{"id":47368,"date":"2026-04-25T20:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47368"},"modified":"2026-04-25T20:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:04:35","slug":"are-you-deaf-passenger-confronts-bus-driver-after-he-allegedly-skips-bus-stop-at-woodlands-north-mrt-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47368","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Are you deaf?\u2019: Passenger confronts bus driver after he allegedly skips bus stop at Woodlands North MRT station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">A heated argument ensued after a bus driver allegedly failed to stop at Woodlands North MRT station, with a passenger repeatedly asking if he was \u201cdeaf\u201d while he asked if she \u201cwanted to apologise\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">TikTok user @nshkn.rs <a class=\"text-primary-brand no-underline hover:underline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nshkn.rs\/video\/7632116626883775764\" target=\"_blank\">shared a video of the confrontation<\/a>, claiming that passengers were \u201clate to work\u201d after a bus driver of Service 856 failed to stop at Woodlands North MRT station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cDespite passengers requesting to alight, he refused and continued driving, only stopping at Khalsa Crescent (Drug Rehabilitation Centre) bus stop,\u201d she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">In the video, the TikToker asks the driver in Mandarin while jabbing a finger at him: \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you stop? You made a lot of people late, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cWe pressed the bell, didn\u2019t you hear? Are you deaf?\u201d she adds. \u201cAre you going to open the door or not?\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"my-lg md:my-xl\">\n<p><hr class=\"flex-1 border-grayscale-100 lg:hidden\"\/><span class=\"text-grayscale-400 text-14 leading-16 font-primary text-center lg:text-left p-sm\">Scroll to continue reading<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"flex-1 border-grayscale-100 my-md\"\/>\n<hr class=\"my-md border-grayscale-100\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The driver repeatedly asks if she \u201cwanted to apologise\u201d to him, while she insists that he is \u201cin the wrong\u201d and refuses to do so. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cThen I won\u2019t move,\u201d the bus driver says. He opens the door a few seconds later, and the woman alights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">She adds in the post\u2019s caption that passengers were \u201cforced to walk and cross the road from Khalsa Crescent to Woodlands North MRT\u201d, calling for authorities to take action regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Stomp has reached out to nshkn.rs and Tower Transit Singapore for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"lg:text-28 lg:leading-33.6px pt-md font-primary text-24 font-bold leading-1.2\">\u2018What kind of service is this?\u2019: Fellow passenger appalled<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The post garnered over 40,000 views, with some netizens calling the driver\u2019s actions \u201coutrageous\u201d and \u201crude\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">One commenter, who identified themselves as a fellow passenger on the bus, said that many commuters were unable to alight. \u201cWhat kind of service is this?\u201d they asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Others questioned whether it was an isolated incident, noting that \u201cbus drivers are humans too, they make mistakes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cIs this a one-off incident or ALL THE TIME?&#8230;if it\u2019s a one-off, then should just forgive and forget&#8230;IF it\u2019s ALWAYS, then just go and report to the corporate&#8230;.early in the morning no need to argue and bring each other\u2019s morale down\u2026\u201d one netizen commented. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">When a user asked why the bus driver had requested an apology, nshkn.rs replied: \u201cNo apology is needed, the bell was pressed more than once, but the bus did not stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"border-t border-primary-200 my-xl\"\/>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-xl rounded-xl border border-primary-100 mt-xl\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/assets\/stomp-comment-COLiWNMD.png\" alt=\"Stomp Comment\" class=\"absolute -mt-lg -ml-xs w-[203px] md:w-[255px]\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Have something to say? 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