AUG 11, 2023
nimishdubey
So I was sitting at Starbucks a few years ago and this group of three executives comes in.
They grab a table which a customer had just vacated.
It was slightly messy with a plate and a cup on it.
They scream for the staff to clean it and complain loudly about the falling standards of cleanliness. ("Saala Starbucks Bhi KFC ban gaya hai. Itni gandh!")
They leave about forty minutes later.
Leaving an even bigger mess on the table with bits of pastry.
❤️
A young lady takes the table.
She looks like a student, perhaps from Japan )her cap has the Rising Sun on it.)
She picks up the plastic cups and throws them into a dustbin.
She then goes over to the counter, takes some tissues and starts cleaning the table.
Some of the staff notice
And run over to her and say that she should not bother. They will clean the table.
She answers:
"No, it is all right. It is my table, no?"
A massive lesson there.
him
OMG
Brilliance!
I was just recently brainstorming with the team on why India is where it is. And how Singapore, that got independent 18 years after us, has reached.
How did they do it?
diya
Nimish Dubey
A young lady takes the table.
She looks like a student, perhaps from Japan )her cap has the Rising Sun on it.)
She picks up the plastic cups and throws them into a dustbin.
She then goes over to the counter, takes some tissues and starts cleaning the table.
Some of the staff notice
And run over to her and say that she should not bother. They will clean the table.
She answers:
"No, it is all right. It is my table, no?"
A massive lesson there.
This is a regular practice for me. In fact, this stands true for most my age people I meet.
This is definitely a more considerate generation Some of it is definitely liberal virtue signalling but a lot of it is genuine.
nimishdubey
Himanshu Khanna
I was just recently brainstorming with the team on why India is where it is. And how Singapore, that got independent 18 years after us, has reached.
How did they do it?
Ownership.
Key word.
Mine. Ours.
Get that in and everything changes.
Diya
This is a regular practice for me. In fact, this stands true for most my age people I meet.
This is definitely a more considerate generation Some of it is definitely liberal virtue signalling but a lot of it is genuine.
Am glad it is. But not in evidence at all in places like Khan Market and CP. Messy tables and complaints are default. The exceptions are always awesome
diya
Himanshu Khanna
I was just recently brainstorming with the team on why India is where it is. And how Singapore, that got independent 18 years after us, has reached.
How did they do it?
Well, a good reason is that India remains entrenched with the caste system which literally makes group of people think they are owed others’ labour and dignity.
Getting served is an intrinsic part of showing status and achievement. This is how the most privileged have grown up and continue to imitate this behaviour hence this behaviour in elite places like Khan Market.
nimishdubey
Diya
Getting served is an intrinsic part of showing status and achievement. This is how the most privileged have grown up and continue to imitate this behaviour hence this behaviour in elite places like Khan Market.
Totally seconded. There is almost some sort of privilege in being served. A lot of folks get offended at having to go to the counter to collect their order.
him
Nimish Dubey
Totally seconded. There is almost some sort of privilege in being served. A lot of folks get offended at having to go to the counter to collect their order.
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