The young man being scolded by 'Bus Uncle' in a video clip that has become a surprise hit on the internet will try to go home earlier to avoid another meeting with the grumpy bus rider, now infamous for his explosive character and profanity-laced tirade.
Speaking to reporters at his family's property company in Mongkok yesterday, Elvis 'Alvin' Ho, the hero of the six-minute video, which has been viewed million of times in Hong Kong and around the world, said he forgave Bus Uncle and sympathised with him for feeling stressed.
'The most important thing I learnt from the incident is that I must work hard to shorten my working hours so that I can go home earlier and avoid taking the same bus with Bus Uncle again,' the 23-year-old property agent said.
'Having said that, I think everyone should stand in others' shoes and think for others. I felt a bit upset, because Bus Uncle verbally abused me and my family. But I am not mad at him, as I know he has pressure.'
The clip recorded by a passenger with a mobile phone shows a composed Mr Ho enduring a furious Bus Uncle swearing and jabbing fingers. His encounter with the angry middle-aged man happened on April 27, when he was sitting upstairs on a double-decker bus on his way home to Yuen Long at about 11pm.
'I just tapped on his shoulder and told him to tone down when he was talking loudly on the phone. I did not expect him to explode like that,' he said. The commuter said he had asked other passengers to keep their voices down before, and most accepted his requests; he had never met anyone who reacted like Bus Uncle.