blame…worthiness!
10:15 p.m. Not much traffic on the road. I was walking back to my room after purchasing some food stuff. An autorickshaw fled past me. I felt a sensation of something being sprayed on my body. Since it was dark, I could not realize what it was. When I closely observed, I saw dark droplets spread all over my right hand and pants. They were ink drops. I looked around and saw a plastic ink bottle lying on the ground, completely deformed in shape, literally road-rolled. Those ink drops are not something that goes away. The ink is meant for ballpoint pens. I was so enraged…that I shouted…”S..H…I..T..”! on the empty road and it echoed in the empty roads…By this time, the autorickshaw had already transformed into a mini-dot in the distant…
I was so pissed off by the thought that my pants have become useless…I blamed my friend for bringing me along with him to the shop inspite of my resistance…I blamed the autorickshaw for driving on the bottle…I blamed the person who threw the bottle on the road…I blamed the corporation worker for not doing the clean-up job properly…Blame, Blame, Blame was all I did…The more the parties I tried to blame, the more I was enraged…I was atleast lucky that I was wearing an old T-shirt…
Only when I came to my room did I realize that I did not kick the bottle away from the road..Now, I am responsible for someother good pant getting spoilt…and I will be part of somebody else’s blame…! Next time, I will try to maintain calm and see how I can control the damage…and when will all our citizens co-operate to maintain the cleanliness in public places is a question that needs to be answered…and thought upon…
PS: I bought the pants only 20 days ago…I tried to clean the pants..but to no avail.
Mumbai was rated one of the most uncourteous city !. BTW, read this article.Itz a nice one. We would know where India needs to improve.
http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/22claude.htm
Comment by Indianblogger — June 26, 2006, Monday @ 12:18 am
Definitely a thought to ponder upon.I am happy to see you stepped back to think about your own contribution to society.I hope I do that too.
Comment by EU — June 26, 2006, Monday @ 12:34 am
Yeah B, read the article…In fact the incident happened the same day i read this. I was mentioning to my friend, we should add “Autorickshaw” as 11th item!!
BTW, you impress me with your activity levels. (More blogging than before, up-to-date with all news items) During MBA programme, this is impressive…Am not sure how you manage your time..but way to go…
EU. somewhere the cycle has to begin..am not sure where and when it will begin
Comment by Bharani — June 26, 2006, Monday @ 7:50 am
big b, the friend u were with actually kicked the damned bottle off to a lonely corner where it cannot possibly be run over by another reckless auto…
Comment by clickie — June 26, 2006, Monday @ 6:58 pm
Oh Vickiee….i didn’t notice..you are such a wonderful citizen
Comment by Administrator — June 27, 2006, Tuesday @ 11:40 pm