Cursed moments on public buses: Man watches explicit content, woman files feet, Singapore News

Back in 2023, a 65-year-old man was arrested for public nuisance after doing the same on a bus and allegedly harassing a couple who called him out on his behaviour.

When the couple informed the bus captain, he reportedly immediately stopped the bus and made a police report.

The owner of a nearby mobile phone shop added that the bus captain also asked to borrow an ejector tool, likely to retrieve the memory card from the elderly man’s phone for the police investigation.

Woman files her feet

Another now-deleted video posted on the Complaint Singapore Facebook group shows an elderly woman using a callus file on her feet while sitting on the bus.

According to the Land Transport Authority website, passengers are not allowed to engage in personal grooming while on buses, as part of maintaining public health and cleanliness on board public buses.

Bus captains are allowed to instruct passengers to comply immediately or tell them to alight without a fare refund if they see non-compliance with these conditions.

They can also stop operating the bus until the non-compliant passenger leaves, or request police assistance while the bus is stopped.

Signs have shown up recently at MRT stations, asking people to not groom in public, and perhaps similar reminders are needed for buses.

Netizens concurred with the signs, with one writing: “Anyone who knows social etiquette and consideration for others will never cut nails or comb hair in public transport!

“No one wants to have other people’s disgusting nail clippings and hair fly into their face, body or bags!”

However, some thought that the sign, which showed one character curling their eyelashes and another clipping their toenails, went too far with the inclusion of the former.

“Putting makeup is okay as long as you’re not [inconveniencing] others,” commented one user. “Cutting nails in train is inappropriate.”

Another wrote: “Have we become such a no-joy robot nation that one can’t even apply lipstick in public?”

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