Tantrum on the Bus: Part 2
The video clip on youtube that I mentioned a few days ago has now captured the international media. It’s even on wikipedia. People must have nothing better to do in Hong Kong - putting in subtitles, making music video remixes of it and even producing sequels from the original.
Actually, I’ve been checking EastSouthWestNorth everyday since I saw the clip to see if the blogger on the site has translated related articles from Chinese media because it does a pretty good job on translating news-worthy articles.
Some of the best quotes out of it include:
“Don’t call me boss - the world is fair and we don’t know each other”
(That guy’s quite right - we are all considered as an equal since we don’t know each other. Labelling people doesn’t resolve the problem - it only makes it worse).
“You and I both face pressure. We are all stressed in this society. Then why did you provoke me?”
(I definitely agree with this comment. Hong Kong is a stressful society with long working hours (from nine till six for five days a week plus Saturday mornings), heavy traffic congestion, air pollution and noise pollution. Plus it’s densely populated and almost everybody that lives there can’t afford to waste a minute of their time especially in the early rush hour. To some degree, stress can be taken as an excuse to release anger at people because I do it sometimes, but swearing repeatedly is just rude.
“It’s not yet resolved!”
It was only a minor incident that started out with a young adult tapping on the so-called “Bus Uncle’s” shoulder, yet the reaction can be so big that even profits can be made from it.