in considerate

Just the other day, I took a feeder bus. Upon sitting down, I smelt the fragrance of food. I looked around to see who had bought food and brought it on the bus. Then I saw this young boy eating some sort of chicken rice in front of me. There's absolutely nothing wrong with spreading the smell of food if you're just bringing it somewhere. But there is something seriously wrong if you have to resort to eating on the bus. Either you are a very busy person, or you are just downright inconsiderate. And you know what's worse, the boy's mother was right beside him, which means she believes that it's ok for her son to eat RICE on public transport. That is seriously bad education for a child. And the boy didn't even bother finishing his food.

Look, I've got nothing against eating snacks, or even a quick sandwich on the bus if you are really busy and the bus trip is the only free time u have. Eating sweets is even more innocent. But actually taking a meal on public transport, that's more than just a little too much. What's next, a picnic on a bus? If you really have to eat while on the move, you jolly well pay to go eat on a cable car.

Just imagine, let's say the boy's eating on the bus because he is really hungry. I don't even believe that because seeing the way the mother fawns on the boy, she wouldn't let him even approach hunger, let alone starvation. But let's just say he is starving, then you might say it's all right for him to eat. Imagine, what if he was in need of the toilet, what if he needed to take a dump, what if he has not pooped for a year, and he needs to shit there and then, what would you say if the mother just let the boy release his bowels on the bus? I won't even want to think about it.

So how about we try to be more considerate? As long as it's within our area of control, we should at least do something to make lives better for others. I'm not saying we should go out of our way just to make others' lives better. No, because no one else will do that for you. But we should still do what we can, within our time, to make what we're doing more acceptable for the people around us.