Blind to our surroundings

So I was at the bus interchange today. The old fashioned kind where you have to enter between two metal railings and queue up for the bus.

As I approached it, I noticed something out of the ordinary (Strange) about it. There was nobody queueing up for the bus, yet there was people waiting for the bus 173 gathering about it.

Ok I thought. Maybe they're semi-claustrophobic and don't want to be surrounded by large poorly designed metal bars?? That I can understand perfectly well until I see two blind middle-aged men waiting at the front of the "non-existent queue".

It made perfect sense to me why there was a teen playing his PSP sitting in the middle of the metal railings and not willing (?) to move to the front until a number of people moved in before him. I wonder where he learnt that tactic from. Well anyway, nothing to shy away from. So I moved to the front and I was cut by an Aunty (40 Plus age) as she approached from the front and not the back of the queue. So she fell nearest to the blind men, and naturally, the obligation to provide them assistance fell upon her- I actually wanted to observe the correct method of providing assistance to the men because the last time I helped some people told me that the method I used was wrong.

Well anyway, when the Bus was about to depart, I just shouted out to them that it was ready to leave. The aunty was quick to react and gave a quick glance of the surrounding. After deciding that I was the next nearest person to her, she quickly grabbed my arm and told me "You go over and help them."

?????????????

Does it ease her conscience knowing that the two gentlemen before you will be receiving some help even if you do not? Or are you teaching the younger generation what they should do?

I think us Singaporeans are too often indifferent to our surroundings.

"It does not concern me as long as I'm not in the area."
"I just want to play my PSP. DND."

Pure ugly.