It's coming to the May Day holiday again, and everyone's travel demand has skyrocketed. Nowadays, there are various ways to travel, and various options such as airplanes and high-speed rail have certain characteristics and advantages. However, no matter which mode of travel, as long as there are more people, the corresponding problems will be complicated. Everyone has done the train, and many people miss the surprise of sitting in the green train and eating instant noodles and watching the scenery outside the window change from a water town in the south of the Yangtze River to a northern scenery. And today, let's talk about a particularly hot topic recently, which happened on the train, the controversial berth in the sleeper car.
Recently, a video of an aunt complaining went viral on the Internet. In the video, an aunt kept complaining about the two lower berth seats with curtains on the train, saying that young people are not sensible and don't even give a seat to a 70-year-old man. Judging from the video, the two opposite lower bunks are hung with curtains, and behind the curtains a young man sits with his head bowed. In the face of the aunt's accusations, the young man did not pay the slightest attention and accosted him. As soon as the video was posted on the Internet, related topics immediately became popular, and everyone was discussing it. Can you hang curtains on train sleepers?
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Don't hang curtains to be disturbed?
First of all, let's analyze the matter of sleeper seats on the train according to the implementation situation. It stands to reason that if you buy a ticket, the seat is yours, and you can use it however you want, right? But as soon as this incident came out, some people thought that this young man hung a curtain, isn't it a bit selfish? After all, the train is a public space, and everyone has to be considerate of each other, especially the elderly.
Some netizens said that even if you pay for a ticket, you still have the right to use the bunk. However, it must be made clear that the train carriage is a public place, and it belongs to everyone, not to individuals. As the old saying goes, "In Rome, follow the rules of Rome", in public places, we have to follow the public rules. The design of the sleeper train is to provide a place for people to rest during the journey, rather than to make individual people a private world. If everyone came according to their own ideas, wouldn't it be a mess?
However, we also have to understand that everyone has their own privacy needs. Just like "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", if you don't want to be disturbed, then don't hold others to your own standards. There is nothing inherently wrong with young people hanging curtains and probably just wanting a quiet environment. The crux of the matter is how to find a balance between respecting the privacy of individuals and safeguarding the public interest.
Official response: The ticket buyer has the right to use the berth
On April 15, 12306 officials responded to the matter, saying that there was no clear provision that no fence could be used. It can be used without disturbing other passengers, but it needs to be negotiated with each customer. According to the official response and relevant regulations, after the passenger buys the sleeper ticket, he has the right to use the berth for the corresponding time. As long as the passenger does not cause damage to the bed and does not infringe on the normal rights and interests of others, then how the passenger uses it will be the passenger's own right, and other passengers have no position to interfere and demand.
As soon as these words came out, netizens were divided into two factions. Some people say that young people have the right to protect their privacy, and it is their duty to give up their seats, while others believe that respecting the old and loving the young is a traditional virtue, and that it is a bit impersonal for young people to do so. But I think no matter what, after all, the bunks are bought with money, and we will discuss them calmly if there is something, and we should not be angry if we don't sit down. In the past, the hard seat and hard sleeper car were the most fireworks places on the long-distance train, where people from all over the world sat together and chatted, sharing each other's experiences, opinions and even food, chatting until they went to bed, and woke up to their destinations and never saw each other.
According to relevant data, China Railway Corporation said that hundreds of millions of people travel by train every year. If everyone on a train only cares about their own feelings, for example, if someone scolds when they disagree, or someone makes a loud noise without resting in the middle of the night, then the train will not become a battlefield? Therefore, what we need is a kind of consensus, a kind of rule that everyone can accept, and what is reasonable.
The increasing demand for travel poses a challenge to the ageing
In fact, with the advent of an aging society, the problem of elderly travel has attracted more and more attention. This incident also reflects the need for improvement in our mobility services. For example, can there be some special seats on the train that can not only take care of the privacy needs of young people, but also provide convenience for the elderly? This is actually a question of balancing privacy and public welfare. Only by taking into account everyone's travel needs can we provide better services.
Some netizens put forward hypotheses, let's also imagine that if there is a rule on the train, for example, during the day, everyone has to open the curtain and hang it at night, which can not only ensure a certain privacy, but also allow the passengers on the upper bunk to have a place to sit. In this way, the needs of the individual can be taken care of, and the elderly with limited mobility will not feel neglected when they are away from home.
Educational Innovation, Technological Innovation
In addition, I think that our society should also strengthen the cultivation of public awareness. Just like today's young people's first reaction when they hear that the university door is open, they are often seen on social networks. In fact, schools and communities can carry out more activities to educate young people to take into account the feelings of others while enjoying their rights. In this way, people will be more conscious of thinking about others in public.
Finally, technological innovation is also important in today's mobility environment. For example, can train seats be designed with foldable curtains that protect privacy without completely dividing the space? Or can the railway authorities develop some multi-functional seats that can meet the needs of young people and be convenient for the elderly?
Empathy, mutual understanding, and more comfortable travel
In short, although the incident of hanging curtains on the sleeper of the train seems to be a trivial matter, it actually reflects many deep-seated problems. The May Day Golden Week is coming soon, and we should learn to empathize and respect others in public places, especially in closed spaces like sleeper trains. Only in this way can our journey be more enjoyable and the society more harmonious. We also have to start from many aspects, not only to protect individual rights, but also to take care of the needs of the elderly, so that the contradictions can be reduced and everyone can travel more comfortably.
Source: "The First Scene"