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Do we really need a campaign to tell us how to behave on public transport?
A poster outlining what is essentially common sense isn’t the solution. Setting the standard for ourselves is.
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Posters featuring two cartoony characters accompanied by the caption, “Don’t groom in public”, have begun appearing across trains, sparking a spirited debate.
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Karen Tee
There is something rather absurd about needing a poster to tell grown adults not to clip their nails on a train. Yet here we are, face to face with a new SMRT campaign urging passengers to be more gracious by, among other things, refraining from personal grooming on board.
Posters featuring two cartoony characters – one clipping its toenails, another applying mascara or curling its lashes – accompanied by the caption, “Don’t groom in public”, have begun appearing across trains, sparking a spirited debate.
