Keep it clean people!
Classes are done, I am walking down into the parking lot when I overhear two student’s disgust at something. As I turn the corner I see the problem instantly. It was hideous and stood out like a sore thumb. There is a semi empty trash can and scattered around is trash and food from a recent lunch excursion by students. I will not even begin arguing how wrong it is to throw away food, when others less fortunate can benefit from it.
However, let me rant a bit about the mentality in the region in regards to trash. It is no secret that the society here relies heavily on others to get work done. Hopefully something that will be mended by a fair Saudiazation system. My theory is that a society cannot move forward if it cannot with its own hands take on jobs they consider to be below them. (aka trash collector or a worker at McDs)
Personally, I keep my house clean and by house I also mean my country and university. So why vandalize your own property? Thinking about it, I started to realize it is not just this one incident. There is a pile of trash in the middle of street outside the university only a few feet from an empty garage bin. Then there are the countless of drivers that carelessly toss trash from a car’s window, a $500 fine in America. Sometimes, I wonder what would happen if all the Desi garbageman returned back home. Will the streets of Riyadh be littered with trash?
There are new initiatives being started by the youth of Saudi Arabia such as Green Nation Jeddah/Riyadh and Alfaisal’s College of Business Recycling Campaign. It is thrilling to know the change is coming from the youth because that translates into promising change in the future.
Lets keep it clean people!
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