The Harmful Water

Who would have thought the harmless-looking transparent liquid spill on a seat is...

From: http://news.omy.sg/News/Local+News/Story/OMYStory201203271510-322775.html

地铁车座惊现腐蚀液　烧焦美女臀

女郎晚上下班后搭地铁，坐在疑被人放置腐蚀性液体的座位，臀部被烧焦入院。

事发时，女郎在莱佛士坊转换地铁，一上车看到有空位就坐了上去。谁知坐下后，就感觉裤子湿湿的，发现座位上有液体，以为是水，也不以为意，换到对面的另一个座位。

不到一分钟，她的臀部突然传来阵阵的灼热感，原本打算在政府大厦下车，但想早点回家，决定忍一忍。

岂料到了多美歌地铁站，臀部的灼热感变成刺痛，她再也忍不住，马上下车到女厕查看，骇然发现右臀“烧焦”。

伤口巴掌大，恐需换肤；专家：腐蚀液可能是硫酸；SMRT：已交警方处理。

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It's pretty scary thinking that someone could bring sulphuric acid into the MRT and spill it. And this is a nasty chemical to have...

Usually people will avoid sitting on seats with liquid spills, but sometimes we just sit down without noticing it. The nastiest liquid I've sat on is aircon cooling water. It was leaking from the aircon vent above a bus seat, but I didn't notice it because the liquid was absorbed into dark-coloured SMRT bus cushioned seat. I only realised it until some dripped onto my head. The worse thing was, the cooling liquid was really smelly (reeks of metal) and it stained my shorts too. A visible wet mark could be seen at butt area. It was pretty embarrassing to walk around too. Luckily I was on the way home at that time otherwise...

Ever since then I became wary about liquid spills on public seats, especially those below aircon vents. Look carefully before you sit.