'Staff are human being also': Netizens back SMRT staff who sat on priority seat
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Netizens took the side of a SMRT staff after a post of him sitting on a train's priority seat surfaced on Complaint Singapore's Facebook page on Friday (June 12).In the post, the staff, who was seen in a red SMRT jacket and uniform, was looking at his phone a'Staff are human being also': Netizens back SMRT staff who sat on priority seat
Netizens took the side of a SMRT staff after a post of him sitting on a train's priority seat surfaced on Complaint Singapore's Facebook page on Friday (June 12).In the post, the staff, who was seen in a red SMRT jacket and uniform, was looking at his phone as he sat in the seat. The seat beside him is empty and there are no visible crowds on the train.The contributor wrote in the caption of his post: «Please ask your staff/colleague to occupy other seats.»Netizens urged for more empathy in the comment section of the post, pointing out that the cabin looks empty, and the staff would have voluntarily given his seat up to those who needed it.A few of them also wrote that more appreciation should have been given to the staff.One wrote: «Staff are human being also... because of you people, we lost the caring Singapore... We have become a toxic society.»«They work hard and walk a lot in the trains, cut them some slack,» another netizen wrote.A netizen commented: "Appreciate the hard work by general workers. When we shake our legs at home during public holidays and weekends, these heroes are [working] around the clock. Read more
