To Be a Classic

Around 6:30pm yesterday, I hopped into the tram after having done with my back routine in the gym. Not just one stop away, I could feel there was a little bit commotion going on even though I was on my iPod. Curious of what was going on, I took out one of the earphones and the next thing I noticed, the tram driver walked up to me and asked me to give him a hand.

So I followed him just a few steps to the front door where all the commotion seems to be coming from. An old man struggling to get on the tram. Why not let him? We were at the Royal Melbourne Hospital stop. And he's an in-patient. He still had that needle thing on his hand that the drip tube goes into. Obviously he ran way from the hospital. I told him, "Sorry man, I'm afraid you have to go back to the hospital". He said, "I just want to go to McDonald's to get pancakes, pancakes!".

He was old. He was barely able to walk. So I thought it really wasn't nice of me to forcefully block him and get him down. Eventually he got up and found himself a place to seat.

The tram driver didn't want to move and he wasn't able to do so by the way: the patient's wife was standing in front of the tram. While two emo/punk girls were chatting with him, the police came in less than 5 minutes.

One of the many curious passengers came to the front and asked what's going on. The driver explained to him, and as he walked back, the emo girls tried to get that passenger's attention by saying "Oh, that's life!". Apparently, that guy didn't care much what they said. And I, sitting facing them, thought they should shut the fuck up too.

The patient however was cheerful all the time. He even made us laugh when he said "Ahhh c'mon move the tram, dickhead!".

The cops came up and talked nicely, and he left nicely as well. Everything was handled pretty well.

As other passengers got back into the tram, the two emo girls were pretty agitated. Finally, one stood up and said "I'm gonna leave this damned tram, I can't stand you people. Why can't you just let him go?". They walked down as others were still embarking, and as they left, they yelled "You guys are sick! You guys are so twisted!".

It's my first time to see how emo people would react in such situations. And personally, I think the two girls have a bigger problem than the patient who merely wants to indulge in some pancakes. Seriously. If that's life, get a life.