I travel in bus everyday and buses are a treasure trove for those who love to study the twists and turns in human behaviour. Today I saw two incidents which I wanted to share here. At the first instance, the bus was full to the roof and everybody was half on top of another. A man accused a college boy of trying to steal his mobile phone from his shirt pocket just because the boy's hand accidentally brushed against his shirt. All men (!) threatened to thrash the boy though he said it was unintentional.
The second incident happened a little later in another bus. A man told the conductor frantically that someone had stolen his money, new currency notes just got from an ATM, and even recited off the serial numbers. The conductor ordered the doors to be closed and told the driver to take the bus to Police Station. After a few minutes, the man found his notes on the floor. When a teenager got down, all started pointing fingers at him saying that he must have been the thief, of course without tangible proof.
In both incidents, the people quickly arrived at conclusions without thinking and proof. And the point I observed was, after the incidents, all men started abusing the 'may-be' thieves and patted themselves on the back for averting a great injustice! They talked incessantly for half an hour about how the children are easily spoilt nowadays and how parents don't teach morality to kids, how they heroically detected 'thieves.'
Now I wonder why people so loudly justify their actions when they find someone else in the wrong? Is it because they feel inwardly guilty as they know they have acted no better than those thieves sometime in their lives? Or is it just their way of convincing themselves of their own superiority by virtue of being good?
The second incident happened a little later in another bus. A man told the conductor frantically that someone had stolen his money, new currency notes just got from an ATM, and even recited off the serial numbers. The conductor ordered the doors to be closed and told the driver to take the bus to Police Station. After a few minutes, the man found his notes on the floor. When a teenager got down, all started pointing fingers at him saying that he must have been the thief, of course without tangible proof.
In both incidents, the people quickly arrived at conclusions without thinking and proof. And the point I observed was, after the incidents, all men started abusing the 'may-be' thieves and patted themselves on the back for averting a great injustice! They talked incessantly for half an hour about how the children are easily spoilt nowadays and how parents don't teach morality to kids, how they heroically detected 'thieves.'
Now I wonder why people so loudly justify their actions when they find someone else in the wrong? Is it because they feel inwardly guilty as they know they have acted no better than those thieves sometime in their lives? Or is it just their way of convincing themselves of their own superiority by virtue of being good?
Most of the time, people try to get noticed. Hence, they try to comment on people soo much that, they will not think the consequence of the comment. This is what happening now a days and most of the relations are breaking because of that. I pray to god that, People should get patience and they need to think about the consequence. Also, if they need to comment for constructive purpose, then, it should be personal.
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