Rudeness, Defined

You got to love this Letter to the Editor, which sums up perfectly the attitude of many young Kong Kongers when it comes to respect for the elderly:

I am sure [he] would have been appalled ... as an attractive young lady pipped me, in my 90th year, to the only vacant seat in the MTR carriage.

I spotted the sign, "Please give up your seat to those in need," but the teenager seated beneath it determinedly averted my glances.

I should have confronted her and inquired, "Can you read?," but I confess I took the easy way out and remained propped against a pole, kidding myself I did not look my age - a vain hope indeed.

The effects of education, regarding politeness on the MTR, seem decidedly a case of delayed action.

This is what happens when parents fawn over their Little Emperors and Empresses, instilling in them the illusion that they are more important than everyone else.

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