After a maid carrying NS man's backpack, now it's a father's turn

It seems that carrying of backpacks for national servicemen continues to make the news among Singaporeans.

The latest comes on Thursday when a reader of the popular Singapore citizen journalism website Stomp sent a picture of a serviceman in army uniform, making an older man - apparently his father - carry his backpack.

In March, a reader had sent to Stomp, a picture of a national serviceman making his maid carry his army backpack. It generated much buzz on and off the internet, with people criticizing NS man of being "spoilt" and too "soft" whereas some gave the NS man the benefit of the doubt, citing possible reasons like having injuries.

However, in this case, it is no longer a maid, it seems like it is a father. A person supposedly the elder of the NS man is helping him carry his heavy backpack. Some might say that it is fatherly love, but to me, it shows that the NS man is really spoilt. He should have carried the load and not led his father, who is older and supposedly weaker.

I feel that the NS man should be the one blamed. Some might blame the father too but I feel that the NS man should have refused if his father offered to carry his heavy load. He should not have allowed his father to carry his burden for him.

I feel that NS man should really watch what they do in public as in their uniforms, even the slightest of mistakes, people would be able to pick it up and make a fuss about it. I really hope that no such cases surface anymore, or it will really leave a bad impression of other NS man whom I believe are capable of doing such simple task of carrying their own load, and not being so "spoilt".