What I Want For Christmas 2011

This year, is about transport. Simple requests, not wishes. People have been saying it for years but nobody understands, that’s the unfortunate part, only nobody understands. The following is what I notice and from my point of view, I deem them reasonable.

All cabins in trains to have wide seats available. Now, some cabins have no seats. Please try to work at a location that is 1.5 hours away, then you will understand. SMRT and SBS, your people should try that for 5 days in a row, then tell me whether more standing room is better or more seats.

More frequency of buses and trains. It is pointless to up the transport fare when the frequency is still the same. People are expecting better service and that is part of the expectation. People don’t care about traffic jam or breakdown. As long as they can’t see, only nobody cares about it. Bosses don’t like to hear that the bus is late or whatever, since you are the boss, do you want to hear that from your employees?

Extend the bus shelters to shield from heavy rain. Small bus stops look stylish only in photos. When the sun is angry, only nobody can sit there. Make sure the shelter really works, it is pointless to be called a shelter when it neither shields you from the hot sun nor the pouring rain.

I guess this is it for now. I believe what I’m asking for is reasonable. I have a sense of deja vu here, perhaps I have posted this before but then again, if these requests have been fulfilled, I don’t think so many people would complain about the same thing everyday.