The green button

Trains in Melbourne do not have automatic doors. It take some getting use to cause where I came from, rails have automatic doors.

I use to complain to my uncle at the inconvenience. Why doesn't a modern country metro invest in automatic doors? 

Uncle just grunted and looked away like the answer is there all along.

And it did on one freezing winter morning. You can't have automatic doors because the cold winter draft will blow in every time the door opens. 

Imagine how annoying it is when the doors open automatically for 20 times and let in cold draft but no commuters getting in or out.

However this presents a dilemma. Who should press the door button? The commuter getting in or the one getting out? 

Today came across a train door stand-off. When the train was coming to a halt, this guy inside the train move towards the train door. That is generally interpreted as he wants to alight.

And because he is in motion before us you would expect him to press the button. But no.... he stopped short of the train door and start checking his phone. 

The ones outside was a bit perplexed and we ended up staring at each other cause we all expect him to push the button. In the end I push the button because I don't want to miss my train. When the door opened, the guy walked out while still checking his phone.

 Feel like ripping the phone out of his hands and throwing it down the platform gap.