Kind Samaritan around us

Another day by LRT and shuttle bus.
Shuttle bus will leave our office at 6:30pm. By 6:25pm, i was already waiting in the bus station.
After 10 minutes there is still no sign of the shuttle bus.

"Not again !!! Another late experience taking the bus" I began to complaint.

Just then, a travel bus parked right in front of our office, taking the place of where the shuttle bus will stop and pick passenger.

So happened I saw my friend from Bangi coming out from the bus, as my usual self, i walked over and begin chit-chatting with her.

Meanwhile, i was looking up and down waiting for the shuttle bus.

6:45pm, the small crowd of about 5 people who were waiting for the shuttle bus, suddenly disappear.

"See, this how our people was trained. To them, whenever the bus does not arrived after 15 minutes, they assume its not coming and "automatically" look for alternative. That's our level of distrust to bus services. They must have taken a taxi..." I thought to myself.

Then a public bus to Maluri LRT station enter the station. Instead of waiting for a taxi to stop, knowing that taxi is rare during the peak hours, i boarded the bus. I can't remember the last time i took a public bus, not in the past 3 years. The passengers were 60% foreign workers, 30% Malay/Indian and 10% Chinese. Felt like a tourist in Nepal/ Bangladesh.

I disembarked at a bus stop close to Chan Sow Lin LRT station, and began walking for about 10 minutes before reaching the destination.

It was a hot and humid day, i was sweating. The infrastructure was not user-friendly for those who want to walk.

I was scolding and cursing the driver in my mind, thinking of how to confront the driver who didn't turned up on time.
Suddenly i saw the shuttle bus approaches, i waved and it stopped.

When the door opened, i began to question the driver. His answer shocked me.

He said:" I reached our office about 6:40pm, but there was a tourist bus there, so i have to park parallel to the bus. A few of them got into the bus. I waited for about 3 mins and you didn't get into the bus." He explained patiently and i can tell he is sincere and is guilty for leaving without me. Before he left, he even gave me his personal contact number in order for me to contact him if i am not sure whether his bus have left in future.

My mind gone blank after he left. One minute ago i was furious, wrongly accusing the driver for not coming.
and now for his kind gesture, i felt ashamed of myself, and glad that i didn't sounded rude at him when i questioned him.

Despite the backdrop of high crime rate nowadays, there is still good Samaritan around us. He/she may not be someone prominent, in this context a bus driver, and he deserved our respect.