Wednesday, October 12, 2005

A most disgusting man.

I live in a very working class neighborhood. What is a working class? To me it means that most of my neighbors have to work very hard for their livelihood. Normally they have very little time for social niceties. Take for instance the family that lives on the floor below me. I do not know much about the husband. He squats by the drain every morning while waiting to send his kids to school. The wife runs a noodle stall on a five foot way. I don't think it is the lack of money but rather the environment they live in. For instance they talked to each other at the top of their voice. Also they swear alot using very colorful language. The funny thing is that they do it all the time among themselves. For example when the mother is angry she will used very lurid terms even referring to her own private parts while scolding her children!

There is a older man who lived in the next block. I called him the 'most disgusting man' because of his behavior. In the morning, on the way out he will drive by with a bag of refuse dangling from his open car window. Just as he gets near the rubbish bin he will throw the bag onto the ground and drive off. He even does this when the cleaner is standing by the bin. He could easily just stop his car and give the bag to her. Instead he just fling in next to her as if to say 'hey its your job, pick it up'. The poor cleaner must feel really bad being treated this way.... and she has to pick up after him. What a bastard! This is one case of third world mentality. I wonder how we can even begin to build a civil society with these people in it?

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