MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO SOCIETY
This is from a mail forward I got from my friend. I'm not sure if this is real, but the idea is not fun. We are living in a world where you mostly judge people by their appearance and their behavior. I have seen many group of people wearing all sorts of modern fashion (let them believe it...) and creating noise in public places. But when you single out a person and ask, he might be from a not-so-high-funda family, but showing all this stuff just to be in the company of one or two of their millionaire friends... In their company they do all sorts of mischief, knowing that it is wrong. They race their cars in public roads, spend money unnecessarily, waste food and like.
But, coming to the point, wasting resources, we also do this, knowingly or un-knowingly at some point. Try to limit your resource utilization, because there are many out there who are not able to get food at least once a day. now read on...
Below is a note written by an Anonymous visitor to Germany.
I thought the message in the end is very meaningful that we can inculcate in our lives ‐ Germany is a highly industrialized country. It produces top brands like Benz, BMW, Siemens etc. The nuclear reactor pump is made in a small town in this country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. At least that was my impression before my study trip. When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant. As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a
table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on
the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy
guy. There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food
for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates. We did not pay much attention to
them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were hungry, our local colleague
ordered more food for us. As the restaurant was quiet, the food came quite fast. Since there were other
activities arranged for us, we did not spend much time dining.
When we left, there was still about one third of unconsumed food on the table.
When we were leaving the restaurant, we heard someone calling us. We noticed the old ladies in the restaurant were talking about us to the restaurant owner.
When they spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food.
We immediately felt that they were really being too busybody.
"We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague Guy told the old ladies.
The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone.
After a while, a man in uniform claimed to be an officer from the Social Security organization arrived.
Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Mark fine.
We all kept quiet. The local colleague took out a 50 Mark note and repeatedly apologized to the officer.
The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME,
MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING
SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES.
Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our hearts. The mind set of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources.
To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat.
THIS IS A LESSON TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT CHANGING OUR BAD HABITS.
But, coming to the point, wasting resources, we also do this, knowingly or un-knowingly at some point. Try to limit your resource utilization, because there are many out there who are not able to get food at least once a day. now read on...
Below is a note written by an Anonymous visitor to Germany.
I thought the message in the end is very meaningful that we can inculcate in our lives ‐ Germany is a highly industrialized country. It produces top brands like Benz, BMW, Siemens etc. The nuclear reactor pump is made in a small town in this country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. At least that was my impression before my study trip. When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant. As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a
table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on
the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy
guy. There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food
for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates. We did not pay much attention to
them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were hungry, our local colleague
ordered more food for us. As the restaurant was quiet, the food came quite fast. Since there were other
activities arranged for us, we did not spend much time dining.
When we left, there was still about one third of unconsumed food on the table.
When we were leaving the restaurant, we heard someone calling us. We noticed the old ladies in the restaurant were talking about us to the restaurant owner.
When they spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food.
We immediately felt that they were really being too busybody.
"We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague Guy told the old ladies.
The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone.
After a while, a man in uniform claimed to be an officer from the Social Security organization arrived.
Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Mark fine.
We all kept quiet. The local colleague took out a 50 Mark note and repeatedly apologized to the officer.
The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME,
MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING
SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES.
Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our hearts. The mind set of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources.
To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat.
THIS IS A LESSON TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT CHANGING OUR BAD HABITS.
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