LOL! Cheebye fellow so skinny still want to punch people? I think I twist his arm, he will break.
A young man wearing a Team NUS T-shirt snatched a parking lot from STOMPer Aina and her husband and then threatened to punch her husband in the face when confronted.
The couple was shocked at the behaviour shown by the young man, especially when he could be an undergraduate in NUS.
Aina said in an email to STOMP:
"Last Friday morning around 8.20am, while my husband was waiting to reverse park into a lot at the Bedok North Blk 216 market, a young man, talking on the handphone, drove in from behind and reversed into the lot.
"My husband sounded his horn and saw the young man shoving a middle finger at him while still talking on the handphone.
"He came over to our car. My husband wound down the window to question him for such an uncalled-for behaviour.
"Still having his handphone glued to his ear, he shouted 'No need to say so much, come out and we settle with our FIST'.
"My husband remained in his car and asked him to cut out his barbaric act.
"He then drove off to avoid a traffic pile-up.
"As he observed that the young man was wearing a Team NUS T-shirt, and, as a NUS alumni, he cannot tolerate such hooligan acts from an undergraduate.
"So after he parked his car, he decided to look for him. My husband went up to him for an explanation when he spotted him at the food centre.
"'Why do you throw a middle finger at me?'
"His response was even more ridiculous. 'So you want to settle it here with our fists?'
"My husband lectured him that 'We are in a civilised society, this is not the way to behave'.
"The young men got aggressive and shouted 'You believe I will punch you on your face' repeatedly.
"This alerted patrons around them and a few came over to calm the young man down.
"These words uttered sounded like criminal intimidation so my husband called the police.
"The police arrived and a police report is filed. Our education system has failed badly when even our tertiary students cannot communicate in a civilised manner.
"If he is indeed a member of Team NUS, we should re-think our selection process.
"How can such flawed character represent our university? He is a disgrace to NUS, its alumni and our civilised society."
When STOMP contacted Aina on the phone, she added that she was also concerned about the safety of her daughter, if an undergraduate can behave in such a violent manner.
