Uproar over train passengers who bring own stools

A subway passenger seated on a portable stool on the Shanghai Metro. Many have hit out at such behaviour, but others say there are simply not enough seats on the trains. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

SHANGHAI: Subway passengers on the Shanghai Metro system who take up space on morning peak-hour trains by sitting on portable stools have been criticised for their "rude and selfish" behaviour by Chinese netizens.

Shots of passengers on fold-up stools on Metro Line 9 drew the wrath of social media users, with some denouncing their selfishness in "thinking only about themselves" by taking up space in the cramped carriages, reported the South China Morning Post.