morons and imbeciles

2016/01/21 10:11:35 網誌分類: 生活

21 Jan

         Do you know how many columns I have written to complain about traffic lights? I have written seven columns pointing out that the green light for pedestrians to cross the road lasts for less than 30 seconds but the green light for vehicles lasts for over two minutes. In April 2012 I wrote: “I often see elderly or disabled people unable to cross in time. In busy places such as Central, especially during rush hour, it is impossible for hundreds of pedestrians to cross when they are only given less than 30 seconds before the green light turns red again.”

        　　In July 2013, I wrote: “One elderly reader, who needs a cane to walk, e-mailed to say he has to walk through three pedestrian traffic lights just to cross Nathan Road near Argyle Street. This means it takes him a long time to cross just one road because at each traffic light he has to wait a long time for the green light to cross.” Transport Department officials ignored my criticism. I called them morons and imbeciles but they didn’t care. Both words mean a stupid person or an idiot. Transport officials don’t care about pedestrians because they are thick-skinned and have an iron rice bowl. If you are thick-skinned, it means you don’t care about or are insensitive to criticism. An iron rice bowl means a guaranteed job with good pay and benefits.

        　　Last week, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying admitted in his annual policy speech that pedestrian green lights do not last long enough for elderly people to cross the road. I pointed this out four years ago. Why has it taken so long for the government to realize this? Why does the Chief Executive have to personally handle a routine issue that should have been fixed years ago by the overpaid imbeciles at the Transport Department? Transport officials only care about vehicles. They don’t care about pedestrians. I want to remind these morons that vehicles cause pollution but pedestrians do not. Now that Leung Chun-ying has promised longer pedestrian lights, I demand that the morons carry out his order immediately.

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         你可知道，我寫過多少篇專欄文章，是投訴交通燈的呢？我曾經寫過七篇文章，指出給予行人過馬路的綠燈少於三十秒，但車輛的綠燈卻超過兩分鐘。於二○一二年四月我寫道：「我經常看到長者或殘疾人士無法在綠燈時間內過馬路。在中環這些鬧市，尤其是繁忙時間，要數以百計的行人只得三十秒時間，卻要在綠燈轉紅之前過馬路是不可能的。」

        　　於二○一三年七月我寫道：「一位需要用枴杖走路的年長讀者，發電郵來說他橫過亞皆老街與彌敦道交界時，要通過三道行人交通燈。亦即是說，他需要很長時間才能越過一條馬路，因為在每一個交通燈前，他都得漫長地等候綠燈過馬路。」運輸署官員漠視我的批評。我叫他們做笨蛋（morons）和白癡（imbeciles），他們也不在乎。這兩個字也解作傻瓜或蠢材。運輸署官員不關心行人，因為他們厚面皮（thick-skinned），又有鐵飯碗（iron rice bowl）。若你是 thick-skinned，即是說你對於別人的批評不敏感，面皮夠厚。 An iron rice bowl 意即鐵飯碗，是高薪又有良好待遇的穩定工作。

        　　上星期，特首梁振英在施政報告中承認，行人綠燈對長者過馬路來說，時間着實不夠。我四年前已經指出了，為何政府要這麼長的時間去認知這件事？為甚麼特首得親自處理一個常規議題，這不應是運輸署那些薪酬過高的白癡（imbeciles）多年前就該解決的嗎？運輸署官員只關心車輛，從不在乎行人。我想提醒這些蠢材（morons），車輛會造成污染，行人卻不。現在梁振英承諾會延長行人綠燈時間，我要求那些蠢材（morons）立即執行他的指令。

        mickchug@gmail.com

        Michael Chugani褚簡寧

        中譯：七刻

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