u/thatsitarashop

Hey guys

I don't understand whenever I make a post on this sub I get downvoted lol.

Whether it's a normal non-selling post or a straight up ad, I always get downvoted. I'm a microbusiness, I do not come from money, and I do not have any business background, I'm literally just learning along the way.

Everything I sell in my brand is handmade or hand assembled. My prices are LOW af.

I can't help but feel really disheartened that there is no support (which is fine, no one is obligated to support anyone) but why is there so much animosity?

I don't think what I'm posting is bad in any way, if you don't like being sold products then why are you on a small business page lol?? And if you're a small business yourself, shouldn't you hope that everyone going through your struggles do well?

I'm super disappointed and tbh this is sensitive topic for me because I truly try to purchase from small businesses as much as possible and I upvote posts all the time.

Folks, the the nth time, the police has disappointed me.

Today, I was chatting with a friend on the side of the road near the gym I go to. We have a fairly large street dog population, and suddenly I heard a man screaming at the dogs and throwing things at them.

I stopped and studied the situation (I couldn't tell what he was yelling about) and my friend started panicking saying that the man was screaming rape threats at the dogs.

This place is fairly crowded, but no one seemed to even take notice.

I went up to the man and screamed at him to shoo him off, he turned his attention to me and started screaming at me that he would call his men to come get me.

I would've taken him on, I will not tolerate any types of cruelty towards animals.

But I remembered just 30 seconds from the spot, there would be a policeman posted. I speed walked to this policeman on a bike. I informed him that a drunk man just behind us was shouting rape threats at the dogs.

My friend on her scooty from comes behind me panicking that the man was threatening to rape me when I left that spot.

The police man literally looked smack at my face and said "what can I do about this?"/"ami ki korte pari madam?".

I just want you all to know, I have no respect for the police.

This is not the first time I've approached a police man for help, and every single time I've been faced with a similar response.

When I was younger, panicking and in tears I called the Tiljala police station for help when a drunk man was following my friend and I (we were in an uber, and he stopped us on a bike) in the middle of the night. The police asked us if we really wanted to get involved in a police case at ages 15/16.

Multiple times I have had to step in to protect people on the roads, help vegetable men when their wares have fallen off their carts, helped pick up falled old women etc etc etc. While these pigs look at these things happening with zero concern.

I had a drunk friend try to get on her scooty and go home completely inebriated, IN FRONT OF THE PARK STREET POLICE STATION, and when I approached them for help they just stared at my face. They had the power to have this girl sit there till she sobered down, but they chose to do nothing.

A high official friend I contacted called the station and got a policeman to come out and see to my friend. After an hour of me desperately trying to get this girl to not get on her scooty and drive to her inevitable death.

I don't get paid to help civillians, I don't get paid to cross the road to help folks, I have no obligation to care about anyone, and yet I do. These policemen do nothing except say "what are we supposed to do?".

I have nothing to say, they're not here to protect us. They don't care. Don't believe any of the police propaganda you read or hear or watch, we, the general public are on our own.