Priority Seats

I used to commute daily to work via public train and at times advocating for a pregnant lady, disabled and eldest who being denied and ignored from any offers for seats.

There were people who merely don’t care, knowing what priority seats are for however decided to ignore the other commuters who qualified for the seats. Those are the ones who sleep, browsing phone and shutting the surrounding off for a mere comfy of a seat until they reach their destination.

The next step is by the virtue of ‘if you dont ask you dont get it’. Resulted in these same people either pretend in embarrass and giving up the seats or worst, qualify that they also deserve the seats. I heard a lot. However this evening, the worst, lowest and inhumane reason that I heard was “priority seats dekat sana tu. not here”.

Priority seats in Malaysia (under the purview of Prasarana) is closely stand by the idea of an ETIQUETTE or a common manner (only) that is being urged and preached to all commuters. The idea of the grace is to show same respect and good social consideration among the society. But to evangelise this common manner, an individual will have to first believe that that is the right to do in reference to his individual principle. So if you dont do it, you are not wrong legally and also morally (if you dont believe it).

So how do we overcome this. Prior taking it morally, we need to have this policy mandated into a law. So that they will be first, LEGALLY wrong. Over the beginning years these people will be consistently legally wrong until it became the-way-to-live and at the end of their life we pray that they learn it is morally wrong too. If they don’t, then it is fine too since the law will eliminate these people from exist in a public facility.

Malaysian need this tyranny in reference to this subject.