I was taking the train from yishun to raffles place. This malay lady sitting at the priority seat suddenly took a glance at my stomach. Then she sorta silently heaved a relief and went to lala land thinking that this woman (me) is just fat.
I confessed, I can never tell if someone is fat or pregnant (except for the obvious one of course). Even til now at 4th month I still feel guilty taking the priority seat but I took it nonetheless because I was always feeling unwell. But I looked around me, there were big sized malay auntie in 40s, skinny Chinese auntie in her 50s, uncle reading newspaper and white collar looking so sleepy. Who should take the seat if any one of it is available? Not withstanding availability or ranking of needs, everyone is simply waiting to jump on a seat should there be one. Because everyone pays the same fare, the mentality is why should i give up the seat to you. then Will the person with real needs get the seat?
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