Reckless behavior

People | 08 October, 2007

It never ceases to horrify me how reckless people can behave, totally ignoring their environment and other people's feelings. In Hong Kong, with a smoking ban (in most places both in- and outdoors) enforced and heavy fees for spitting and littering, bad behavior is gradually (though slowly) becoming a bad memory. While older ones are more difficult (sometimes impossible) to convince, many "traditional" behaviors are received with a feeling of disgust by the younger generations.

Forgiving the occasional faux-pas and with mainland (China) busloads of tourists being tought "how to behave" (at least that is for those with destination Disneyland), the remaining nuisances are now mainly the road traffic (why honking when it doesn't move anyway?), the government's historic buildings demolishing plans, and young own-the-world-and-don't-care-a-dime backpackers.

The bloke below was resting on the MTR train's floor at the wheelchair parking lot and posed a public hazard for everyone. While it may be funny to imagine in a cartoon style someone jumping through the closing door, stepping on this gweilo and crashing the opposite door's window (what a face that would be), it's nevertheless just plain reckless.

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