Against the social norm...

I am totally impressed with an SMRT-189 Bus Captain who greets every boarding passenger loud and clear, and with a smile. He really takes pride in his work.

This is really something extraordinary. It is rather common that bus captains smile at boarding passengers, but to smile at the passengers and greet them one by one, "Good Afternoon, Sir!", "Da Jie, xia wu hao!" etc is at least something I have never come across.

I am sure, there will be people who would think and say that he is hypocritical or what he does is "lame" or "extra". But, say what you like, this is the problem with the society now! When someone does something that is out of the norm, he will be perceived as being funny or hypocritical as I mentioned earlier. The same applies to the speaking of English. When one speaks good English with correct pronunciation, he would be critically perceived as "showing-off".

There is much we have to learn to stand up tall when we are doing the right thing, and not being pushed down by the social norm and social pressure.