"I’m Strong Enough To Look Stupid Holding This" - Tarbiah Sentap Pakcik Ini Untuk Penumpang Tren Selfish!
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"I’m Strong Enough To Look Stupid Holding This" - Tarbiah Sentap Pakcik Ini Untuk Penumpang Tren Selfish!

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May 16, 2016
pada 6:38 AM

"Budi bahasa budaya kita" rasanya slogan itu boleh dikatakan makin kurang dimanfaatkan pada zaman ini, jarang kita lihat amalan budaya tolong menolong dalam kalangan anak-anak muda terhadap orang tua keranalalai dengan teknologi canggih pada abad ini.

Buktinya, kisah yang akan dikongsikan oleh lelaki ini membuatkan ramai orang terutamanya dalam kalangan remaja sekarang benar-benar 'sentap' dimana seorang pakcik tua dalam lingkungan 60-an meluahkan rasa kecewa terhadap sikap pentingkan diri sendiri anak-anak muda sekarang. Lebih-lebih lagi ketika berada di dalam pengangkutan awam. 

Kami juga turut terkilan dengan apa yang dialami oleh pak cik ni dan jauh dari sudut hati kami juga ada terasa dengan tegurannya. Baca ini!

"I stopped another guy who was rushing to grab that seat and offered it to the old guy and then something happened…."

(Sekadar Gambar Hiasan)

TLDR: Be polite, get up and let them sit.

Yesterday, I had a meeting with Petrosains at the Petronas Twin Towers. Departed at 8.30am, squeezed in between egocentric drivers on the road, listened attentively to the morning news and danced to the music aired on Spotify. I decided to hop on the train from Bandar Puteri Puchong to KLCC; which means I’ve to jump into RapidKL from Puchong, transit at Sri Petaling on Star LRT and another transit at Masjid Jamek to KLCC.

As usual, the train was squashed with hundred of people sitting, standing and clutching the grip to sustain their stability. When we reached Bukit Jalil, a pregnant woman stepped in and I offered my seat as all seats were occupied. I plugged in my earphone and danced quietly to the songs. We hit Sg. Besi and more people jumped into the coach including an old uncle. He stepped in with his expressionless vacuous look on his conventional outmoded batik and long pants with a pair of slipper. I was trying to find him a seat unfortunately, there was none. As he stood there, holding the pole in the middle of the coach, I smiled while continued reading news on my phone.

Once we reached Cheras, one young gentleman stood up leaving the seat vacant. I stopped another guy who was rushing to grab that seat and offered it to the old guy and then something happened….

“Uncle, mari duduk sini. You sudah lama berdiri,”

"No need. I am sixty and I’m strong enough to look stupid holding this pole while our young generation are seating comfortably with music hugging their backpack."

“No need. I am sixty and I’m strong enough to look stupid holding this pole while our young generation are seating comfortably with music hugging their backpack. Mentaliti apa orang muda sekarang pakai? No one offered me a seat just because I look poor or because I’m an old guy, not an old woman? I dulu kerja askar menjaga negara tapi sekarang saya sedih tengok orang Malaysia langsung takde hati perut mahu offer a seat. Bukan mahu minta simpati, tapi bagilah empati sikit. Saya bukan orang bodoh. Saya memang perhatikan je semua orang. Lepas 3 stations masih takde yang mahu offer saya duduk. Takpelah nak, pak cik boleh diri lagi. Ini tazkirah pagi untuk semua orang dalam gerabak ni. I’ll step out at the next station,”

"Takpelah nak, pak cik boleh diri lagi."

(Sekadar Gambar Hiasan)

He echoed his dissatisfaction; he purposely made his displeasure to be clearly audible. The whole coach looked at him. The spotlight was on him. Some of the young gentlemen started to feel guilty and stood up. Indian aunty replaced the seat, another Chinese auntie got her seat instantly. Yet more others were just staring at us. He got a strong point.

I thought I was helpful and understanding enough by offering my seat to the pregnant lady. I thought I was mature enough to comprehend that I have performed my social responsibility thus expecting others to offer their seat to that 60y/o uncle and other aunties. I thought I have done the right thing. Sadly, I failed to fight for him, failed to create a positive awareness and failed to speak for the right thing. I believe most of us too judged him too quickly. Fact is, he's a brilliant Malay guy who's observant enough to scrutinise the trend of attitude in our own society.

That uncle taught me a lesson that wrong is still wrong even when everyone is doing it and right is still right even no one is doing it. If you’re using the public transport, let’s help as many people as possible. Together we create the awareness and educate our public on the importance of having a pinch of empathy and the greatness of helping hands.