Living in a hostel has its own merits and demerits. As so many people live together, there are bound to be problems and these need to talked about and solved. Today in the small garden outside my room, i saw a cigarette butt. Two days back also, i saw a cigarette butt lying in the bathroom sink. And another funny thing i felt, was, i could smell tobacco while brushing in the morning. I have been wondering, that when no one is smoking around, how can there be tobacco smell. And then i found the same cigarette butt lying in the sink.
I took it out with a paper and threw it in the dustbin. And when i again saw one in the garden, i knew i had to do something about it.
I wrote two notes saying, ' PLS DO NOT THROW CIGARETTE BUTTS AROUND. USE THE DUSTBIN' and pasted these on the two mirrors, one in the bathroom and other one on the mirror outside. As mirrors are something everyone who is passing will look at, so no better place than this.
And after three hours, when i went out, i saw a message written on both the notes with pencil. The message was, 'Sorry, won't happen again. Pls take this off when u see the message, Thanks'. That was very thoughtful of her. Atleast she admitted and said sorry. So i took off both the notes and threw in the dustbin (dustbin is quite useful, no doubt). But there have been many times, when i have seen people tearing off these kind of notes, rather than saying sorry.
Anyways, end of matter....problem solved. This is what i call peaceful resolution of problem. I hope more people understand this and it can be used by people in solving many other troubling issues.
"SAY NO TO SMOKING"