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In a community of stressed-out denizens, the e-scooter has turned out to be a touchpoint for anger

Vivien Ang
Published Fri, Nov 29, 2019 · 09:50 PM
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"AIYAH, lady, if you walking so slowly, don't take centre lane, lah!" This sentence was hurled at my mum as a middle-aged man zipped past onhis e-scooter, which is probably now scrap metal in some recycling yard.

The incident, which occurred last month, left my mum bewildered. "Girl ah," she said to me, "I didn't know there was a centre lane in a footpath."

Neither did I.

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