Some of you may recall my entry (February 6) regarding taking the bus and my observations on the general politeness of today's youth.Here is an anecdote Corey recently shared with me:
He was taking the bus to school one morning; one of those little 24 passenger community shuttles; and it was full when it approached an elderly lady standing at a stop. Unlike the larger buses, these smaller ones are not allowed to have passengers standing and it is normal practice for the driver to drive past a stop without stopping once it has reached maximum capacity. However, seeing it was an elderly woman, the driver stopped, told the woman he could not let her on and there would be another bus in 15 minutes. The woman did not seem to understand and after the driver closed the door she tried to reopen it and was yelling in what Corey guessed was a foreign language. She seemed quite upset and agitated. A young girl, maybe 13, without saying a word, got off the bus and let the lady have her seat.
Makes you almost cry doesn't it?
