In my opinion, the newly-installed benches at MRT stations here are stupid.

The idiot who okayed the move to install these dumb slippery and sloping benches must be some person who doesn't take trains in his daily life.

What are these things supposed to be, mini slides or something for people to sit on while waiting for the train to arrive?

Look at this shiny 30cm or so wide bench with a slippery surface which slopes at an angle from both sides of the centre. And there's no way of balancing one's centre of gravity over the damn thing by leaning back a little coz the bench is fixed so close to the wall. If you put someone with short legs or a kid on it, she'd slip right off and possibly fall on her head or something.


It's not only unsafe, it's also user unfriendly. In the end, people avoid these dumb things. So all the money we've invested in the SMRT in the form of fares have gone down the drain only because some dumbo decided decided to opt for stylo milo over simple and functional.

Since the damage has already been done, one solution is to stick on anti-slip mats on the surface of the benches to prevent people's butts from sliding off. If SMRT is not willing to do this for the sake of the public, then maybe the public should just bring their own anti slip mats and stick them on themselves.

So what do you think about these benches?