Picture this: you’re out and about in good old Jurong West, just minding your own business, when you start to bemoan your lack of fashion sense.
“If only I’ve better clothes on me…” you say. “I’d so be Mr Popular. Girls will leap at me like frogs. Guys will introduce me to their sisters. Oh, if only I had better clothes.”
Teary-eyed, you look towards the heavens. “Oh heaven, if you’ve a heart you’ll drop a pile of clothes on me, right now!”
You wait, but none came.
“Of course there wasn’t,” you mumble half-heartedly. “What was I thinking? I must be high to think that I can ever be fashionable.”
Plop.
All of a sudden, you’re graced by bags of rubbish. Three to be specific. Intrigued rather than offended, you dig through them to find clothes. Lots of clothes.
Amazed, you look to the heavens, give a thankful smile and begin to sniff through the clothes.
“Ah, that’s the smell of fashion!” you swoon.
“Ew,” a passing office lady crinkles her nose.
Passer-By Nearly Hit By Bags of Clothes Thrown from Jurong West HDB Block
Lest you’re wondering, the introductory paragraph rings true except for two glaring differences:
- The person probably didn’t wish for clothes
- The person’s rather ticked off by it all
According to Stomp, the incident occurred at Block 967A Jurong West Street 93 on 6 February 2020: Stomper Indra was walking past the block at around 9:18 p.m. when she was nearly hit by three bags of rubbish that were hurled down.
“I was walking along the sheltered walkway when the rubbish dropped right beside me,” Indra, who resides at Block 967B, told Stomp.
“There were clothes inside the bags, but I did not open them in case other people mistook me for the culprit.”
Apparently, it wasn’t the first time. Reports have allegedly been filed to the town council, but the acts have not ceased.
“This has been going on for around two years. The resident has not learnt a lesson and is still throwing high-rise rubbish.
High-Rise Consideration
Unwanted clothes might be a pest, but the fact remains that you can’t just throw them out of the window. They are, after all, still capable of weight (no matter how minimal), and as such might cause harm if thrown from high floors.
Instead, seek to take unwanted clothes to your local dumpster, or donate them to worthy causes. It might be one extra step, but it sure as hell is worth it if the alternative’s getting a Stomp article written about you.
I mean, I would prefer the former, definitely.
On an ending note, avoid throwing anything out of the window. Practice high-rise consideration, not high-rise littering.
Even HDB says that:
