Pique Your Peeve

Cities do not seem to have a unified code of conduct for public behaviour.  It’s not difficult to get away with any sort of errant behaviour. Jumping the traffic light?   Er...  It’s not only me!  Spewing out saliva, Titanic style? Not new to us either. Dumping garbage in your neighbour’s garden? Approaching hoodlums for a black ticket at the cinema hall?  And … the ultimate passion….. letting your tongue loose for a juicy piece of gossip or to lash out invectives… our city  has witnessed it all. Here your favourite personalities  will disclose misdemeanour that piques their senses! You too can have your say. Send in your views with color pix  to editorevestitmesonline.com or directly to our office address.

Today everybody complains about public behaviour in Chennai, which seems to be characterised by indiscipline and apathy. If you too feel strongly about civic sense and public behaviour, pl. do write to us enclosing your photograph. While your favourite Chennaites will disclose misdemeanour that piques their senses you too can have your say:

Maadhu Balaji

Today one can’t go to a movie hall with the family. Recently our family had gone to see a movie and the entire hall was reeking of liquor. I fondly recall our earlier days when going to see a cinema was a family affair and a time for relaxation. Authorities should strictly enforce responsible public behaviour in theatres.

Another menace in the city is the onslaught of beggar-children while we wait at the traffic signal. This has to be definitely put to an end. Older beggars, who may or may not be the parents, push little children towards the waiting vehicles when the traffic light goes red. Little do these children realise the risk of accidents they are exposed to. They wipe the car and if no money is forthcoming, bang heavily on the vehicle and move on to the next car. What will these children do if this is what their parents teach them? Both the government and the police should work together to do away with this  abominable practice.

Spitting and throwing garbage in public places is something, which much be curbed immediately. I recall, when we were in the US, our entire troupe of fifteen members had our dinner, which was cleared by a visitor who had come to our host’s house. I was simply amazed. Can such a thing ever happen here? The guest meticulously emptied the plates in the garbage can and washed the plates.  But something goes wrong when the same people set their foot on the Indian soil. Right at the airport they start spitting on the road and throwing waste materials. 

Last week when I was returning home and trying to park my car, I saw a nurse emerging from a hospital which is adjacent to our house and spitting outside. I got annoyed and told her that she was a medical professional and she had no business to expose her patients to infection by behaving irresponsibly. Not only that, our family members were also exposed to infection. I rang up the doctor and complained. We have to get rid of these unhygienic habits if we have to keep our city clean.

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