Grumpy man on a bus becomes star of the internet
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The film starts with the middle-aged protagonist reacting strongly when a young man sitting behind him taps his shoulder to ask him to keep his voice down while talking on the phone.
“I don't know you. You don't know me. Why do you do this?” the infuriated man says, punctuating the sentence by jabbing his right hand downward in the air. When the young man, who rarely talks back during the argument, expresses an unwillingness to continue the conversation, the middle-aged man explodes, “This is not resolved! This is not resolved!” - now a catchphrase in Hong Kong. He goes on to say: “I face pressure. You face pressure. Why did you provoke me?”
Just when the dispute seems to have ended after the young man apologises and the two shake hands, the young man takes issue with profanity used by the middle-aged man, who then launches into another round of swearwords.
Internet users have also added Chinese and English subtitles. The video has inspired numerous spoofs, including a karaoke version and a rap song using the middle-aged man's refrain: “I face pressure. You face pressure.”
It is not clear who shot the film or if the film was staged or not. The middle-aged man has not been identified but a man claiming to be the victim of the verbal abuse has been interviewed on Hong Kong's Commercial Radio.
“Why did I just sit there? I paid to be on the bus. You don't think I would get off the bus and waste my money, do you?” said the man, identified only as Alvin.