The local train company’s staff is on strike again. Again is key.
The Uber driver thinks the company shouldn’t have let things get this far.
The radio comes on. The company offered 7.1% but the workers want 10%+ and other benefits.
The customers are stranded. I wonder how this will affect ridership. No riders. No train. No company. No workers. No pay.
Then he adds. People are selfish. They don’t want to consider anyone but themselves.
I add. You and I need each other. I needed someone to give me a ride. You needed a passenger.
We are all small but necessary part of this ecosystem we call family, company, city, society, country, world….and etc. We must all play our part. We must all sit out from time to time. Hold back a little. Push much harder.
And there is me. I am treading in this sea of selfishness, mine included. It is a good exercise to feel what I have never felt. How some people have had to deal with this feeling of being stuck for much longer than I. How I survive this phase of my life will define my future.