"Yaa! There was no water yesterday night as well ! No power.No water. Don't know what's gona happen in summer!",said my roommate. But where was I? Was I listening to what she said? The wash basin tap was open and I was lost in that litres and litres of water going down the pipe for past 10 minutes when my roommate was busy srcubbing her cheeks with the facewash and talking to me ! I was wondering if the new facewash would help her anyway ! Anyways,let me not deviate from the main topic.Ya,So tap was still open when I was in my thinkng process which happens occasionally. I stood up,went to the washbasin and switched off the tap.The room was suddenly filled with silence.Both her hands and complete face was in foam. Unfortunately,eyes were still clean so that she could stare at me furiously as though I asked her for her bank account pin number.
Well, I have controlled my temptation to switch off the tap many a times before.Because as we(people of our generation) are growing old day by day,our tolerance level is on fall even if other secret desires are still on rise! We do not like others correcting us.But that day I could not control and I switched off the tap. She was still fuming,staring at me."You will still be scrubbing your cheeks right ! switch on the tap when you are done with that !",I said and left the room before she would have put the same foam on my face.
We can always crib about the problems but it takes efforts to think and act on reducing them.I just came back from washroom while I am thinking about this post.No,no I am not writing anything in office,I am just thinking about what to write! I met a friend there who has just won the award of 'Employee champion for the Go-Green initiative' last week! Generally girls feel very happy when they meet each other there,don't know why! She was busy staring at her face in the mirror.I could hear the sound of water flush in one of the washrooms.No need to make weird faces.I am sure even you too use it a few times a day! I went inside and noticed that the flush wall was stuck.I pulled it up and water flush stopped.I don't know how this employee champion is going green!
In my company,facilities department has made a lot of efforts to make people feel aware(even if not happy) of the importance of water and electricity.They have put up charts with some statistics as follows in all the places with water outlets and switch boards. I am sure many of us ignore.
-By 2025,2/3 of the world's population with 52 countries will have water shortage.
-If the entire world's water was to fit in a gallon jug,fresh water for use would be only a table spoon
-Most of the people in the world must walk almost 3 hours to fetch fresh water.
-About 6800 gallons of water is required to cook the food for a family of 4.
-Each day almost 10,000 children under age 5 fall ill because of impure water.
We need not do great things.Avoiding doing a few things(don't go into double meaning mode and people who did not understand,need not trouble their brains much!) can also help us save a lot on water and electricity! I believe I am doing my bit of not doing a few things.PFB the points I take care of everyday:(Well,we all understand this PFA-PFB language better hence...)
1.I do not keep the tap open and brush my teeth(I know some of you are feeling guilty now)
2.I do not keep scrubbing my face while the tap is open
3.When I am alone at home,I do not keep the lights and fans switched on in other rooms(I know its hot these days but keeping fan on in another room won't help anyway)
4.I do not have lavish bath(with 2 or more buckets of water) more than thrice a month.(trust me u can clean urself well with just a bucket of water)
5.I avoid using paper napkins
6.I say NO to plastic carry bags
7.I do not need a bucket of water to clean just a small water bottle.
8.I do not forget to switch off the lights and fan before I leave the room.(If I forget,I call up somebody at home and tell them to switch it off)
9.I shut down my computer before I leave for the day
No,no please dont say,'What does she think of herself!' because I am still not adhering completely on point 5.People who have more points than the ones above can write another blog. Let us not make this place more crowded.Thank you for being with me through out the post.Let us think and act,not for our children but for ourselves because in India power goes off exactly when you are late for office and do not have any ironed pair of clothes.
I am doing my share,are you?
I wish my roommate reads this too so that we can save litres of water at home or may be she should not else there will be one more post on my facewash !
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