郷に入れば・・・ | When in Rome...

腹が立ったら苦情申し立てのためにビデオ撮影。

TTC driver’s coffee break caught on video

携帯にもiPodにもどこにもそこにもカメラなのでこういうビデオも撮り易いんだな。

１０年ほど前にトロントに引っ越してまだ間が無かった時、公共交通機関の運転手である人たちが、路面電車やバスを停留所でもないのに駐車し、乗客を閉じ込めたまま、コーヒーを買いに途中休憩するのには驚いた。

「郷に入れば郷に従え」で所変わればで、当時は飲み込んだ。

これがトロントを田舎都会と言う僕の所以だったけれど、良くも悪くもこの１０年、トロントは大きくなっている。この成長の事実をTTCは無視して田舎都会のままやって来た結果が、今の数々の不祥事なんだろうな。


When you get angry, shoot a video to complain.

TTC driver’s coffee break caught on video

It such an easy thing to do in this present world because we have a camera everywhere,cell phones, iPods, etc.

When it was still early after I moved to Toronto some 10 years ago, I was surprised with the fact that public transit operators and drivers parked a bus and a streetcars at a non bus/streetcar stop area and leave from cars to get a cup of coffee with leaving passengers locked in the car.

"When in Rome, Do as the Romans do" - I tried to get used to the so much different attitude and culture from Japan.

This was a reason why I started to think Toronto as a cosmopolitan in a countryside. However, both in a good way and a bad way, Toronto has grown even bigger in the last decade. TTC has been ignoring the fact that Toronto has grown and is growing. As a result, TTC is finally facing so many backed up issues.