Thread: Elderly woman raised hell and fury over a seat

An "old" woman raised hell and fury over a priority seat on a Singapore subway train.

Huina, a 20-year-old retail assistant, was on a train heading towards Pasir Ris last Monday (Jun 18) at about 6.30pm. She had given up the priority seat she had been occupying to an older woman, who then insulted her: "So displeasing. Most probably you're from China. Ask you for the seat, keep on staring for how many hours? So rude."

Huina initially ignored the woman, also partially because she was using earphones and could not hear the woman. Only after seeing the woman's hand gestures and finger pointing did she remove the earphones. The video had been taken by fellow commuter Muhammad Khair, 21, and ended with a heated argument with the two women exchanging profanities. The young woman avoided further conflict by moving to another cabin.

According to a report in a local newspapaer, The New Paper, netizens have praised Huina for facing up to the "priority seat auntie", posting their support on her facebook wall with comments like, "You are Singapore's pride. Awesome girl!" and "You are my super idol".

After watching the video, anybody could imagine the nightmare if he happened to encounter such a quarrelsome trouble-maker. The "old" woman does not look very old. She is most probably in her fifties. She did not even care to say a word of thank to the person who gave up the seat to her but picked a quarrel instead.

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Anyone who believes that old people are automatically nice just hasn't visited enough nursing homes yet.

Originally Posted by lizzie

Anyone who believes that old people are automatically nice just hasn't visited enough nursing homes yet.

Well said. All people will grow old one day. Though we can't avoid ageing and death, it's important for us to learn to age gracefully.

I remember hearing of a similar incident on a bus in Glasgow. A small woman was standing in a crowded bus when a young girl, no doubt "encouraged" by her mother, stood and offered her seat to the lady, who flew into a rage and refused it, accusing the child of only offering her a seat because she was a dwarf! A few stops filled with silent embarrassment later, an older lady got up to get off, and pausing by the still standing dwarf lady, she pointed out that her seat was now vacant. Cutting off a new tirade, she added that she was only doing so as an act of compassion for a fellow human being. She also gave her opinion that the lady had been extremely rude to the young girl, and owed her an apology. A brief round of applause from the other passengers followed, and as she stepped off the bus, she concluded;
"I hope when you get home tonight, Snow White kicks your arse!"

Can you imagine if Rosa Parks threw a bitch-fit if someone offered her a closer spot to rest her aching feet?

I like it when elderly people raise hell!

Why do the elderly feel so entitled? That's something I've never understood. Sure, it was nice that the kid offered her the seat, and older people do have more physical limitations than younger people. What chaps my butt is when old people walk out in front of you when you are driving through a parking lot, or they be rude just because they can. They are like, "I'm old. You have to be nice to me and if I walk in front of you, you have to slam on your brakes. If I want to cut in front of you in line, you have to allow it, because I'm old and am entitled." Entitled to what? Be rude? And what reason do have to feel entitled? What accomplishment gives them the right to be nasty? The ability to stay alive?

I rarely extend kindness to people who demand it of me based on some misconception of my obligation to them. I've had people at Wal-Mart holding 1 less item than I've got demand to go ahead of me since they'll take less time (then, inevitably they'll pay with exact change, counting out pennies to get to the $0.64 needed). I've had people in parking lots trying to edge onto a busy street honk and curse at me if I don't let them out (even if I was already partially ahead of them when they pulled up to the exit).

It may not bode well for my Karma, but I'm less inclined to perform acts of kindness for those who won't appreciate it.