I never thought or expected that I would one day see a thing which would make me to write a post. Whenever I’m in kitchen cooking the dinner or having breakfast, I often look out from the window to see what is happening outside. The road doesn’t speaks anything but it silently witness many things. The scenes created on the road have a lot to speak. Many of the scenes are usual and doesn’t cause much impact on the mind, but some create a very strong image on mind.
One particular scene which created a strong impact on my mind and made me to wonder and reason why it was so, was the following. Just in front of my house is a big supermarket called PAM. Actually the back of the supermarket faces our house. Towards the back of PAM, are kept big waste boxes, where the spoiled food is thrown. This contains mostly, partially rotten fruits, vegetables, recently expired bread and other papers or carton boxes. Although these boxes are mainly meant for the supermarket to throw their trash, but people staying nearby that due to their laziness also throw the waste from their houses. Sometimes even I throw in them. These waste from the houses is complete shit, they contain only rubbish and garbage. It stinks offensively. The waste form the supermarket in my opinion is still usable, if used immediately, however the presence of garbages from the different house makes them bad.
In night I was cooking my dinner and then while the masala was getting prepared, I just came to the window to see the outside life and take some fresh air. I noticed a strange thing. I saw a woman taking out bread and other usable items from the waste box. I stood on the window to see and wonder why actually she might need them. She was dressed in a nice way. Her dress doesn’t made any sign that she is too poor to afford. She collected some bread, fruits and green leafy vegetables, I guess this is all what she could find. I stood there till she left. Though she left soon. I thought a bit over as to what the reasons are, that urged her to do this undignified act. Well then I got engaged in making my vegetables and forgot what I saw.
After couple of days in morning, I came to the window to put my wet towel in the sun. I was preparing myself for the breakfast. It was around I guess 11:00 am. I saw a man on scooter, who was taking out food and other eatable stuff from the waste box. He collected lot of stuff and put it all in his scooter. There were lot of people on the road, who might be watching all this, but generally over here people ignore all this. After he was done with the task, he left with his scooter and food. I didn’t pay much attention as I was busy preparing myself for the office. After few minutes I again came at the window with a nutella and cheese sandwich in hand. I gain found the same man with a scooter, this time he was accompanied by a woman and a dog also. I guess they were their family members. The woman came with a PAM carriage to collect the food, and she took so much that her whole carriage was filled. The dog was standing nearby to her, waving his tail anxiously to get some food.
In watching all this my breakfast was over and I started packing up my bag to leave. When I went downstairs, I found the man leaving on hi scooter and the women going away with her carriage. The rule of supermarket PAM is that if you want to carry a lot of food from market, then you cane issue a carriage which you later return after you are done with the shopping and left the stuff in your vehicle. However this woman was using the carriage on road. She was taking the carriage somewhere, may to her nearby home. This time I really wondered seriously why they are using the food from the waste. Two reasons came to my mind. Either they are really poor and cannot afford to purchase from the market or they run some pizzeria and want to make maximum profit. I can rule out the first possibility as I noticed they wore reasonably fine clothes and also carry a dog. Thus only the second possibility made sense to me.
If that is true, then how mean and cheap are they as they want to deceive their customers. But I cannot say this very firmly as I have not made a full inquiry.
Few days later, I found the same lady again taking food from the waste. She was accompanied by her dog. While she was collecting the food, I noticed another lady who came to throw her waste from her house. She came with lot of pride, to threw her waste or may she became arrogant to see that someone is taking food from waste, which actually had come from some person who might have purchased food in order to produce that waste. This was also a bit strange. That even waste has its owner and carried a price value. This thing becomes more prominent when someone start using it.
