Hi people,
Have you ever seen the middle age group (35-45 yrs old) or old aunties and uncles (45-65 yrs old) competing for seats when the public transport you take is crowded? Do you actually know why must they do so? How do you feel when juveniles like us refuse to give up our seats to the old folks?
Hi, once again, I believe every one of you has seen these two scenarios and mostly, they occur during the morning and evening peak hours. I will try to re-enact verbally the three most common scenes in a bus at 6.20 am.
Scenario 1
Scenario 1
Bus is congested with commuters, students and some old people. Seats are all taken and May, a housewife at the age of 47 clings on to a pole, desperately wanting to sit. The bus halts and a lot of passengers alights. Relieved, May quickly gets herself to an ideal seat and dozes off...
Scenario 2
Bus is congested with commuters, students and some old people. Seats are all taken and May, a housewife at the age of 47 clings on to a pole and Mark, a Secondary 3 student who grabs the hand-grip are desperately wanting to sit. The bus halts and one passenger left his seat and alights. May took hold of the opportunity and sat down before Mark reacted. May dozes off while Mark grudges a little bit...
Scenario 3
Bus is congested with commuters, students and some old people. Seats are all taken and May, a housewife at the age of 47 clings on to a pole and Mark, a Secondary 3 student who grabs the hand-grip are desperately wanting to sit. The bus halts and one passenger left his seat and alights. Mark took hold of the opportunity and sat down before May reacted. Mark dozes off while May grudges a little bit and feels unhappy.
That's about it. Basically to the issue why the older generations are so mindful of a place to sit is because all of them have experience a long and tiring day of work and really want to rest. Their body are not as fit as ours, as youths. In the early morning, they probably need to re-charge a little bit more to gain more sleep so as to be more alert during work. I really think that youths should give up their seats to older people and also not to compete for seats with them as it is quite rude and shows that one has a lack of basic courtesy.
Scenario 3
Bus is congested with commuters, students and some old people. Seats are all taken and May, a housewife at the age of 47 clings on to a pole and Mark, a Secondary 3 student who grabs the hand-grip are desperately wanting to sit. The bus halts and one passenger left his seat and alights. Mark took hold of the opportunity and sat down before May reacted. Mark dozes off while May grudges a little bit and feels unhappy.
That's about it. Basically to the issue why the older generations are so mindful of a place to sit is because all of them have experience a long and tiring day of work and really want to rest. Their body are not as fit as ours, as youths. In the early morning, they probably need to re-charge a little bit more to gain more sleep so as to be more alert during work. I really think that youths should give up their seats to older people and also not to compete for seats with them as it is quite rude and shows that one has a lack of basic courtesy.
As the "Phua Chu Kang" campaign poster in the bus says "Give up your seat to those that need it more."
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