Rude London
A friend has recently moved to Oxford and she describes it as a very friendly and peaceful place to live in. In fact she emphasises that people there are very polite as well as friendly. Neighbours say hello to you, and people on the streets greet you even they do not really know you, and you see younger people giving up their seats to the elderly. Now isn't that rare?
Now the DDA starts to reflect on the people in London.
To start with, London is always in a rush. You see people in a hurry everytime you go out. People rushing for the train, the tube, the bus, to office, back home... no matter where they are headed, they are always always in a rush!
Because they are always in a rush, you see people get knocked; pushed pass; squashed on the streets of London, and especially on the Underground! The worst ones knocks you hard and never even care to say sorry.
The DDA has had a horrible experience once on the Underground to work. It was a very busy morning, lots of people on the tube platform, most of them dressed tidy & smartly and all occupying the front of the platform space awaiting the next tube to arrive. At the corner of the DDA's left eye, as she was reading, she could see a well dressed young man. It was fine when he first arrived on the platform after the DDA. But as the seconds ticked past and the tube was nearing, something most horrific occured.
This supposedly well dressed and thus assumed to be a civilised gentleman acted in a most un-gentlemanly manner. He swiftly moved to the front of the platform thus blocking the way forward for the DDA. Not only that, the moment the tube carriage doors opened, he dashed into the carriage without caring about other passengers, and espcially of course the DDA who was there on the platform before him!
Hello!!! Where is the courtesy in the inhabitants of London?
Some people say that you can not judge a book by its cover. Perhaps this applies to this well dressed young man. From the outside, he looked like a gentleman, but inside he is a selfish uncivilised bloke.
There's an old Chinese saying - when you relocate to a new village, you adapt yourself to their local culture. Does this mean that the DDA has also become a very rude & selfish Londoner who does not care if the frail grandma on the tube has not a seat? Does this mean that the DDA will walk past by pushing through, and knocking people over in defense to avoid being pushed and knocked over?
People mock the Hong Kong inhabitants for their rude public acts. London inhabitants are not any better.
Now the DDA starts to reflect on the people in London.
To start with, London is always in a rush. You see people in a hurry everytime you go out. People rushing for the train, the tube, the bus, to office, back home... no matter where they are headed, they are always always in a rush!
Because they are always in a rush, you see people get knocked; pushed pass; squashed on the streets of London, and especially on the Underground! The worst ones knocks you hard and never even care to say sorry.
The DDA has had a horrible experience once on the Underground to work. It was a very busy morning, lots of people on the tube platform, most of them dressed tidy & smartly and all occupying the front of the platform space awaiting the next tube to arrive. At the corner of the DDA's left eye, as she was reading, she could see a well dressed young man. It was fine when he first arrived on the platform after the DDA. But as the seconds ticked past and the tube was nearing, something most horrific occured.
This supposedly well dressed and thus assumed to be a civilised gentleman acted in a most un-gentlemanly manner. He swiftly moved to the front of the platform thus blocking the way forward for the DDA. Not only that, the moment the tube carriage doors opened, he dashed into the carriage without caring about other passengers, and espcially of course the DDA who was there on the platform before him!
Hello!!! Where is the courtesy in the inhabitants of London?
Some people say that you can not judge a book by its cover. Perhaps this applies to this well dressed young man. From the outside, he looked like a gentleman, but inside he is a selfish uncivilised bloke.
There's an old Chinese saying - when you relocate to a new village, you adapt yourself to their local culture. Does this mean that the DDA has also become a very rude & selfish Londoner who does not care if the frail grandma on the tube has not a seat? Does this mean that the DDA will walk past by pushing through, and knocking people over in defense to avoid being pushed and knocked over?
People mock the Hong Kong inhabitants for their rude public acts. London inhabitants are not any better.
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