Spoilt son wanting sit Grab Car instead of waiting for bus ... parents then blame bus frequence and long wait like expecting taxi kind of service

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'Ridiculous' 35-minute bus wait in Tengah leaves boy 'crying and begging' for cab, family says​

A Tower Transit Singapore spokesperson said service 97 was affected by traffic congestion which resulted in long delays.
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PUBLISHED ON April 29, 2026 6:45 PM BY Esther Lam

A mother and son were frustrated by a "ridiculous" 35-minute wait for bus service 97 on Saturday (April 25), despite arrival timings having indicated a much shorter wait.

In a TikTok video of the incident posted on Tuesday, user Seri Romzi showed her son Matin appearing visibly distressed at a bus stop at Block 307B Tengah Drive.

The video garnered more than 62,000 views before her account was made private.

Seri Romzi told Stomp the incident took place at around 4pm. She had scanned a QR code at the bus stop to check the arrival timings for service 97, which is operated by Tower Transit Singapore.

The housewife reportedly said the timings kept repeating between "five minutes, three minutes, one minute and arriving", but yet there was no sign of the bus.

Her son, who was initially okay with the shorter wait times, became increasingly "more furious and fuming mad" as time passed, reported Stomp.

Matin "cried and begged" for his mother to book a private-hire vehicle home, according to the video caption, but she declined as they only lived four stops away.

Seri Romzi said the bus arrived only about 35 minutes later, and her son was visibly relieved upon reaching home.

She told Stomp there were also other commuters who were frustrated and gave up on the long wait. One family with a baby chose to head home while another family of four eventually flagged a cab and left.

In response to media queries, a Tower Transit Singapore spokesperson apologised for the inconvenience that Seri Romzi's family faced.

Bus service 97 was affected by traffic congestion caused by multiple road and lane closures due to an event that day, resulting in long delays for buses returning from the city, added the spokesperson.

 

[laksaboy]

Serves you dimwits right for living in that shithole Tengah. That upcoming new MRT line (more like glorified LRT) won't make things better.

I have seen better temporary bus interchanges elsewhere than that thing they called a bus interchange in Tengah. Good luck to those on wheelchairs or have difficulty walking, and just want to board a bus there. If you go and explore that place, you will understand why.

 

[k1976]

Tengah Condo selling like hot cakes de woh
EC breaking $2100 per sqft price tag
ATAS foks will not have such issues

 

[laksaboy]

In an earlier post, I have said that bus 97 traverses through most of the entire stretch of Jurong Town Hall Rd, and the traffic there during peak hours can be quite congested. If you want to go to the downtown area during peak hours, take a feeder bus to Bukit Batok and then take a bus or MRT from there.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Who came up with the idiot concept of 'car-lite' town centre and managed to trick Sinkies into thinking it's a good idea? Lol... that's why I always think Singapore is the easiest country to govern - populated with gullible idiots.

 

[bobby]

Cannot afford to buy COE so just shut the fuck up and wait for bus.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Pity the fools who bought into this big time scam - car-light! lol

 

[True Believer]

Cannot afford to buy COE so just shut the fuck up and wait for bus.

It is difficult to put a price on convenience and comfort. It all boils down to affordability; if one cannot afford the COE, then put up with the less-than-world class public transport system in SG.

 

[A Singaporean]

Low class coolie gene Sinkies in hdb expect condo class service ? Go fuck yourselves.