Monday, January 13, 2014

The New Normal


On Saturday, there was another breakdown on the MRT. This time it’s on the North-South line affecting trains from Woodlands station to Choa Chu Kang station. The SMRT publicly say that the latest breakdown on out local subway system was "probably a cable fault".

In short, 2 days after the fact, they are still not sure. However the most telling fact of this latest breakdown is the reactions of Singaporeans. Basically, their reactions amount to…almost nothing!

Singaporeans are now just so used to trains breakdowns most of us just have to shrug our shoulders, grumbled a little, and move on. We have no choice in the matter because the SMRT and Ministry of Transport seem powerless to stop the disruption. In this latest breakdown, they can’t even pinpoint the fault, much less fix it!

So it seems that we Singaporeans have no choice but to accept trains breakdown as a way of life. It is as people say, our new normal. 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That means, the fare hike is justifiable for such "new norms"?

Ghost said...

Seeing the muted response from Singaporeans...unfortunately, the answer is yes.

Anonymous said...

Slow boiling frogs....

Anonymous said...

Well, our MPs are also muted, and we paid them $16,000 a month allowance and they dare not "slap" the driver...

Maybe give the money to the ngo, or M Ravi..

Ghost said...

The only way not to be a slow boiling frog is to get out of the frying pan. Aka, stop buying cars. You think Singaporeans will do that? Me neither.