Saturday, July 21, 2012

21/7


从Camp Cameron回来的路上,在巴士站等转巴士的期间,看到了一件不知要怎样去回应的事。

那天,我买了车票后,就找个地方放行李,等巴士。突然,听见后面传来骂人的声音。转过头,看到一个人在对着另一个人骂。原本没什么在意。骂人嘛,不少见。突然,看到骂人的人刮了另一人一巴掌。说实话,是有点吓到。我就开始专注一点听,看是什么事。那人又继续骂了两句,又连续刮了另一人两巴掌,把那人的墨镜刮飞了。过后骂人的人就走了。

那骂人的人是巴士票售票员。照我所听见的,应该是那个被骂的人去问了巴士票价后,不知是沟通问题还是售票员手脚太快,就打印了巴士票出来。但是那个人已经向另一家巴士公司买了车票。那售票员不甘心亏了钱,就来找那人算账。

在我脑海里浮现的是:那售票员是因何如此行?那被骂的人,又有什么的感受?被骂的人没有回嘴,也没有表现什么。依种族而言,售票员是马来人(三十多岁),被骂的人是年轻(十多岁)印度人。这,对当事人行动时的顾虑有什么影响,又对周遭看到的人有什么冲击?

On the way back from Camp Cameron, I saw this incident that I don't know how to respond to when I was waiting for bus at bus terminal.

That day, after I bought my bus ticket, I found a place to put my luggage while waiting for the bus. Out of a sudden, Iheard the sound of someone scolding from behind. I turned my head, and saw this man shouting at the other man. At first, I felt indifferent since this is not a rare case. But suddenly, the shouting man slapped the other man. Honestly, I was in shock. So I started to listen, see if I can get any clue of what's happening. The man scolded again before he slapped the other man twice. The man's sunglasses flew. Then the shouting man left the place.

The shouting man is a bus ticket salesman. According to my understanding from what I heard, the man, who is being scolded, asked the price of the bus ticket. Not sure if it was because of communication error or the salesman acted too fast, the bus ticket was printed out. But the man already bought a bus ticket from another company. The salesman felt cheated and so looked for an argue with the man.

The things that comes into my mind are: Why did the salesman do that? The one being scolded, how did he feel? He did not shouted back to the man and neither did he respond. Regarding races, the salesman is a Malay in his thirty, and the one being scolded is a young Indian in his teen. This, however, incurred anything when the persons involved take actions? And, what impact did this give to the audience?

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