In our daily lives, do we remember the last time we carried cash with us when we went out?
One day not long ago, I passed by a steamed bun shop and happened to witness a poignant scene. It was an old man with a hunched back, and in his not very fluent Mandarin, he begged the shopkeeper to help him exchange a five-dollar coin. Maybe the shopkeeper was busy, or maybe he was troublesome, but he didn't pay attention. The old man repeated the request several times, but was met with indifference from the shopkeeper: "Don't bother me, go away!" The old man stood helplessly like a child who had made a mistake, and at this moment, his plight was pitiful.
At this time, several passers-by noticed the old man's plight and stepped forward to ask him what had happened. The old man's accent and the noise of his surroundings made it difficult to fully understand his words, but I could barely hear that the old man did not have a smartphone, that his loved ones were sick, and that he needed to change change and take the bus to the hospital.
Looking at the helpless expression of the old man, I wanted to lend a hand, but suddenly I realized that I didn't have any cash with me. Because I was late to check in, I had no choice but to leave, but I still couldn't let go of my heart.
As we get used to the convenience of mobile payments, it's easy to overlook the fact that everything we take for granted is an insurmountable obstacle for some seniors.
I once saw a post on the internet titled "Don't forget to bring cash when you go out". The poster described an old woman she met at a roadside stall and was looking at fruit while taking care of her little grandson in her arms. When a customer picks fruit and prepares to pay with his mobile phone, the grandmother asks if it can be paid in cash.
After inquiry, I learned that the old man had been here all afternoon. The weather was hot, almost no one wanted to go out, and finally someone came, but because the grandmother didn't know how to use a smartphone and didn't have a payment code, she couldn't complete the transaction. Looking at her hesitant appearance, I felt extremely sad in my heart.
Writer Philip Roth once wrote in "Everybody": "Old age is not a battle, but a **." Everyone will face this "** time cruelly takes away familiar people and familiar times, leaving the old people wandering alone and helplessly." Today, human services are decreasing, and self-service devices and QR code appointments are ubiquitous. For the elderly, they seem even more helpless and confused, having to carefully adapt, but still repeatedly hit a wall.
I once saw a news report that a 70-year-old man was forced to lie down at the Wuxi railway station for three days because he could not complete the smart registration with an elderly mobile phone. Although he grabbed the ticket, he couldn't take the train home because he couldn't register smartly.
In the waiting hall of the hospital, an old grandfather coped with the cumbersome procedures alone, his hands trembled in front of the ** machine, and his head was sweating.
Someone said, "Nowadays, the elderly need to muster up courage every time they go out." "Sadly, sometimes their hands of help end up empty.
Do you remember the old man who was kicked off the bus in Fushun, Liaoning? **, he was unable to use his smartphone to register because he could only provide paper registration, and was eventually denied boarding by the driver. In the dispute, the two were at a stalemate. The passengers on the bus were impatient because they were waiting, and even made accusations: "You better get off the bus and delay us from going to work!" In the face of the attack of the whole car, the old man always clung to the handrail, looking dazed and helpless.
It wasn't until someone suggested calling the police that he reluctantly left. The matter caused Xuan on the Internet Then, some people were angry, and some people sympathized. But I heard a voice: "The old man should keep up with the times and learn to use modern technology, otherwise he deserves to be eliminated!" Such advice, however, pales in comparison to the elderly.
There is a experience of an elderly person traveling around a station that has been made into a VR **, and the viewer can experience the feeling of aging through a headset: blurred vision, limited hearing, inflexible finger ......In such a situation, you have to pit as quickly as possible, but there is no one around you to help.
At the end of the day, the young people were asked three questions: "How would you feel if the old man were your parents?" "When you're old, how do you feel about that? "The next time you encounter this situation, will you step forward to help?" Without exception, everyone fell silent.
Many times, we can't solve problems with effort. As we age, aging is inevitable, and weakness can also become a normal part of life. We do need to adapt to this era, but those who are already on the wheel of the times should not laugh at those who are still on the shore.
Today's seniors feel lost, so who can guarantee that we won't be in the same situation when we grow old? Writer Zhou Daxin once said: "Everyone feels that aging is far away from themselves, but in fact, they are old unconsciously." "Everyone will grow old, today is them, tomorrow is us. A civilized society should give people the opportunity to run freely, and it should also allow people who are faltering to live calmly. Technology may be cold, but people have a temperature. Stop and look back at them; Be patient and take the time to teach them. Just like the caring model launched by WeChat, it can convert text into speech; Just like the emerging professions such as escorts, they can help the elderly make appointments, get numbers, wait for treatment, and check. For those entering old age, there is no greater care than reaching out in their time of need.
All we can do in life is to treat the elderly with more care, care and patience. For example, from today onwards, carry some cash with you to be able to lend a helping hand when you meet an elderly person in need; Make more time to spend with your parents, take them to see the world, learn new things, and let them feel the warmth of the times. Bi Shumin wrote in "Filial Piety is Priceless": "I believe that every sincere and loyal child has made a grand wish of 'filial piety' to his parents from the bottom of his heart. It's a pity that people have forgotten, forgotten the cruelty of time, forgotten the shortness of life, and forgotten that life itself is fragile and fragile. "Everyone will face the day when they will grow old, and to be kind to the elderly today is to be kind to their future selves.
I hope that every old man can rely on his old age, calmly and firmly, and age with dignity. May each of us be the warmth in their lives and give them more care and love.