Essential Etiquette While Boarding a Train or a Bus

       Etiquette is ignored and scarcely observed by most people, mainly in public places like railway stations and bus stops. Yes, these are for the public, that is for you and me. Its everyone’s. So would you not least care about the cleanliness of the place? If  you do, you would surely observe it. I bet your own home you would not like to litter. At least because you have been constantly persuaded and told by your parents, you would not leave the floor disappointed.

    This is the first thing you do to irritate the person next to you. You do the same with everything; you peel off your banana, have it and fling its beautiful yellow frock to adorn somewhere a little far away from you. Wonderful, isn’t it? You are doing something good - you are adorning the place with rubbish lest a person should slip and trip…and have your cheeks smashed into withering strips.

    Understand that you are no longer going to dirty a tile that does not matter you. It should matter you for it is ‘give and take’. Otherwise, you have no right to complain if anyone should spit or do anything of the sort beside you.

    Then the next most disturbing fact is the lack of patience of most of them. Some even behave like they never went to school at all. People simply cannot wait for a second. They dash into crowds and thwart other passengers from stepping in or out. The priority is always for those who are getting out after a tiring journey. Those entering ought to have the heart to wait, step aside and give way for anyone who might seem to want you to. Of course, everyone wants to be served well.

    Smoking and tobacco-chewing is not something very interesting to watch or sense. You only add to the frustration. Just imagine someone simply come and pierce straight through your heart with an invisible arrow. That is exactly what you do, then. Causing someone to inhale your smoke is equal to killing him or her.

    Even words are to be carefully chosen. They are not to be spoken inconsiderately and not at all beyond the limits of informal language and tolerance. Astonishment is nice but not about disasters. The expressions on the faces of the hearers can really tell you what they feel.

   Such disgusting and sickening behaviours can never reflect the characteristics of an affluent society. People should wait for their turn and give due respect to fellow passengers, especially the differently abled. Polite communication and proper etiquette should be observed. Hope to see a change in this pretty world of ours.