Man on train lies down across row of seats and looks at phone: Should passengers do something?
What would you do if you see this on the MRT?
A man was caught on camera lying down across a row of seats and looking at his phone on the train with a black backpack on the floor next to him. Other passengers can be seen giving him a wide berth.
A video of the incident was posted on TikTok on Nov 9 with subtitles that said it happened on the Thomson-East Coast Line on Nov 2.
The TikTok user added: "SMRT, your staff should perform random checks to prevent such behaviour."
The caption read: "If your cameras onboard have captured this, you would have gotten one of your staff to address this. @smrttrainssg"
The video has more than 125,000 views.
A netizen commented on the TikTok video: "I don't get why people are not making use of the emergency stop button. If I ever come across such situation or witness a brawl, I'll just press that and stop the whole train."
Others disagreed with the comment with someone asking: "Is this considered an emergency? Do you know the consequences of pressing the emergency button?"
Another person chimed in: "Is this situation an emergency that requires you to stop the whole train?"
Someone else pointed out: "That emergency button is not meant for drunken incidents."
The 22-second video was also posted on Reddit with the title: "MRT not your bedroom leh."
After a commenter said the man should be jailed or fined, another pointed out: "No signage about getting fined for taking multiple seats leh."
But someone else argued: "This is inconsiderate behaviour. If this continues and no action is taken, then some others will learn and follow eventually. Monkey see, monkey do."
Predictably, a netizen commented that instead of just recording, the person who took the video should have said something.
Another Redditor replied: "Bro, it's easier said than done. Maybe I would say something but only when I know the MRT doors will open so I can run off if he has a knife or weapon or when I have my friends with me.
"These days we hear of people doing cray things in public and then hurting you if you confront them. Plus I can't be sure if the strangers around me will call an ambulance quick if something should happen.
"Better collect evidence for authorities and they know what to do."
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