It is said that the history repeats itself. Probably because we weren't listening the first time.
Some recent experiences convinced me on this :
(1) If you go to MG Road, Gurgaon on a weekend evening, you will see BMWs/ Audis or such expensive cars parked outside on the roads. I would like to believe that someone who can buy a car for Rs. 30 lakhs or more will have Rs. 50 to pay for authorized parking. So, I assume that these people park their cars on the roads not to save Rs. 50 but to escape from the hassle of getting into the parking queue. Now, imagine the hassle of getting a towed vehicle back, or worse, a stolen vehicle back.....
(2) People would walk on the crowded MG road, wave a hand to stop the speeding vehicle and run to cross the road. To save 5/ 10 minutes some people just outsource their life's responsibility to someone they don't know. The person who knows that there is a crowded road ahead and still driving at 60/ 80, either is drunk or doesn't care about pedestrians. Can someone treat his own life so cheaply? See it to believe it...
(3) You see the new age rich young ladies carrying numerous shopping bags on the escalators in the malls, leaving their infants to the poor maids, who in all probability, never handled a small kid before and escalators are like UFOs for them. What is more precious , the kid or a dress bought at 50% discount?
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