Ignorance

It was a beautiful day while driving to the restaurant. I was in good spirits, singing along to Maroon 5's 'Sunday Morning' playing on the radio. At the traffic lights I come to a stop behind a brand spanking new Mercedes Benz C200 Kompressor. I was admiring the shape of the lights, the color on this fine machine when suddenly a can of drink was unceremoniously thrown out from the driver's side!

I was utterly amazed. You would think a person being able to afford a car made by a first world nation would at the very least have some first world manners. I just couldn't believe it. Mind you it was on a busy road and not anywhere near the curb so the council cleaners can get rid of it. Nevermind that, the main point is one being able to drive an RM200 over thousand car would at least have some education about littering. I shook my head in total disbelief.

Why is it that we have first world facilities but with a third world mentality? Here we are complaining day in day out to the city council about beautifying the city when we can't even cooperate in keeping it clean? What's the big deal in reaching your destination and depositing the rubbish into a waste basket or a trash bin?

Come on people, I'm not trying to make this world a better environment but we can all do our part in not being a litter bug. Rubbish bins are where the rubbish go. Not floors, roads, rivers, drains, and what I really was amazed while driving was the signage.
I actually laughed because it was a DENDA RM500 MEMBUANG SAMPAH SINI sign and around it was nothing but rubbish! All lying in a neat pile right under the penalty sign!

Maybe its just human behavior. Like the saying 'Rules are meant to be broken' comes to mind. Even in my restaurant, with the sign emblazooned 'NO SMOKING', I still get muppets lighting up on a busy lunch or a crowded dinner. Hello? Did you see any ashtrays on your table or others? Its nice when I have regulars telling the next table its a smoke-free restaurant and pointing to the warning across them. (They then embarrasingly stub out their ciggarettes)

I can only sum these behaviors up as one thing - Ignorance...