Nothing says “Welcome to China” more than the hand to hand combat in the daily queue or on the Shanghai Metro. I rode up the lift with a couple of mainlanders. It literally became a fast walking race to the desk, with the mainlanders trying to slide in front of me and hailing the clerk first. Yeah, that’s gonna happen! Move your ass back. The worst thing is that they had Singapore passports.
The Shanghai Metro default is crowded. Doesn’t matter what day or what time, you will be standing and will have to fight your way to the door to get off the train. This is what happens when people don’t have cars. This is the exact situation that the liberals in San Francisco want. No one gets to drive cars (except them) and everyone must ride transit. They also complain that they don’t want BART or MUNI to be “like” Hong Kong or Shanghai. Because liberals all deserve a comfortable seat? HA.
Of course, people on the platform don’t wait for passengers to get off the train before they attempt to board. It’s a lot of shoving and pushing and it’s perfectly normal.
Welcome to China!