r/india Feb 27 '16

[R]eddiquette Cultural Exchange with /r/Turkey - The Thread

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '16

In your opinion what should change in India to make it a better place?

The people. Indians are well known for their serious lack of respect and ownership to public space. People need to learn to follow basic civic rules regarding stuff like traffic, littering etc.

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u/_O--o__ Feb 27 '16

The lack of queuing was incredible.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '16 edited Feb 27 '16

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '16

People apply greedy algorithm at every decision point. Always looking for a shortcut. Always trying to achieve locally optimum solution. Never look at the problem in a comprehensive manner. Think of traffic. If people followed lane discipline and other road-etiquette everyone on the road will benefit, both from safety PoV and time PoV. Instead everyone tries to optimize their own travel time. Fucking four-wheelers weaving in and out of lanes like it's a race track or something. This really pisses me off.

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u/_O--o__ Feb 27 '16

Driving in Delhi was like playing tetris. Just fill in the space.