A SCENE AT A BUS STOP

A bus stop presents an interesting scene. Many people are seen at the bus stop, from morning till late evening anxiously waiting for the bus, to reach their destinations. Some people stand in a queue which breaks when a bus arrives. Buses have numbers and destinations written on them, but many illiterate persons and those who are in the habit of breaking the law everywhere, run to board the bus. They do not bother to stand in the queue and wait for their turn.

Only well-mannered and educated persons show patience whenever they want to travel by bus. They do not break the queue and if there is no queue, they allow the old, the infirm, the ladies and the children to get in to the bus first.

Last Saturday, I had to go to Sadar. So I went to the bus stop. There were many persons already waiting for the different buses to reach their destinations. There were men, women, children; young and old. There were also office goers and school children. There was a lot of noise all around.

The hawkers were shouting at the top of their voice. Buses came, picked up the passengers and left. Everyone seemed to be in a hurry and wanted to board the bus first. Whenever a bus came, people broke the queue. Even educated persons rushed when they saw that no one had the patience to continue standing in the queue. No one cared for the children, women or the old and the weak persons.

Some were trying to get into the bus while others were trying to get down. Some people were getting into the bus through the front door which was meant for the ladies who wanted to get down from the bus. There was pushing and pulling. Soon the bus to Saddar came and I boarded with much difficulty. The scene at the bus stop is a clear manifestation of our selfishness and bad manners. People do not have mercy even for the children and old persons.