virality
As social media artists would attest to, it’s not easy to go viral on the net. But well…
That’s precisely what this video did.
As it is, the clip has been viewed well over 1.5 million times and garnered well over 24K shares.
And guess what? Somehow, some way…
China itself actually caught wind of the incident.
On 29 Jan, China media outlet Tencent News reported on the incident, with the somewhat appropriate headline:
“‘Giant Baby’ woman who missed her stop used her body to block the bus, blamed the driver: You did not remind me!”
And to really drive the point home, the originally 4-minute long video clip was condensed into a minute-long clip that featured just the woman’s most irate moments.
Simply put, it’s like one of those highlight videos you see on the net, except that in this particular case, it basks the woman in a worse light than it already was.
Chinese Netizens go Super Saiyan on her
After news broke out, Netizens (who saw the video) were united in one single belief:
That she had brought national shame upon her fellow countrymen.
Accordingly, here are a few excerpts of them going ‘Kamehameha’:
Translation: “Utterly embarrassing! I will never dare to proclaim myself as a China citizen again.”
Translation: “Shameful! You’re throwing the image of Chinese people, you hooligan. Can’t you be more alert while sitting on the bus? If you and other passengers all want the driver to alert you, he might as well be a computer. You’re an embarrassment.”
Translation: “A Chinese goes abroad and speaks Chinese to foreigners. Does this not let foreigners look down on the Chinese? You’ve let foreigners think that the Chinese are uncultured. You went abroad despite not speaking English.”
Translation: “Wearing earphones, she wouldn’t have heard even if someone told her about her stop. Pig.”
Translation: “Wherever she goes she’s on her earphones and playing with her phone non-stop. She has no awareness and is relying on others. Is this ok?”
Translation: “She carries her phone but doesn’t check the map or the stop she wants alight at. The driver could have alerted you but he isn’t obligated to. Every bus stop has an alert but you did not notice. So you cannot blame others, let alone be so shameful overseas.”
Well, guess one thing’s for sure: Netizens are the same, whether you’re from Singapore, China or South Africa.
Editor: Did you just go racist there?
No, I’m just stating that there’s an equality in everything, even Netizen-shaming.
And so… moral of the story?
As I mentioned earlier on, China has been making efforts to improve the behaviour of its citizens overseas, if not for the sake of other countries than for its own tourism profits.
But as I also mentioned earlier on, change doesn’t happen overnight.
And so, let’s just keep our fingers crossed that one day, the term ‘China’ doesn’t resonate dissonance amongst the locals…
But just the normal shaming that local Netizens deal out to everyone else.
Cos if there’s one thing we fear it’s that someone will go pooping in our gardens again.
If you watch at least 10 minutes of brain rot content daily, you must know this:
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