momentum

We still have values

Morning rush hour is a period when everyone descends to the level of "area boys" in a bid to catch a bus to work. Against this backdrop, it was refreshing to see a display of normalcy today. I was seated already when the maddening crowd lunged for the bus (as if I'm not part of the system, my eyes in a reflex action turns away at the violence with which buses are boarded). Now , this lady and this guy having entered had to contend for the one available seat as it turned out. It was the bus conductor that started it, he said "you no go let the woman sit down?"The guy who was more advantaged to take the seat shifted back to "hang" until some people get off at the next stop some 200 metres away at Mile 2. The lady graciously and gratefully took the seat.
It was assuring to know that the rush and the throwing away of decency and human dignity on display everyday was not really us. Neither a culture we have unreservedly embraced but inside people there is still that place for propriety, fairness and rightness.

posted by momentum @ 12:45 AM