She is cute, with her front teeth protruding out by a bit, giving the image of a bunny. With her small and petite figure, she looks the decent girl of an average family, with principles and mannerism.
I saw her as soon as I boarded the Bus routed to the Train Station. It, the bus, packed full, and she was standing to the side of the main passageway. The passageway is normally allowed 2 person to pass through, and she was standing to the side. So I tap my card and took my position, diagonally behind-right of her, with one extra person in between us.
Then that guy alighted and more boarded. A man was gripping to the handle about me with his armpit right behind my ear. It made me uncomfortable, I fidgeted and glanced a few times behind. Seems like he didn't take the hint. So when the bus stop at the next red light junction, I shifted right behind the girl, in between a lady in her 40s and the secondary school girl.
Never did I expect the bus to move at that particular moment, causing me to trip backwards and my left foot accidentally stepped on the heel of her(secondary school girl's) shoe, I believed. I muttered a soft "Sorry", or so I heard it with my ears, then boringly take in the surrounding of the road.
Curious, I glanced back to the girl's handphone. She was messaging someone, probably her classmate, about her day, that she fell into a drain while walking and "it pain like hell" (these were her exact words) I felt symphathy for her and wished that her pain could go away.
The blow came. "and somemore this guy on the bus behind me stepped on my leg and never even apologise =.= assh*le". I was stunned, dumbfounded, and totally wordsbaggered. How could she called me something vulgar?
Ok, being a cool guy, I tilted my head back and said "Sorry la", loud enough for her to be shocked. I don't know what happened next, probably SMSing her friend that I am a weirdo ,etc nasty stuffs for looking at her phone. And hey, I am literally looking at her phone, not peeping or whatsoever. My body is halfway turned to look at her back of her head when her text messages caught my attention and curiousity.
It is my fault for stepping on her heel of her shoe, AND NOT HER LEG, okay maybe I did, but I'm sure I didn't. AND SINGAPOREAN's english very terrible-their definition of "Leg" is totally off from the dictionary. And it is my fault for mumbling my apology when it should have been said aloud, enough for her to hear. As well as my second apology is a shock to her and probably not as sincere as she expected.
BUT is the fault TOTALLY mine?
I don't think so. First of all, she had be standing at the same place when I boarded the bus, disregarding the simple act of kindness to move the middle of the bus to allow people to board. Neither did she moved during and after the incident happened, and only after I alighted. Maybe she thinks that being tiny and all, she doesn't get affected and is also not affecting the passageway.
Hello~being tiny doesn't mean you don't get squashed by others, and your ears need to be cleaned, as well as your mannerism need to be straighten! If you got stepped on by strangers accidentally while in a public transport, it is considered normal, especially when the train or bus suddenly moves. If the person gave a grunt or a nonsensical sound that you cannot define, just simply accept it as a apology from that person. Do you really require a loud-hailered apology from the stranger, to let EVERYONE on board to hear the stranger apologising for a simple matter? Are you really that petty? Besides, its the back of the shoe, not the TOES! It can't hurt much as the toes, this comes with experience by taking the train towards JE or YS during the peak hour, if you really experienced this, you would have accepted it magnanimously. And do you really think you are the one having a bad day? I got caught in the rain, and was drenched and had to dry myself at relative's house before I could head home. I also woke up at 7 this morning, maybe it is slightly later than yours, but I slept late last night.
I am really appalled by this incident, simply one word is enough to send me spiralling into negativeness. Are ALL pretty and decent looking girl in singapore have such mannerisms? I seriously hope not. Else, I am going to look for my life-partner overseas. And I sincerely wish the boys here 'Good Luck' handling the girls' mannerisms, their pettiness, and probably their discipline, tidyness and laziness. =/
