My wife and I have recently dubbed Monday night “Family Night.” With it still being cold outside, we end up spending this time walking around the local mall. Our son loves it because it give him a chance to get out and “balk” (read: walk). We live in a fairly small townhouse so he definitely takes advantage of the huge hallways there.
In the midst of our night, my wife and i watched in amazement as two young men rode down the escalator with their Wendy’s hamburgers. Apparently, one of them forgot to ask for no onions and ketchup. He dealt with this lack of foresight by scraping the cumbersome condiments off of the hamburger, and onto the escalator. Plop. Of course, the bag and wrapper he was carrying was quite cumbersome as well and they got a free ride too. So, there, at the end of the escalator being ground up by the place where the floor and steps meet, was an empty bag, an empty wrapper, slimy onions and tomatoes covered in ketchup.
So, instead of one guy going 5 feet out of his way to easily place his garbage where it belongs (in the garbage!):
– An elderly woman shook her head in disgust as she threw away his bag….
– A kind man muttered something under his breath as he threw away his wrapper and tried to avoid the onions…
– A security guard stood watch over the spot for about 10 minutes to make sure no one slipped on the slimy mess…
– A janitor pulled his mop bucket through the hallways and took a few minutes to mop up the aforementioned mess…
Its amazing how one person’s stupidity and laziness can affect and make more work for so many other people…i am sure there is some deep, profound spiritual insight here. maybe you can think of one….