Today we went to ikea, (again - and ya, finally I got my legal copy of ikea catalogue, they've plenty of them outside the customer service counters… I was so tempted to grab a copy of the sample catalogue, but he constantly reminds me that, I've to set good example, ie. not to take 'public' property, ^_^)
And eversince my birthday, my usual 'ritual' at ikea had been revitalized!!! ^_^V, ie. we'll sit down at the food court, have my free cup of cappucino (from the ikea machine) and I'll have my prince's tart, (they've changed the design of the look of the tart, but still tastes the same to me)
I used to order a piece of them, during the days, while I was alone in KL, I think, it's year 2005, when I constantly traveled from s'pore back to KL, keeping an eye on the renovation progress of our current condominium, when I've free time, I'll just go ikea on my own, on a weekday, and enjoy my free and easy and relax weekday afternoon in ikea, sipping my free cup of coffee and had a piece of prince's tart… ya, that's my ritual since then… and after we got back in 2007, putting aside our absence in this city in year 2006, he seemed to be less interested in sitting in ikea foodcourt, and therefore, there go my 'ritual'.. However!!! After my birthday - maybe this was considered one of my birthday wishes, it's finally been revitalized…
While we're at the foodcourt, I looked at the worker who's cleaning up the mess/tray left by patrons, on the table…
Then I started to think…
Probably… probably ikea is the ONLY place in KL (klang valley) and in m'sia, who encourages their dear patrons, to at least, be kind enough to take their own tray (with all the mess and food bits and pieces) to the racks where messes will be taken cared of then…
But obviously I'm sure there're still people who'll conveniently and happily leave their mess behind, on the table, waiting for so-called workers to come and collect and clean for them… (ya, they've pat their butt and left the table already anyway, they don't get to see it!!)
And that reminds me of more than 10 years ago, where in london, all the fastfood restaurants (at least the KFC near thurloe sq.) HAD ALREADY STARTED PRACTISING THIS… ie. take your own tray to the dust-bin, throw your own rubbish to the dust-bin…
Isn't that sad? And pathetic??
In fact, I thought, it's a little bit disgusting… where, we, common south-east-asian, all the way up to china… have the habit of leaving our mess behind..
THERE'RE ALWAYS SOMEBODY WHO'LL HELP CLEAR IT UP, ANYWAY!!!
(THEY'RE PAID TO DO IT, ANYWAY!! IF WE DON'T LEAVE THE MESS BEHIND, THEY'LL BE OUT OF JOB!)
Yes, suddenly I feel disgusted with our mentality…
10? 20? 30? Years behind developed country…
It's just kinda disgust me, with the idea that, we conveniently dirty our dining table, as gross as it can be,
Cos, we know that there're always people who'll clean our mess..
Yes, I know if taking this role away, there'll be many people running out of job… for eg. In s'pore, old people, ie. people like our grandparents, our parents, who need this sort of job in foodcourts, to have some income, some even need it to help support the family…
Sigh… this kinda makes the whole story even more saddening… in my opinion,
Cleaning up mess, is something desperately needed by some people, to make a living, cos, the underlying truth is, THERE'RE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO'LL LIKE TO THINK THAT, their mess will be cleaned up by others… AND NOT THEMSELVES…
It's sad that we make our own society in such manner,
It's sad that we're kinda born to think that, THERE'RE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO'LL CLEAN UP OUR MESS!!
It's sad that we're, most of the time, not even considerate enough to at least contain the mess to its minimal… for eg. At least, keep them nicely in a plate, or, in your own plate,
And it's sad that, to make it a bigger picture, in life, there ARE people who're expecting others to clean up for them, when they make a mess!!! (yuck and sad!!)
It's even sadder that, we're not even in the path of changing our course, ie. will happily continue to let others take care of our own mess!!
It's even sadder that, we'll even die like this, in this sort of society, in the near future to come!!
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