Eating should be allowed in Subways
Time to Feast on the Subway
“One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.” ( Heinlein 1) Having breakfast in the morning really makes a huge difference for the day. In Hong Kong, where everyone is having a hectic life, people always make full use of their time. Imagine before heading to school or work, one can now enjoy more sleep by having a good feast on the trains, life might be much easier. A passenger in New York seemed to agree to it. “Last year a fierce quarrel started when a woman savored spaghetti and meatballs on the New York Subway. The whole fight was ended with the accuser having a face of tomato sauce.“ (UTubeNEWSand “ Fight Over Spaghetti on Subway”). The above scene was captured and became a viral video on the internet. In addition, subway commuters in Hong Kong are also required to keep the food away on trains. Whether food should be banned on sub’
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ways has also become a matter of contention here. In my opinion, the answer seems to be neither simple nor one-sided. Eating should not be banned in the railway.
In Hong Kong, the ban seems to have been welcomed by the public for many years. Many of us are taught that we should never eat on the trains since we were small. Yet, some passengers now.
Chi 2 become reluctant to give in. Owing to the prevalence of human rights in the 21st century, people started to express grievances against the ban, which deprive their right of eating. “I really don’t get it. Do they know how long it takes to get to work from Chai Wan to Tuen Mun every morning?” said by kylai1 on an online forum ("Hong Kongers should fight for the right to eat in the MTR." 2). Kylai1 was not the only one who complained about the inconvenience caused by the ban. Some bloggers also realized that less and less people are abiding by the rules. “The situation is getting worse. At first, people ate secretly on the trains but now I even saw many people having a huge lunchbox or even noodles.”
“One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.” ( Heinlein 1) Having breakfast in the morning really makes a huge difference for the day. In Hong Kong, where everyone is having a hectic life, people always make full use of their time. Imagine before heading to school or work, one can now enjoy more sleep by having a good feast on the trains, life might be much easier. A passenger in New York seemed to agree to it. “Last year a fierce quarrel started when a woman savored spaghetti and meatballs on the New York Subway. The whole fight was ended with the accuser having a face of tomato sauce.“ (UTubeNEWSand “ Fight Over Spaghetti on Subway”). The above scene was captured and became a viral video on the internet. In addition, subway commuters in Hong Kong are also required to keep the food away on trains. Whether food should be banned on sub’
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ways has also become a matter of contention here. In my opinion, the answer seems to be neither simple nor one-sided. Eating should not be banned in the railway.
In Hong Kong, the ban seems to have been welcomed by the public for many years. Many of us are taught that we should never eat on the trains since we were small. Yet, some passengers now.
Chi 2 become reluctant to give in. Owing to the prevalence of human rights in the 21st century, people started to express grievances against the ban, which deprive their right of eating. “I really don’t get it. Do they know how long it takes to get to work from Chai Wan to Tuen Mun every morning?” said by kylai1 on an online forum ("Hong Kongers should fight for the right to eat in the MTR." 2). Kylai1 was not the only one who complained about the inconvenience caused by the ban. Some bloggers also realized that less and less people are abiding by the rules. “The situation is getting worse. At first, people ate secretly on the trains but now I even saw many people having a huge lunchbox or even noodles.”