What the hell is wrong with people??
Okay, so I am a bit upset today. Not because I spent 4,5 hours getting to work this morning since Stockholm, Sweden, is experiencing the worst (according to me the best) winter since the 60s and with major traffic issues and delays in the public transportation network. Subway was cancelled or delayed, trains broke down, buses over-filled etc.
I can live with that. It happens now and then that things just go wrong. So okay, things could have been much better and the public transportation companies could have handle it better, after all Sweden is in the northern hemisphere and we do have snow and cold here during winter time. Nothing's new.
People have behave like animals as soon as things don't work as they should. I say this is a typical problem you will only find in the western industrialized countries and in big cities and urban areas. Are we just too spoiled? They had to call in security to keep the order in the subway stations because people started to act like fraking insane.
I enjoyed watching all this, watching how our moral suddenly started to go down and how we slowly turned into selfish monsters. Yes, some of us were hours late for work and we all froze like hell in the -15 Celsius cold (like 0 Farenheit). But geez, that's not a reason to be arses!
People were yelling at, arguing with poor chauffeurs, staff members and guides - people who can't do anything about it. I admire these people who had to put up with this today. I mean, shit happens sometimes and all we can do is face it and live with it! Or am I wrong? I was a beautiful cold winter day today, blue sky, fresh and crispy air and I was pretty happy all the way to work, even if I was three hours late.
Nothing gets better by yelling, screaming and shouting. Why is this? Why can't people control themselves and realize that sometimes things...things just don't work! It's life, it's fact - live with it and get on with it!
Sorry, feels good get it off my chest... Even if I am pretty much the only Stockholmer feeling like this today. Grrrrr....
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While you clearly have the right perspective, would you have the much greater degree of confidence in yourself required to say these things to the crowd? People would soon support you, but I think it is likely many more would still say "it's not fair", like a child.