Stuffed toys cheer up bus passengers
Passengers on a public bus in HCM City have reacted favourably to dozens of stuffed toys on the vehicle.
Bus conductor Pham Van Sang, 49, works on a 146 route bus. Sang said he and the driver, Pham Ngoc Tuyen, have decorated the bus with stuffed toys for over a year and now they have had over 100 toys. The toys are decorated mostly around the driver seats and hung along the passenger grab bars.
Sang cleaning the toys
"Mien Dong Bus Station used to have four toy claw machines. I used to play and gave the toys to my children, nieces and nephew. One day I hung the toys along with the handlebars and the passengers were very interested. That's when I got the idea to decorate the bus with toys," Sang said.
HCM City bus decorated with stuffed toys
"They are really well-behaved. No one makes the toys dirty or asks to take them home," Sang said. "One day, I noticed that a child kept looking at the new toy so I gave it to him but he refused. He said the bus would not look pretty anymore."
Sang and Tuyen then organised small games for the children on the bus with toys as prizes. Sang said the toys also helped lighten the mood of some cancer patients that took the bus. Sang always clean the bus and dust the toys so that they will stay clean.
"They looked up at the toys and said they brought back their childhood," he said. "That makes us happy and feels like what we're doing is meaningful and positive for others."
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