Fear is the key ! COVID 19 - 246

    FEAR IS THE KEY - COVID 19 

My recent experience of having to make purchases of some home remedies like SANITIZER , A STRIP OF TABLETS TO ALLEVIATE HEADACHE PLUS A TUBE OF MOSQUITO REPELLENT at one of the prominent pharmacy in the city made interesting reading . My work for the day also included drawing some money from the ATM KIOSK which fortunately was almost very next to the pharmacy. 

With repeated instructions from my better half and others in the family to be vary and maintain safe distance and be particularly careful to not venture any closer than a minimum of 3 meters from any other person .

The Bandana , Mask and an extra protection Scarf over the nose and tied at the back of the neck plus the plastic hand gloves made me look more like the henchman of yesteryear screen villains of our movies .

With the steadfast resolve to adhere to all the instructions given , i returned home satisfied at the job done well but  only to realize that i had in my eagerness left the package from the pharmacy at the mantel inside the ATM KIOSK .

All this happened at around 10.00 in the morning and I got reconciled to the fact that it would be almost a futile exercise to go back to the ATM KIOSK to retrieve the package .

The ladies of the house had to make some purchases around the same area around 5.00 pm the same evening and surprise of surprises , the package was sitting pretty at the same place where I had so carelessly left it .

Now , the big question is ,

WHETHER ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY HAD BECOME GOOD SAMARITANS ALL OF A SUDDEN

OR

COVID - 19 HAD INSTILLED THE FEAR OF DEATH IN TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE TO REFRAIN FROM TOUCHING ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS WAS INDEED A BIG HELP 


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