Do you dislike TTC?
These days, there had been this waves and waves of concerns and finger pointing at TTC from the general public. This had sadden me quite alot mostly of my sentimental feelings toward TTC.
I still remember how nice I think TTC service was when I first came to Canada more than a decade ago, compare to where I came from, the service of TTC was extremely well in my eyes, I was especially impressed about how nice their person to person attitude (some of which they still exist today) - how the bus driver would wait for you at the stop or even the intersection if they acknowledge you crossing the road and trying to catch the bus, how the driver would greet you when you get on the bus with a smile and a warm good morning how are you, how brighten and awaken I and everyone felt when the subway driver sing or announce the station stops in a uplifting way (it's amazing to see everyone on the train can smile at the same time), how on time the bus (mostly) be and you can go to the bus stop literally 2 mins before the scheduled time, how smooth some of the drivers drive (unfortunately not many of them are good now).
And more and more memories regarding people I met or help on the bus, while waiting at the bus stops, on the subways, etc etc... I love the fact that public transit can be such a unique community for all of us who commute to be part of it.
If these facts won't convince you to love TTC more, I had another.
Just the past Thursday night, during the start of the rush hour, I was to buy some tokens, "Can I have ten tokens please?" I asked this booth attendee like how I always do, but this night I added: "Are you okay?" Why did I ask him that? It was because he was wrapping tape and bandage between his right thumb and index finger. "You cut yourself?" I asked. He said to me "Yes" then he gave me a big smile, "Your so kind, thank you" and when he gave me the ten tokens, "Here you go" he told me "and don't put one in". I was so surprised (cos I would never expect to get a free TTC ride..? hahha) "Oh, are you sure?" I looked at him and asked, he then put his injured hand on his left chest and then said "yes, cos your so kind, thank you!" While he expressed his gratitude for my words by treating me, I too, expressed my gratefulness and thank him for it and told him "No, thank YOU, you take care alright? and have a good night". We exchange another smile and I waved goodbye to him and he did the same. And then I realized there were around 4 other people behind me waiting to buy some tokens. Oops I hope they didn't hear what was happening or record it! LOL.
If they did, maybe they would start to think, "See! TTC workers have work ethnic problems! They shouldn't let anyone go without paying!". Yes, he shouldn't treat me, and I should have pay (now that I think about it...) Anyway, all I want to say is, we are all human, we all want to be treated with dignity. I know if they hold the bus and buy a coffee, or if they sleep in the booth while working is not of good work ethnic, but I believe some, if not alot of us who work, don't work the whole 7 or 8 hours of our working time.
We are human.It's not like I wanted to get any benefit so I start treating people well, but from hard lessons I now learned that it is very true about "what goes around comes around". If you treat others the way you would want to treat, you would be surprise how nicely they would treat you. Everything is a two way street. It seems that we only care about how bad some of the TTC workers work ethnic are, and we forget how much they bear with some of us when some of them were being assaulted seriously or even got killed while working.
Why can't we fill the world with more love and forgiveness?I showed that attendee some love, and I too, on my ride home, was smiling very silly and felt the love in the world. Love grows when we toss them all around us. When you give love out, it doesn't diminish, it comes back right to you with the same if not more strength.
The world needs more love.
Why hate, when you can love?
