EDITOR – In reference to the letter ‘Beach Road bus nightmare‘ which was published in your 2 September edition.
This letter summarises the reasons why we as a country struggle to move forward.
We are so self-centred about the little inconvenience that a little noise has on our existence that we fail to spare a thought for the poor commuter who was robbed of their regular means of transport during the recent storms.
For those who did not realise it, the railway lines were washed away and these busses transport the commuters from the various train stations to the Arbour crossing train station, from where they still have to commute to their regular place of work and return home every day.
As with all these things, it affects the poor and lower income portion of our population who are lucky enough to have a job. They are still smiling while sitting piled up in the busses.
The question we should ask ourselves should be, while we lie in bed waiting to get up at the last minute and conveniently go sit in the traffic on the highway (obviously moaning about that as well):
- How much longer do they travel?
- Is it inconvenient to them?
- Do they still have some family time?
We should: Write letters to the different bodies to push them to get the problem fixed, not because of the noise but because of the inconvenience caused to our fellow citizen.
The good news is that the days are getting longer and soon they will leave home while the sun is shining and get home in the last rays of daylight.
The bad news for everybody is that this is going to continue for a long time, because the damage can’t be repaired overnight. So make peace with it.
My point is here that this intolerance toward our fellow worker is not isolated. We see it daily in everything that gets reported. What do we want? To let these people travel to some remote spot where the noise of the busses can’t be heard? One of those busses has a turbo-charged diesel engine and my son and I can’t get enough of listening as the bus accelerates from the stop just one street from where we live: Music to our ears.
APARTHEID VETERAN
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