So, BC law clearly states, for some busses,
buses require passengers to enter through the front door and ... Failure to pay the fare is an offense under the Transit Conduct and Safety Regulations.
but
Priority seating for people with disabilities and seniors
is only a suggestion.
Today a homeless guy got in the bus from the back door and this top-hat-and-coat wearing, middle-aged man, ratted to the driver. The driver just brushed it aside. The guy insisted to the driver a couple more times to ask him over the PA to get off. When the driver still brushed it aside, the guy walked all the way to the back of the bus and made the homie get out... The righteous robot came back to the front of the bus, beaming with righteous pride and stood, where at least 5 grandma's were standing, while 30-somethings dressed to the nine's were comfortably sitting on the seniors' seats - the righteous robot said nothing... and continued to bask in his, yep, you guessed it, righteous pride...
Legally the righteous robot did one thing right and zero things wrong. Morally, he just did two things wrong...
And of course I went to him and told him just that, after I congratulated him on helping preserve the law... and watched his face go from righteous proud, to confused angry... sort of like some injustice had been done, in not recognizing what a great act of selflessness he had just done...
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