It`s not dead! It is true,it is still alive and kicking and out there,albeit well hidden for the most part!I witnessed it! Not just witnessed it but had the chivalrous act done to me! I will enlighten.
I travel to and from work by bus,going from where I live to where I work is no problem,the bus is every ten minutes,the shuttle service they call it.Now though it is the same shuttle service on the way back,for some unaccountable reason the buses run every-when-they-feel-like-it!We have been unable to work out yet how you can send one bus every ten minutes one way and one every,god knows when back and not end up with a pile of buses jamming up the bus terminus!
Anyway,by the time I have locked up and made my way down the hill to the bus stop and waited the inevitable,however long,the bus by the time it reaches said stop,is bursting at the seams,due probably to the lack of every ten minute buses!You clamber aboard ( they only lower it for old ladies and prams) and,amidst the driver shouting "move down the bus please" you attempt to squeeze past the prams and babies and move down the bus,only to have to grab the nearest pole as the bus sets off because your driver thinks he is Michael Schumaccher jockeying for pole position!I dread this part of the day,a forty minute bus ride fifteen of which are normallt spent standing,after being stood all day.
Tonight as I got on the bus a man got on in front of me,briefcase and nice warm overcoat,he moved farther down the bus than I nearer to the seats.The next bus stop looms and the bell goes, And Michael Schumaccher realises he is supposed to stop here and slams on,almost sending all stood up into a sprawling heap.Three people go to the front to get off,two had been standing the third had been sitting,right next to the gentleman with the briefcase,I wasn`t watching him,it was just that being stood where I was I had no choice but to look in that direction!Next thing I know he beckons me forward and indicates the newly vacated seat! I went forward and thanked him sweetly,and sat down.What a gentlman,I thought ,next thing the young man in front of me rises and indicates to the lady that was stood behind me that she could have his seat,she took it and he stood for the rest of the journey ( about three bus stops before he got off)The Gentleman that had given me the seat did get one himself after a while as more people got off.
I was amazed at the fact that there had been two chivalrous acts,most nights it is stand untill people get off and then grab the nearest vacated seat before someone else does!
So Chivalry lives on,isn`t that nice to know?

Just look at the time! Another day of daily grind,I slept in this morning,my own fault I turned off the clock and stayed put.I just did not want to get up and dressed and off out to face the morning commuters.Not that I have a choice! I dont go shop doesn`t open,customers dont get thier service etc,etc,etc.And so I didn`t get up untill 5-45am and now have no time for the things I was going to do,but I can do them tonight when I finally get home.
And I also have to work out the new study schedule,no time for sleeping in then!
It will be worth it I kep telling myself on those rare days when I ask myself why the hell I am doing this.And this time it will be a higher pass,I know that people keep saying stop beating yourself up you passed,but I dont want to just pass,I want to pass well! It was the substituted essay that did it,if I hadn`t listened to the Tutor and had just taken that extra week I would have got a higher percentage and a higher pass at the end! I thought that Tutors were there to help!Still I did pass,I guess thats something.
Thursday today another two days before I get a day off ( not including today of course) I will be glad when I dont have to use my days off for those Managers meetings and various other Managerial duties that everyone else is able to claim as part of thier weeks work. Though it will be a while. Never mind it is nearly a new year,and it has got to be better than this one was,hasn`t it? No I am not down,I am ready to meet the day,as usual,headon,with a smile on my face,so tis time to go get ready.
Later my friends.