Attention to Detail

On the MRT (subways and elevated trains) there are "priority seats" near each door. Anyone can sit in these seats, but when an older, pregnant, parent with lap child, or disabled person gets on the train, they get the priority seat. And it's practiced faithfully here.

Sometimes a little too faithfully for our tastes, as in when someone offered Raye the priority seat. (To be fair, this happened when Raye was having her back problems at the end of last year and was using a cane.)

I found the sign itself to be interesting in a couple of details. Take a close look at it. (You can click on the picture to see a bigger version.)

Certainly the illustrations are simple and clear; they don't require translation into the four official languages of Singapore (English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil).

Did you notice that the adult with the lap child is male?

What about the different spine angles for each of the figures? That was a surprise when I noticed it. They all make sense, too.

I guess that's what happens when you hang around with a physiotherapist for 30 years...