Viral Video: Debates related to the Vande Bharat train are rife on social media. Now, an awful incident has come up in the news. This train has been in the news earlier for altercations between passengers or even stone pelting. This time, an altercation erupted over food service.
Disturbing Incident on Vande Bharat Train
According to some reports doing the rounds and a video doing the rounds on social media, the passenger in the Vande Bharat train slapped a waiter after mistakenly being served non-vegetarian food. Shared by ‘Ghar Ke Kalesh’, the video has crossed more than 30,000 views already.
In the video, one can see an elderly passenger who loses his temper and starts hitting the waiter. Of course, such a scene turns into a mess on board. Very soon, the incident escalated with reactions from other passengers and train staff. One feels the discomfort of the passengers as some of them express their outrage over the passenger’s violent reaction, while others come to the rescue of the waiter.
Elderly Passenger Slaps Waiter Over Meal Mistake
The chaotic atmosphere there reflects a wider debate on social media, where people are torn between defending the passenger or the waiter. Some argue that, though inappropriate, the passenger’s frustration was understandably occasioned by the inconvenience caused by delivering the wrong meal. Others say it is an act of physical aggression and that maximum civility and understanding should have been accorded in such a situation.
The train staff could be seen trying to intervene and pacify the situation by addressing the concerns of the parties at loggerheads. Despite these efforts, the incident goes on to underline the need for better handling of passenger grievances and effective training of the service staff to prevent such confrontations.
Thus, this incident stands as an indication of how closely the Vande Bharat trains are being monitored since they have remained through the days as a trending topic of argument on social media. It serves to remind all that patience and respect in service interactions, as well as improved mechanisms of conflict resolution on public transport, may never go astray.
