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An Indigo passenger sparked an online debate after he shared a post of an empty wrapper that a passenger kept deliberately under the seat. The act, although it looked minor, the user said that such behavior should be called out and is not expected from a "well-educated" passenger.

The X user, Swapnil Srivastav, founder of sustainable kidswear brand Kidbea, pointed out how the passenger left the waste behind even after repeated announcements by the flight attendants to collect trash from passengers' tray tables.

"He finishes his snack. He looks at the trash in his hand and places it on the floor under the seat in front. Not accidentally, but deliberately, the cabin crew came through for trash collection and did their job perfectly. Collecting from everyone's hands and every tray table, the stuff on the floor, easy to miss from that angle, stayed. We landed. His cups and food box were still sitting there on the aircraft floor," Srivastav recounted in his post.

The startup founder mentioned that such behavior reflects a bigger issue, where people carry an attitude of "not my problem." Even as they appear educated and well-dressed. The user said that "this isn't about awareness anymore." People believe that maintaining cleanliness in shared environments is not their responsibility.

Srivastav noted that the same attitude often extends to roads, parks, and other common spaces. "Most people in India have unconsciously decided that shared spaces, flights, roads, parks, and footpaths are not their responsibility. Someone is paid to clean it. Someone will handle it. Me? I'm just passing through. And that mindset is exactly where the problem begins. Because civic sense isn't just about what you do. It's about what you normalize. Every time someone litters and nobody reacts, the bar drops a little lower," he added.

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What Did The Netizens Say

Netizens reacted to the incident and expressed their concerns about the lack of awareness. Several users argued that academic qualifications or professional success do not necessarily translate into good manners or civic discipline. Others shared similar instances.

One user wrote, "Had a guy who spit on the road, and when my friend confronted him, he asked if the road was built by her dad. That guy is doing his PhD and is also a professor now. Let that settle in."

Another commented, "Could not agree more!! Recently, I was traveling home by train. There was a family of 4 to 5 women. When their child girl wanted to put plastic waste in a dustbin, her mom told her to just throw it onto the tracks, saying that cleaners are hired to take care of it."

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"Saw a well-dressed gentleman in a suit, shoes polished, well-groomed; all of that went down the drain when he suddenly stopped and pissed on the side of the road around a construction site, openly with CISF around. Yes, I saw this at the Mumbai airport," added a third.

A fourth stated, "It's hopeless to even expect change in the mindset of Indian masses; the education is focused on just earning money and flaunting status. Civic sense will become not optional, but an afterthought."

A fifth summed it up by saying, "You have described it exactly as it is! Mindset is the issue. Someone will clean it up."


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