Uncle berates young man on bus: 'You want to fight? I'm S'porean, you know'
An elderly bus passenger has been caught on video berating a man — purportedly a foreign worker — and challenging him to a fight, leaving netizens riled and confused.
The 38-second clip, uploaded to Facebook, starts with the elderly man - standing with his back to the camera — telling a younger man not to talk so loudly.
The latter, who has taken a seat reserved for the elderly or handicapped, regards him impassively and replies: "Now you are louder."
The older man utters an expletive, but the younger one remains unfazed, gesturing to another part of the bus and telling the older man: "Sit."
"You want to fight?" says the elderly man. "I am a Singaporean, you know. You know who you are, behave yourself."
He mutters something unintelligible before telling the man to "keep your mouth shut". The younger man replies: "Can I talk nicely?" before the clip ends.
The clip, shared on Facebook page Singapore incidents on Dec 10, has so far garnered at least 82,000 views, 688 reactions and 247 comments.
'We are all human beings'
Commenters on the post were uncertain about the full context of the incident, with some assuming the older man was scolding the younger one for taking a reserved seat.
"Aiya...just stand up and give him the seat la. You so [sic] strong man, why u [sic] need the seat and the blue sign plate shown so clearly," said one.
Others felt the spat was not about the seats. "Uncle making noise it's [sic] not because of seat, most probably the fellows talk [sic] loud," said a netizen.
"It is more like the FW [sic] was talking loudly, not about the seat, because there were empty ones around. Listen to what the SG uncle was saying," said another.
Some thought the older man was intoxicated. "The uncle appears drunk, keep [sic] talking, its not seat issue, mayb [sic] the guy was talking loudly," said a Facebook user.
Others felt the older man was out of line. "Aiyoh Uncle u [sic] dont know how tired are [sic] they...You think easy [sic] work under sun and rain [sic] dusty and carry heavy things [sic] please let them relax human being must understand to [sic] one another," said a commenter.
Another said: "Uncle. No matter what happened, We [sic] are all human being, how you [sic] feel if you are being questioned by others when u [sic] are out of your country. Please be nice."
There were random comments too, with one noting that the man seated beside the foreign worker resembled Liverpool footballer Mo Salah, who is currently in a spat with his club.
"Mo Salah sitting beside the guy must be wondering, first I was thrown under the bus..now inside bus also hv [sic] problem."
