July 27, 01:44 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 Following four-word stories on the SAF, journalists and civil servants, we thought we should come up with a version everybody can relate to.
Think about it: at this very moment, somewhere, someone is experiencing one of these sad stories.
1.
Adapted from here.
To our vertically-challenged friends,
Sorry.
Yours sincerely,
Tall folk.
2.
Adapted from here.
Some people don't have time to dry their hair before getting on the bus/train, but they also don't really have to share their joy with other people's arms.
3.
Adapted from here.
Was that a gust of wind at the back of your head? Did the bus/train have a new dew sprinkler system?
Nope. Just people who do not have the common courtesy to cover their mouths when they cough.
4.
Adapted from here.
If only you started running five seconds earlier, or waved your hands frantically, or called out at the driver, or asked the people at the bus stop to help you stop the bus, or just left the house earlier.
Don't worry, you have the next 10 - 15 minutes till the next bus arrives to think about all the other 'What ifs' of life.
5.
Adapted from here.
This goes out to every commuter (yes, the hundreds of thousands of you) who has fallen victim to a bus/train breakdown/disruption.
6. 
Couldn't board bus as a result.
7. 
Hello, human sardines, and hello, passing trains you can forget about even THINKING of trying to board.
8.
So many empty seats, but they are not for you. Sorry.
9.
Adapted from here.
Having someone on the train/bus with monstrous body odour is like when someone's peeing so hard at the urinal that their pee splashes on you — suffer in silence. There's nothing you can do.
The worst? Combine this with story number 1.
10. 
When the trains are extremely packed, it goes without saying that your personal space will be invaded (more likely violated, we reckon). Few things are more invasive than someone's butt backing into your crotch (by accident, one would hope).
If you're a man, and the butt belongs to a woman, it can become quite complicated. If it belongs to a man... well... rainbows and sparkles?
11.
Adapted from here.
From "Arr" to 23 minutes in a flash, and of course, no bus. (By the way, this was among our "Top 10 small things that irritate Singaporeans more than they should" article.)
12. 
Sad. LPPL.
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4-word saddest story: Singapore Armed Forces edition
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