"And I swear it all over again"
No, that the lovey-dovey boy band song, coupled with images of wind-blown blonde hair or flowers blooming on mountain tops.
It's my terrible urge to swear at and curse our lousy SMRT train services.
Man, the trains tempt me to really let loose "unimaginable wrath"
I seriously don't know why we are charged more and more for lousier and lousier train rides.
It doesn't take an Einstein to figure that we are being "kan" by SMRT.
fare hikes after fare hikes, and now they decrease the frequencey of the trains until at 8 something pm, (way after rush hour) I was stuck in an airless cabin as bad as rush hour trains.
Hey, to be quite fair, I didn't complain when the fare increased. I thought:
"yar, poor thing, the oil price so high. Aiya, I somemore an ardent fan of the MRT" I take it everyday, so only a few cents mah. NVM.
Now I eat my own words.
no, not enough must, eat my words and bite my own tongue.
Damn, and I really dislike small spaces.
I should consider writing in a letter to the chairman of SMRT
Dear Sir/Madam,
As an ardent fan of our local train system, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the slowly but steady increase in price of the train rides is coupled with a quickly but equally steady decline in the train service quality. This might have resulted from one of your company's policy to cut cost, which I feel is a very reasonable thing to do in times like this. But I would like to highlight that the tiny increase in fare price has not gone unnoticed even though we Singporeans are famous for grumbles, subdued irritation followed by quiet acceptance and resignation, we are not blind (and stupid) to the deteriorating service as provided by your company.
Also , as a loyal citizen, I should remind you how much our country relies on tourism for National GDP. Imagine the kind of image inefficient train service will give to visiting tourists. If this is part of a plan to create a new kind of train ride experience echoing Japan's train rides, I would suggest better originality and perhaps a restructuring of the SMRT marketing team. Furthermore, this is not solely a matter of SMRT's brand name, it also has to do with Singapore's image. Singapore's climate, unlike Japan, is hot, wet and sticky, while a squeezy train ride might be tolerable in Japan, I can't say the same here. Moreover, Singaporeans' porblem with being on time is further aggravated by the irregular train timings. I would loathe for SMRT to be blamed for ill social practises and ruined local image in eyes of foreigners. The purpose of my letter is merely to alert you of the problem and growing discontent among commuters, as I am confident that you yourself have not learnt of the extend of the problem, as in all probability you would not have taken one of your own overcrowded train but would instead be in your own spacious vehicle and hence remain oblivious to the situation.
Sincerely,
A Loyal Commuter of 14 years
There
U shd really consider sending that letter. Hopefully it would give them a wake-up call at re-evaluating their services.
Problem with monopolies.. It easily develops into a take it or leave it attitude.