A crowded bus on a warm sunny noon..
Well, not exactly crowded.. there was 1 vacant seat.
We stopped at the PMG bus stop and an old middle-class couple in their late 60's or early 70's boarded the bus.
The old lady paused next to the vacant seat that was shared by an elderly man, and then she moved ahead leaving it for her husband.
The husband hovered next to the seat, and till he made certain that she had got a seat, he did not sit either.
There was a momentary eye contact, assuring each other that they were comfortable, and then they turned their attention elsewhere, settling into the journey.
A very routine thing, but still it stuck to my mind as being the sweetest thing I had seen in a while :)
Well, not exactly crowded.. there was 1 vacant seat.
We stopped at the PMG bus stop and an old middle-class couple in their late 60's or early 70's boarded the bus.
The old lady paused next to the vacant seat that was shared by an elderly man, and then she moved ahead leaving it for her husband.
The husband hovered next to the seat, and till he made certain that she had got a seat, he did not sit either.
There was a momentary eye contact, assuring each other that they were comfortable, and then they turned their attention elsewhere, settling into the journey.
A very routine thing, but still it stuck to my mind as being the sweetest thing I had seen in a while :)
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