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I came across this story few days ago, and want to share it here.

Bob (fictional character)’s grandfather passed away few months ago. During the funeral procession, they had to drive through the city area and very few cars bother to slow down and let them pass, even though they have the funeral flags. They spent quite a long time trying to squeeze through the bad traffic. And when they’ve came out from the city area, and as they were passing a construction site, a group of construction workers looked at them, took their hats off, let them pass and stopped working.

It’s a sad story but I can see it happening in a lot of places in this world. Heck, I even witnessed an ambulance (with siren on), struggling to squeeze through the heavy traffic in China! Nobody, and I mean NOBODY wanted to give way.

Sometimes I do wonder, is it really that difficult to have a little more respect for one another? What is there to lose, if we just slow down or even stop our car, to let the funeral procession to go through? Can’t we even pay our last respect to the person? Is whatever we’re doing really matters THAT MUCH?

To be honest, I seriously doubt a few seconds of delay to whatever we’re doing can be catastrophic.

So people, perhaps it’s time for us (if you’re not doing it already) to slow down and take notice of the people around us, strangers included. Learn to notice that they are there, and learn to have respect for one another. Remember that the best gift you can give someone is your time, even if it’s for 3-5 seconds.

p/s…. Hmm, now that I think of it, I personally feel that the give way to an ambulance, if not for the fear of getting traffic summonses from our police officers.