Once in Germany.....

One day evening, at around 5.30 pm, we went to buy some grocery from the nearby shopping store ‘ALDI’. While we were parking our car outside the store, I saw a young boy running and an elderly man following him. They both were running so fast and carelessly behind each other that they did not even bother while crossing the road to see whether there are vehicles coming across. I saw this scene first time in Germany, the country known for its safety regulations, rules and good planning. In Germany, one tends to follow rules and there is hardly anyone who breaks the rules. One crosses the road only at pedestrian signals. These two men literally jumped over the landscaped road divider and ran across. One more man followed them.

I went inside to buy my stuff and my husband Parag was chatting then with the people who gathered outside ALDI. After finished with my shopping, I came out to ask Parag, " what had happened, why were they running?" The young boy who was running had stolen the valuet of an old person at the billing counter. Inspite of video cameras all over, he had dared to steal something!

In Germany, people wear what they want; they do what they like, but yes, not to forget everything within rules. Even if one is wearing very weird clothes, the person wearing it always has ‘who cares’ attitude’. People do not even look at such people and they are like of not my business attitude. I used to feel one is here literally not bothered about others.

In such a country, looking at such scene was shocking. I could not believe that a person nearly about 50 yr old, had catch hold of this thief who was hardly 20 yrs. Immediately police reached within 1 min and the thief was caught. People here are very alert and ready to help when in need. This was a typical hindi action movie scene so to say.