One Saturday afternoon I went to
see a movie at the cinema with my best friend and her younger sister . There were already
many people waiting outside and especially a rather noisy group of five or six boys . They were speaking and
laughing loudly but nobody paid any attention to them. In the
queue there was also a disabled person in a wheelchair. The boys wanted to pass
him in the queue . None of the adults
who were there said anything , not even when the disabled person protested and some
of the boys began to make fun of him and
to jerk his wheelchair. There were many
adults around us but nobody reacted ; they just pretented not to see I was angry, shocked by such indifference and feeling
helpless. What could I do ; my friend and I were
only fourteen, the little girl with us only nine. They would certainly attack
us too . Finally we went inside , as soon as we entered I
looked at a security guard , he saw I was angry and understood why . So he let the disabled person have the priority while giving
a stern warning to the troublemakers who
calmed down ; maybe frightened of being
banned next time or ashamed by their behaviour .
