Last week, I came to Depok, where I used to spend the years when I was in university. There are two areas named Es Pocong and Kober, which are near to Universitas Indonesia Station. Es Pocong and Kober is separated by a highway named Margonda Raya.
Has been located near to campus, station, and other public transportation, every minutes, dozen of people crossed the road, from Es Pocong to Kober and reverse. Several years ago, it was quite scary to cross the road because the motorcycles run carelessly and and often crashed the people who was waiting to cross the road.
Now, the situation has changed. There is a clear zebra cross and traffic light to help the pedestrians walk through the road. But surprisingly, when I was standing on the side of the road, waiting for the 'walk sign' turn to be green, some young people passed me by before the traffic lights turned red and in 1 minutes they arrived on the opposite side of the road.
Several years ago, the pedestrians might feel annoyed by the car drivers and motorcycle riders' attitude. Now, on the contrary, the drivers may feel irritated looking to the pedestrian's behavior.
This phenomenon often happens in our daily life. We always try to fulfill our rights but do not pay attention on what we should do. At some restaurants, the bill comes first before the food, but the food comes late. At the cashier, we often cut the line as we are the busiest people on the earth and have no time to queue. At the office, employees urge the employer to pay the salary on time, but in daily, they come late and go home before the office hour ends. Or on the other side, the employer asked the employees to work hard, overtime, achieve the high target and promise them self-development intensive to join a training or buy books, but in fact, they are don't have time to read or even to buy books.
So, how was your days? Let's watch out if our behavior to pursue our right kills others right.
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