Money is yours but resources belong to the society

[Snowfly]

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There is a lesson in this for all of us....

Subject: Money is yours but resources belong to the society

Germany is a highly industrialized country. It produces top brands like Benz, BMW, Siemens etc. The nuclear reactor pump is made in a small town in this country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. At least that was my impression before my study trip.

When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant. As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy.

There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates.

We did not pay much attention to them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us.

As the restaurant was quiet, the food came quite fast. Since there were other activities arranged for us, we did not spend much time dining. When we left, there was still about one third of unconsumed food on the table.

When we were leaving the restaurant, we heard someone calling us. We noticed the old ladies in the restaurant were talking about us to the restaurant owner. When they spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food. We immediately felt that they were really being too busybody. "We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague Gui told the old ladies.
The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone. After a while, a man in uniform claimed to be an officer from the Social Security organization arrived. Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Mark fine.
We all kept quiet. The local colleague took out a 50 Mark note and repeatedly apologized to the officer.

The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES.?"
Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our hearts. The mindset of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources. To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat. THIS LESSON TAUGHT US A LESSON TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT
CHANGING OUR BAD HABITS.


My colleague photostated the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. All of us kept it and pasted on our wall to remind us that we shall never be wasteful.

[ketllac]

part nindot ni nga experience bai. thanks for sharing this

Grabe nato kalisod nga nasod pero tan awa ang mga fastfood ug restaurant dire sa pilipinas makit-an nato nga daghan ayo ing-ani nga biyaan lang ang mga kan on ug sud- an nga wa nahurot.

[Sol_Itaire]

i'm all for the old ladies and the officer.

[Snowfly]

part nindot ni nga experience bai. thanks for sharing this

Grabe nato kalisod nga nasod pero tan awa ang mga fastfood ug restaurant dire sa pilipinas makit-an nato nga daghan ayo ing-ani nga biyaan lang ang mga kan on ug sud- an nga wa nahurot.

Yes ketllac, sayang jud kaayo. Daghan mga tao nga problema unsay kaunon pero ang uban gi usik usikan lang.

Call me kuripot or whatever you name me, I dont care,,,basta pag naa mi left overs when we dine at the restaurant w/ my family ako jud epa putos, sayang kasi. I wont be ashamed at all. We could eat it for our next meal, give it to those beggars at the streets or give it to our 14 dogs hehehe.

[nealotol]

this is where the government of today,,

[akimz]

democracy man daw ni ato country . . . free as a bird ra daw ang mga taw ngare, i strongly agree sa ilaha values . . . nindot gyd cla mo himo og mga bala-ud. . . like sd sa singapore ma disiplina gyd na ma limpyado gyd ang mga taw . . .

kng ako pa lague tig himo bala-ud nindot gyd ayo sundun ilaha style

[Sol_Itaire]

^yeah we need discipline as a people. one way to look at freedom is not just OUR freedom but OTHERS' freedom, like freedom FROM scarcity and poverty.

we need to think about others also.

[Snowfly]

I agree, layo ra bitaw atong country when it comes to discipline in comparison w/ our neighboring countries. ..but discipline must start at home. Discipline by examples.

[Snowfly]

Up pls. so that others will know........

[SioDenz]

If i will go to a restaurant and will only eat what i can, Can those hungry children around the world automatically be feed?

Although Not being wastefull is good but I think its Not that straight forward nga masulbad ang problema sa kagutom sa uban or sa kalibutan. ang problem sa kagutom sa kalibutan complicated kaayu.

Murag di sad ko uyon anang tikitan kay wa kahurot sa gikaon.