Bad Habits of Some Educated Filipinos: Part 2
Basura mo… Itapon mo… (Your garbage… Throw it…) This is quite a good slogan and people find it easy to follow. The only problem is that the slogan is incomplete. It did not say where to throw your garbage. Apparently, some people solve that issue by finding garbage cans whereever they are. In the absence of a regular garbage cans, they improvise - public vehicles, corners of buildings, push carts (yes push carts from the grocery… try looking at FX passenger queues at megamall and you’ll see what I mean), vacant lots all turn into impromptu garbage cans.
Yes it’s a good solution for the original owner of the garbage, but it did not actually solved the problem of garbage disposal because the trash only transferred ownership. What’s irritating is that the original owner of the garbage wrongly inconvenienced the new owner because he now has the burden of properly disposing the garbage. Of course. because of the golden rule, the new garbage owner would not repeat what was wrongly done to him. He would probably (hopefully) find a proper garbage can and dispose the trash properly.
If you were an FX driver, wouldn’t you be mad if a passenger throws all the ponkan peels and seeds in your vehicle? Yes the FX floor will be littered with sweet smelling peels, but it is still garbage no matter how it smells.
If you were a bus passenger, wouldn’t you be mad if your bag, which was placed beside your foot suddenly gets wet because a plastic cup half filled with softdrinks, which was left by a passenger 4 seats from the back, tumbled when the driver hit the breaks and spilled the contents all over the floor?
Keyword here is consideration for others. Do not inconvenience others by disposing of a once useful item you converted into garbage. You have already inconvenienced yourself by carrying the item before it officially became trash. Can’t you hold on it for a little more until you find a proper disposal area? After all, you already benefited from the previous form of the garbage you are holding so why not give your garbage a proper disposal as a sign of appreciation for the service it has given you.
Basura mo… Itapon mo… Sa tamang basurahan…
