making decisions
Saturday, July 18, 2009
incident:
there was an old lady and a family of 3,including a mother and two young girls,one in kindergarten and the other in primary school.as noone wanted to give up their sit,and the olld lady was tired she sat in the same seat the kindergarten girl was sitting at.
both parties are wrong in this situation.the girls' mother can at least let one of her young girls to sit on her lap as they are not that heavy.by doing that all of them can sit and be comfortable for the rest of their journey.another way is the other can give up her seat to the old lady as she could be standing for an more or less an hour if noone have not given up their seat.
the old lady,in the hand, is still wrong.even though she is old and tired, there are no exceptions. she could have asked the mother politely instead of just sitting there without asking.this shows how rude the old lady is.even if the girl is still young,there is still a need to have manners and respect.
the other passengers,meaning the younger,healthier people,could have given up their seat to.Singapore have gonethrough the trouble to put up posters or make advertisements on raising the awareness of manners,for example, having a priority seat.even after all these, some Singaporeans are still inconsiderate and only care about themselves.
