Originally posted by rathcycle:
Seriously, i think that old people are the cause, if they got a 2 person seat, they sure take both seat and the other seat put other things, but when there are no seats in the bus, they expect us to give them our seats, i believe it's more of selfish then inconsiderate.
I do agree with what you say to an extent. You see, there are some group of senior citizens who are either illiterate or whose parents did not place much emphasis on courtesy and consideration of others while bringing them up. But back then when they were struggling under much harder economic times in a 3rd world Singapore, I doubt being considerate is anywhere near their minds.
I only frown upon those younger generations who now have all the luxuries in modern Singapore, who are far more "educated", and who are simply arrogant, selfish, and thoughtless while commuting in public transport.
This problem with widespread INCONSIDERATION is the direct personification of the saying; "What goes around, comes around." People are doing unto others, what others have done unto them. This is a vicious cycle although wrong, can be very hard to stop, because outright selfish people still exists & are still doing unto others who are not selfish or inconsiderate by nature.