On my way to the office one day last week I saw some ordinary scenes that somehow stood out for me that day. The first scene was in a slum area that the jeepney I rode passed by. There were two grandmothers (I assumed) seated on a bench with one grandchild each flopped down with the grandchildren on their stomachs on the grandmothers’ knees. They looked like rag dolls lying there while the grandmas gently thumped the children’s backs. I don’t why but maybe it was to strengthen the children’s backs or lungs. It was the first time I’ve seen such a scene.
The second scene was while I was waiting to cross the street to Jollibee, which was the meeting place for our private service. While I was waiting for the traffice enforcer to let me cross, a couple crossed the street while the vehicles were still on the go. I heard the traffic enforcer’s tirade regarding the couple’s diregard for the traffic rules. He was saying how undisciplined the two persons were and how if they suffered an accident they will blame the enforcer or the vehicles. People can really be undisciplined and selfish. It would not have hurt the couple to wait a few seconds for their turn. It would have been alright for them to cross and take their chances if there were no traffice enforcers directing the traffic.
The third scene I saw while I was already riding our service. On the other side of the road I saw a van stop to let a motorcycle with two men riding cross to go inside a gate that was opening when suddenly another motorcyle overtakes the van and bumped perpendiculalry into the motorcycle that was crossing the road. They formed a T. Good thing both of the motorcycles were going slowly or it would have been a serious accident. A few seconds later when I turned back to look, the motorcycle with the two men entered the opened gate. I guess both parties just let the incident pass.
These three incidents really do not have much in common, except for the last two, which were about undisciplined behavior that can lead to accidents, but they stuck to my mind.
