SMRT BC point middle finger
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SMRT suspends bus captain who pointed middle finger at driver after road dispute
An SMRT bus driver who was photographed pointing his middle finger at a lorry driver yesterday (Dec 2) has been taken off duty for further investigations by the bus operator.
Stomper Alan Yap, who is the lorry driver, had sent in a photo of the bus driver making the rude gesture at him.
Alan also shared the photo on Facebook, where it has since gone viral online with more than 4,200 shares.
Stompers Nazri, Pang, Kàpitan, Benedict, Randy, Jamaludin, Sng and Zhi Xiang also alerted Stomp to the photo.
SMRT responded to the incident in a statement on its Facebook pageearlier today:
"We understand that there is a post circulating showing one of our bus captains behaving badly. We apologise for this incident. ‪#SMRT‬ takes a very serious view about such bad behaviour.
"The bus captain has been taken off duty for further investigations.
"This incident is certainly not representative of all the bus captains who proudly serve with SMRT, and who have been receiving compliments from you, our commuters."
According to The Straits Times, Alan had been travelling in the middle lane on Lentor Avenue at about 10am on Wednesday when the bus (service number 853) had tried to cut into his lane.
"He signalled and immediately tried to filter, so I had no time to react and did not give way," said Alan.
"Even if he was unhappy that I failed to give way, how can he react in such a vulgar manner when he's wearing the SMRT uniform?"
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