Our regular maid (the one for utensils) came home yesterday, only to inform us that she has to rush to the hospital where her nephew was admitted and couldn’t do the work that day. The MIL enquired about the nephew and the maid had this to say –
Apparently, the young lad was refueling his bike with petrol from a bottle and his friend, in a moment of fun , or rather, his idea of it, threw a burning match into the tank.
It would require a fool to not realize what happened next.
The tank exploded in the nephew’s face. The young lad, barely out of his teens , had his face scarred beyond recognition.
As for the friend, I have no idea what happened to him. Frankly, I don’t even know whether I should care.
Just the other day, the SIL narrated an incident where her uncle’s neighbour lost their young son in a gruesome accident. The father had sent out the young guy to buy some stuff .On the way to the market place, the guy met some of his friends who challenged him to a race on his bike . The boy accepted the challenge.
While racing, the friends cut across a truck carrying iron bars used in construction. The driver of the truck braked hard to avoid a collision. In the bargain, the rods skidded out from the back and plunged right into the young boy’s throat, who unfortunately, was right behind the truck.
The victims here were the young boy and the truck driver. One lost his life, and the other most probably lost his license and his job, not to mention, was even possibly arrested. FOR NO FAULT OF HIS!!!
Another such incident was narrated to me by my senior in a previous company. In a fit of brashness, my senior once took his bike and sped down the road, only to collide badly with a truck. Result: He lost the use of one of his legs and now has to wear a prosthetic one. At least, he survived, unlike the case mentioned above, where a young life was lost for NO BLOODY REASON!!!
Who benefits from these ideas of fun?
Why do young boys have to display their manliness in such silly, ignorant, senseless ways?
Why do we see so many young boys handed bikes and even car keys at the onset of their teens ?
My grouse is not just against the young lads who know no better than to throw burning matches into a petrol tank. He could be an uneducated ,unemployed youngster full of inner angst for reasons best known to him. There are many well-educated parents who swell with pride when they hand over car keys to a 15-year-old, content that they’ve gained the ‘cool-parents’ tag from their child’s peers, but not aware that they themselves lead their child towards self-destruction. And what happens when these very youngsters cause accidents? Cause crashes that may or may not take their own life, but definitely put some other innocent’s life at risk? Who is responsible then??
Speeding and over taking on a highway, taking up drugs or smoking, ganging up and raping a woman, when did all these things become a sport? Don’t young boys have anything better to do these days? How could they even believe that such activities could give them the thrills and chills they crave.
Is this fun??
Guys reading this post, has anyone of you faced similar challenges from your friends? Did you accept that challenge(not that I expect you to confess, but just asking).
Is there any such incident in your life that you regret doing?
I’m rather curious here, because I have NO idea why the male mind works in such a destructive manner!!
Help me understand!!
very sad to hear these type of incidents.. I have seen many youngsters who do speeding on the bike and even overtaking so fast. I just dont know what fun they get. Cant they just understand that life is very precious and it has to be handled very carefully. God knows what runs on their mind when they get on to the bike.. Very good Post..
Hi K,
I would seriously like to know what goes on in a guy’s mind when he does any of these rash things.
Thanks for dropping by 🙂
oh lady. u write of such shocking stuff. all i can think of is how things will be when pur kids grow up. n i have heard of a 10yr old drving his parents car without their knowledge and they only came to know when he hit a tree.luckily noone was injured. imagine.
That is exactly what worries me MM !!!
Just the thought that this is the kind of environment our kids will grow up in. Where recklessness and stupidity rule!!
Noor, thankfully my circle of friends were the “good” kids, so no such thing happened to me.
Lucky you for having good company Srihari 🙂
Alas, not all have such good circles 😦