What about the government authorities wasting our time. You make an appointment and you wait for hours for their royal highness to meet you.
Bernice Pereira Sent from my iPhone > On 11-Apr-2019, at 10:18 AM, Melito Dcosta <melitodcosta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Great Indian Stretchable Time > > I need to make a conscious effort to remember the last time when I boarded > the bus on time or a train departed from the station at the scheduled time. > The sad part of the narrative is that we, the people of Goa and India, are > so accustomed to the delays that we are totally at ease when the local bus > is delayed by 30 minutes to an hour! Consequently when it actually arrives > the bus conductor has not a bit remorse of the delay. Similarly, when the > train by the Konkan railway route is delayed by three hours the only > consolation a passenger receives is the mechanized voice saying, *“Dear > Passengers* *the inconvenience is deeply regretted!” * > > I strongly believe that it is very important for us to be responsible and > value time. When we personally value time and respect our daily engagements > only then the local machineries like the bus and train services will be > coerced to respect our planned schedules. > > Let us Respect Time and demand the authorities to respect our time as Miles > Davis said, *‘Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.’* > > -- By Melito D Costa, Varca.
