‘Don’t care’ attitude by Big People

Aug 19, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

A couple weeks ago I had sent a letter to Kaieteur News and the contents of the letter were about the garbage problem we have here in Guyana along with some other issues such as the horrible road conditions. I would like to reinforce my views due to an experience I had recently with littering.

A few weeks ago, I had noticed when coming into my neighbourhood there were two plastic bags of garbage under a tree just at the entrance of the area. Right at the entrance there are two houses that are occupied by diplomats and the two bags of garbage are on the side of the road under the tree just outside these two houses. The houses have 24/7 security provided by a security firm located in Barrack Street, Kingston. The security company is the one that parks under the tree where the two bags of garbage are located.

No one else in the area parks at that location. That spot is used solely by the security company and any workers for the two diplomat houses located at the entrance to the area. I had observed the garbage there for a few days to see if the security staff or any other staff that use the spot would move the garbage bags seeing as they were parking right next to the bags, coming out walking in the garbage and driving over the garbage. To my disappointment no one moved the bags with the garbage. Eventually, I approached the security agent that was parked under the tree right next to the garbage bags and pointed out to the agent that there were two bags of garbage right next to the vehicle and I told him that they were the only ones that park in this area and if they would be so kind to please clean it up seeing as they use the area daily. The security agent smiled and agreed.

Approximately 15 minutes later the security vehicle and two security agents took their time to drive about 300 ft down the road to my location to cheerfully inform me that they opened the two bags of garbage and that the contents of the bags did not belong to any of their security agents.

They told me that the two bags of garbage contained empty cans of dog food.

I again explained to the security agents that they were the only ones that use that spot to park their vehicles and other staff from the two houses at the entrance that they are responsible for. The two security agents smiled and drove away. It has been two weeks after that incident and the garbage is still there only it has been spread out all over the grass under the tree. The security agents were so kind to open the bags of garbage do an investigation into the contents then took the time to come and inform me that the garbage is not theirs. They took a workable problem and made it into an even messier situation. The contents of the garbage bags ended up all over the area spread out in the most disgusting manner. Since that day the security vehicle is still driving and parking in the same garbage and no one is cleaning it up.

What is the matter with the Guyanese society today? These two men are grown men over the age of 50 years and they operated in such a nasty and don’t care manner and they are the ones using that area daily. If this is the attitude and behaviour of the security agents then it clearly reflects the principles and ethos of that security company. Your staff and their actions are direct reflections of your company values. Shame on those security agents and shame on the security company. How hard was it to pick up the two bags of garbage from your area of operations and put them in a garbage bin? Both houses that the security company is responsible for has many garbage bins.

What these two grown men did was to make the place even dirtier by opening the bags and leaving the contents there. What does that tell me about their mental capacity and their train of thought? It is a don’t care society we living in. This has shown me that society has really and truly gone unruly. We have become illiterate the more develop we become as a nation. I keep expecting older people to lead by example but that doesn’t seem to be the way things work here in Guyana.

Kind regards,
Simeon Taylor

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