First post - Interpersonal Conflict

Hello readers! This will be my first post on the blog and it is going to be about Interpersonal Conflict.

In June last year, there was a huge outrage over the behaviour of a middle-aged Singaporean "aunty" arguing with a younger woman on the MRT train, whose actions were caught on video which went viral after being uploaded onto video sharing website YouTube. The video shows the middle-aged woman accusing the younger lady of staring at her, even after the younger lady gave up her seat to her. After much arguing and swearing, the older woman said something along the lines of "So displeasing. Most probably you're from China. Ask you for the seat, keep on staring for how many hours? So rude." The younger woman, who had been silent till then, replied: "You say enough already or not, aunty?"

Personally, I think the actions of the older woman were uncalled for and rather disrespectful. Even though the younger woman was initially sitting on the reserved seat, she was courteous and gave up her seat to the older woman. She was not obliged to but still did it voluntarily. However, the older woman not only kept reprimanding her, she also tried to take photos of her. In addition, she also said that the younger woman was "probably from China". I feel that people should have mutual respect for one another regardless of race, nationality and age. Also, we should treat others in a way we want to be treated.

On the other hand, I also feel that the younger woman was wrong in a way. After being scolded by the older woman, the younger woman initially kept quiet but got fired up after awhile and began hurling vulgarities at the older woman. I feel that the younger woman could have walked away and not quarrel back to prevent further argument. 

This is just my two-cents' worth. Thank you for taking time off to read it :) before I end this post, I have one question for all of you - what will you do if you were the young lady caught in this kind of situation?