Story: Video Phenomenon - China - The “Bus Uncle” That is Sweeping Hong Kong
San Francisco,CA,USA -RealTechNews, by Alice Hill -June 7, 2006: -- A video clip catches everyone’s attention and spreads faster than a “check this out” link in an old n00b’s email... We were thrilled to find that the same phenomenon is also happily sweeping Hong Kong – with a video short called the Bus Uncle (or Uncle Bus). If you aren’t up on this, here’s the story: ... In late April 2006 a young bus commuter named Elvis Ho Yui Hei got annoyed when the man in front of him was speaking too loudly on his cell phone. He asked the man politely (addressing the older man as “uncle” which is a sign of respect for older people) to speak more softly and the “Uncle” proceeded to lean over his seat and rip poor Elvis a new one, while said “Not yet resolved! Not yet resolved! Not yet resolved! …I face pressure. You face pressure. Why do you provoke me?”... and those phrases are now the “in” lingo in Hong Kong... A man across the aisle named Jon Fong Wing Hang recorded the whole thing with his cell phone and uploaded in onto the net, and now the clip is spreading like wildfire. Uncle Bus as he is known kept shouting about how the matter was Ask someone to do something and if they decline with an “I face pressure” response, and you have been Uncled-bussed...Regardless of the rights and wrongs, the best part is the response phase of a video fad – people are doing “mash ups” of the Uncle Bus video and setting it to music. There are rap versions, classical and so on. There are “I have Pressure” T-Shirts for sale, and even the Government is considering using the video as an etiquette lesson for commuters...
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