Ungentlemanly move sends MRT commuter into rage

Compiled by CHARLES RAMENDRAN, ALLISON LAI and R. ARAVINTHAN

A WOMAN has taken to social media to complain about a man who appeared to expect her to give up her MRT seat so his wife could sit, despite him having taken a seat himself.

Oriental Daily reported that the woman, Clara, 31, was travelling on the train on Sept 11 in Singapore when a couple and their four-year-old daughter boarded.

The father and daughter took two seats, while the mother, who was carrying several bags, remained standing.

When the girl asked for her mother to sit down, the father reportedly told her that her mother had no seat because an “auntie” was occupying it.

Clara then told the man that if he wanted his wife to have a seat, he should give up his own.

He eventually stood up and let his wife sit down.