CIVIC SENSE [OC]
I'm a second-year BVSc student and will be a veterinarian in the future.
During our first-year zoo trip, (@chhatbir zoo , chandigarh) my classmates and I bought some snacks from a small café inside the zoo. After eating, all three of my friends just left their used plates on a chair instead of throwing them away, even though there was a dustbin barely 10 steps away. I picked up all the plates and threw them in the dustbin.
One of the girls sarcastically said, "Ohho, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan." I didn't respond because, honestly, she was the one behaving irresponsibly.
Later, as we were exploring the zoo, one of my friends threw a biscuit wrapper straight into the bushes, despite another dustbin being just a few steps away. I picked up the wrapper and threw it in the dustbin too.
I genuinely don't understand what people are learning if they don't have basic civic sense. At least don't behave like this in a zoo. They were also shouting at the animals, expecting them to wake up and entertain us. It made me think, "Are you educated or not? Don't you have the basic civic sense to know where trash should be thrown?"