Are we Selfish?

Every day, I ride 4 different public utility vehicles from our house to our office in Libis - tricycle going to C5, jeepney going to Kalayaan, FX going to Tiendesitas and another jeepney going to Cubao. Hassle? Yes, of course! But I’m still lucky because traffic is always at the south bound lane. I usually allocate an hour for my travel time but it only takes me 40-45 minutes to get there.

One day, I rode an FX and decided to sit at the back part. The back part can accommodate 4 people. I sat on the part where I can easily move the air conditioning wing. After 3 minutes, we left the terminal. Along C5, the guy who was sitting adjacent to me asked the driver to stop for he will be alighting soon. When the fx stopped, I was expecting that the lady beside the guy will go down the fx so that the guy can go out easily. Opposite happened. The lady just looked at the guy as if nothing is happening. Take note! The lady was fat. Yes. I was looking at her the whole time until the guy successfully went out of that fx. It was like he was a contestant in an amazing race and that part? It was an obstacle course.

After a few meters, the lady was the one who asked the driver to stop. The driver slowed down but never stopped on the point where the lady wanted him to stop. The lady gone wild and started to utter bad words. The driver explained that the point where she wanted to be dropped is an “unloading zone”. But then the lady shouted “Ano ba naman yan! Ang layo tuloy ng lalakarin ko!” Well, the driver did not comment anymore.

A question was stuck on my mind – “Are we selfish?” Selfish in a way that we cannot sacrifice even a small portion of our time and effort for a stranger? Selfish in a way that we will not consider doing good things to others just because we wanted comfort?

Is it hard for us to do small things for people? Are we always into the idea of “survival of the fittest”?

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