It’s an old topic to make room for the old or women who are pregnant. I experience much more about it for I go to work by bus everyday.
I form the habit to make room for those who are inconvenient, such as old people, pregnant women and people with baby in their arms. However most people don’t act as mine. They sit on the seat ignoring those inconvenient people standing by their sides. I wonder what they are thinking about it. How could they sit there contentedly? Suppose you were the old or hold a baby in your arm, what do you expect from others on bus if all seats are occupied? You needn’t have great courage to do so, it’s so easy and it doesn’t do bad to you. At last I get the answer: they never have the idea of making room for others! They never think that it’s normal to make room.
There’re always old people on the bus I take everyday. Once a very old man got on the bus and there’s almost no room to stand on. I noticed the old but I had no way to help him because I stood there too. The driver announced loudly to ask people around to take a seat for him, but no one replied. There were four people besides the old man, one with a school bag was about 15 years or so, it seemed he was a student. The others were adults. Then another old man who was not far from him stood up and asked him to take the seat. The old man thanked him and refused to take the seat. The old man in seat stood for a moment and repeated the drivers’ words toward the four people again, but they kept silent still. Just then a woman among the four replied, “What are you crying for? So boring!” “Boring? Why not make room for him?” He said loudly. “You want me make room for him, then who would make room for me? No one made room for me when I was pregnant. I decided not to make room for anyone from then on!”
It’s so quiet on bus expect for the sound of motor. It seemed that everyone was thinking about the words of the woman. I don’t think it’s a good excuse. As the woman said, she knew clearly her trouble when she was pregnant, so she should make room for the old more actively.
Sometimes I felt down when I made room for others. A month ago an old lady with a little girl got on the bus, I was on the third column seat then. She paid for the ticket and stood near the first column seat. It seemed that there was no one to make room for them. I stood up and asked her to come on to take the seat. The old lady came up to me and said, “Why did you stand up so late?” “You could stand up and let me take the seat again.” I replied. She took the seat and said nothing and I went away. I told myself not to think too much about her words, after all what I do is not to get rewards, but to do what I should do. Once I made room for a pregnant woman and my wallet was stolen, but I don’t regret for making room for her if she wasn’t a member of thieves.
We have too many reasons not to make room for others. We burden too much in society, but it’s not the excuse. Maybe kindness and sympathies were corroded by the cruelty of life. We always do less to others while talking much about helping others.
