And so, it's still, ALL in your, ATTITUDES, old people, no offense! Observations from the Front Page Sections, translated…
I'm about to enter into the "elderly" group, and recently, there'd been cases of the matter of disagreements over the "priority seats", with the elders demanding the younger generations to stand up, but the younger generations didn't, and the younger generations were, physically, attacked, and being a member of the elderly population, other than feeling upset, and shame, I want to call out to my peers to, stay calm, to "not emotionally blackmail anyone because you're elderly", to reduce disagreements of this sort.
I want to share a story of "letting up your seat", the writer, Lin in his lecture, told that one day, his mother-in-law came home upset, "whoa! The younger generations are totally, without any sense of, morale, seeing me get on, nobody stands up." Lin consoled with her, told her that it was because of how youthful she'd, appeared, so nobody stood up! And a few days later, she'd returned home, furious once more, soon as she'd entered the door, she'd started, stating, "the younger generations really need their eyes, checked, they don't see how young I appear, and soon as I set foot into the trains, a lot of those whom were originally seated, stood, up.", on seeing the same situations, there would be a different attitude to interpretations, and different outcome, with the mindset not being, the same.
this is the news footage of WHAT happened in the case, off of YouTube
the reporter on how the 29-year-old younger male got beaten by the elderly, off of YouTube
I want to commend the Department of Health & Social Welfare for their spirits of going for an amendment on everything, but, expanding the definitions of priority seating does NOT solve the problems currently. Because the matter of conflict caused by the priority seats is NOT on who's fitted to sit, but the personal moral, general courtesy, and mutual respect we have for each other.
To keep a harmonious society, it's up to everybody, the elders should NOT use their elderly status to emotionally blackmail the younger generations, and the younger generations should also, have more respect, more empathy for the needs of the elders, and seeing the elderly person, and let up their seats immediately, this would then be, the most beautiful sight in the public transportation systems.
Yet, not EVERYBODY is courtesy, by socialization or by nature, and so, the disputes continues, and primarily, it's based off of the elderly individuals' attitudes of "I'm old, so you MUST respect me!", says who, huh??? Why do we, the younger generation need to RESPECT you, the older generations, because you're older, is that it? What if, we're having the health difficulties like CRAMPS, headaches, that's NOT visible like being crippled, or old age we have the needs to, so, why can't WE, sit in the, priority seating sections, this is still, too, selfish, and this is the problem, we all consider things from OUR own angles, and we don't and can't, and won't, EMPATHIZE, and that can't be changed, because, this is how we're, socialized to interact with the world…
