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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."-
Martin Luther King
What pisses me off (immensely) is that everybody saw it, the even talked about it in whispers and giggled over it in groups but no one took a stand.Why?
We are educated, we know the rules but we refuse to take a stand.I am sure if even one person had spoken up when I did he would have got off.The whole point is that maybe its a small thing but its wrong and we should not just say "Its very bothersome", or "Its too much trouble"
When he got off I did ask him sweetly "Did the next station come finally?"
He didn't reply.
On a vacation I purchased a water bottle from a lone shop in the corner.I opened up the bottle and drank it and gave the shop keeper the money.He quotes a higher price than the MRP saying that it is his shop and here he will sell water at his prices. No one can blame me for what happened later but suffice is to say that I didn't give him a penny more than the MRP. What annoyed me was that the people near me where nudging me to drop it.
Why should I?
I will like to quote one more example. I have seen educated people litter the roads because the dustbin is far away and anyways the road is littered so why bother at all?Is it so hard to walk a bit and throw the garbage in the dustbin? Is it not something which your pre-school teacher harped about always?
These are just small instances but they annoyed me a lot.We are educated and yet we turn a blind eye to these things.
Why do we have the "Chalta hai yaar" attitude about everything?When we think like that of course sab chalega!
Anupamaa
Health and Fitness
