Everyone on the bus yelled at a young boy who refused to give up his seat to an older woman. However, the complaints faded away a few minutes later after the bus driver defended the youngster.
It was a cold wintry morning in Chicago, Illinois when a swarm of people boarded Timmy’s bus. Timmy, a chubby, hearty man in his forties, always greeted his passengers with a smile every morning they boarded his bus, but that day had been different.
Due to the heavy snowfall that morning, almost everyone at the bus stop had rushed inside to avoid the cold, making the bus more crowded than ever.
As Timmy looked through the rearview mirror, he could see how uncomfortable it had been for some passengers. Their bodies were brushing against each other, and the ones who didn’t get a seat were making a stern face at those who had.
Timmy drove a little faster despite the thick snow on the roads to save the passengers from the discomfort of riding inconveniently, and after 20 minutes, he arrived at his first stop for the day.
As a few passengers disembarked, the bus, while still crowded, appeared to have more space. Timmy breathed a sigh of relief and continued on his way to the next stop of the day, hoping to arrive sooner. However, he was startled to hear the passengers arguing.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with the kids these days! How can they be so rude?” he heard a man complain loudly.
Timmy immediately looked in the rearview mirror, but because there were so many passengers, he couldn’t figure out who had expressed their displeasure.
He initially ignored the complaint, thinking it was just a passing murmur caused by overcrowding, and continued driving. But just then, he heard another voice, this time a woman’s. “I wonder how his mother raised him. Can’t he see that the poor lady is in trouble? She’s been standing for so long!”
At this point, when Timmy looked in the mirror, he noticed a woman, probably in her late twenties, standing beside an older woman and casting a stern look at a window seat. Timmy couldn’t see who she was looking at because his gaze was fixed on the road.
However, when he looked in the mirror again, he noticed she was yelling at Jonathan, the 10-year-old boy who was a frequent passenger on his bus.
Jonathan sat quietly in his seat, his eyes wide open, staring intently at those mocking him. But the boy didn’t utter a single word, which irritated the passengers even more.
“What’s wrong with you, boy?” the woman spoke up again. “Look at those big eyes just staring at us! Don’t you have basic manners?”
“I know, right,” a man added. “I hate that these kids don’t even have sympathy for the older people. What a mannerless child! This old woman has been standing here for so long but just look at that unsympathetic brat!”
“You’re absolutely right!” a man next to him added....
