Recently, I was very surprised by someone’s action and this person is my friend. It happened in Denmark at Copenhagen. We were riding through the city in his car to get familiar with the city’s routes and different kind of places. So we were having food and enjoying the car. So just any moment after finishing the food he threw the plastic wrapper of the food out of the window which really caught my eyes and I asked him why he did that. So he said no one saw me so why does it matter. So I suggested him he could keep the plastic wrap in the car and could throw it to the dustbin later. But he has no guilty feelings or nothing like that. That was really surprising for me that his behavior and his thought process is like if no one saw me then I’m good to go to do anything. I don’t care, he doesn’t care about his actions will have consequences in the nature. So it is really frustrating and surprising to see that.
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Recently, I was very surprised by someone's actions, and this person is my friend. It happened in Denmark, in Copenhagen. We were driving through the city in his car to get familiar with the routes and different places. We were having food and enjoying the ride. Just after finishing the food, he threw the plastic wrapper out of the window, which really caught my attention, and I asked him why he did that. He said, 'No one saw me, so why does it matter?' I suggested that he could keep the plastic wrap in the car and throw it in the dustbin later. But he had no guilty feelings or anything like that. It was really surprising for me that his behavior and thought process were that if no one saw him, then it was fine to do anything. He didn't care that his actions would have consequences for nature. It was really frustrating and surprising to see that.
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