Love for environment can boomerang<\/p>\n
Most Japanese people care about the environment. After all, Japan
\nis the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol.<\/p>\n
But love for the environment can boomerang on one in countries
\nlike Indonesia, where most people are not particularly concerned
\nabout the state of the planet.<\/p>\n
T. Kamamara (not his real name), an ambitious young executive
\nwho loves the environment, decided not to use plastic as it was
\nnot environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n
He was sent to Jakarta from Tokyo on a one-year training
\ncourse.<\/p>\n
One day, he visited a supermarket in Pasar Minggu, South
\nJakarta, to buy a T-shirt. He bought the T-shirt and paid the
\nmoney to the cashier. However, he politely refused the plastic
\nbag he was offered.<\/p>\n
As he was leaving the supermarket with the T-shirt in his
\nhand, a security guard stopped him at the exit and asked him why
\nhe was leaving with a T-shirt. It is normal practice to put
\npurchased goods in plastic bags in supermarkets in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
There was not enough time for our Japanese friend to explain
\nthe situation to the security guard. All of a sudden, onlookers
\nattacked him and started beating him mercilessly for stealing the
\nT-shirt.<\/p>\n
Luckily, the cashier recognized his face from a distance and
\ncame to his assistance.<\/p>\n
Kamamara is still very angry with those who attacked him, but
\nnot with the security guard.<\/p>\n
\"I could accept it if the security guard hit me. Because it is
\nhis duty to protect the store. But I cannot accept what those
\nothers did. What on earth reason did they have to beat me up?\" he
\nasked bitterly. -- JP<\/p>",
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