Abis ngobrol sama mahasiswa-mahasiswa yang hidupnya terbiasa di dalam bubble. Mereka ngomongin intervensi preventif kesehatan utk daerah2 terbelakang di Indonesia. Terus, ada anak satu (aktif, pinter, dan rajin) ngomong, "online aja, kan bisa ngezoom sekarang."
Yang lainnya juga ikutan ngeiyahin, terus mereka langsung ngebahas targetnya siapa, logistik bagaimana, dll dll. (Dimananya di daerah luar Jawa-Bali, terutama utk daerah2 terbelakang seperti Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, Papua dsb).
Gue diemin dulu nih sampai 20menitan, mereka asyik juga diskusinya. Setelah mereka udah lebih tenang, gue tanya, "kenapa kalian pikir ini feasibel?"
Mereka berargumen bahwa anak2 sekarang aja bisa sekolah online, jadi harusnya bisa penyuluhan online juga, kan modalny cuman HP/tablet/komputer dan sinyal.
Gue, "yakin disana mereka punya HP dan sinyal?"
Dan kelasnya diem. Satu anak nanya, "gak bisa ya kalau kita VC sama satu orang aja, terus hasilnya diproyeksi gitu utk sekelas? Sekolah kan biasanya punya proyektor dll."
Gue, nyut-nyutan. Anyway, setelahnya gue mikir. Mungkin Indo perlu wamil, tapi bukan utk militer gitulho. Lebih ke wajib mengabdi seperti dokter2 PTT jaman dulu, dan semakin mereka dari kota, dan semakin tinggi status soseknya, makin pelosok mereka dikirimnya. Haha jahat sih emang, tp dgn gini, orang2 kaya raya bakal mikir kasian anaknya dikirim ke desa terpencil akhirnya mau ikutan membangun desa2 juga. (Cukup banyak kok kasus dokter2 kaya yang dikirim ke desa terpencil akhirnya malah membantu masyarakat dari pada balik ke kota). Disisi lain, biar mereka juga mulai mikir bahwa hidup orang itu gak kayak orang di Jawa doang gitu. [Jangan bilang KKN mahasiswa udah kayak gini, KKN emang mirip dan prinsipnya bagus, tapi gak sama juga sih.]
Banyak lho siswa2 di pelosok yang buku tulis aja mereka biasanya dipake 1 buku semua pelajaran karena gak punya uang utk beli buku. Pulpen kalau macet/ilang/abis tinta mereka jadi gak nulis. Ke sekolah masih pake sendal jepit aja udah bagus. Jangankan punya proyektor di sekolah, papan tulis aja seringnya udah rayapan, atau cuman setengah biar bisa dibagi kelas lain. Jangan kaget kalau ada anak2 usia 18tahun yang baru masuk SMP. Jangan kaget kalau anak kelaa 4 SD masih belum lancar baca 'ini ibu budi'. Jangan kaget kalau guru2 mereka juga bahkan lulusan D1-D3. Jangankan komputer, listrik aja masih dibatas j6 sore sampai j6 pagi, anak2 ini banyak lho yang bahkan gak tau na
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I was looking to rent a kayak for a nice paddle on a sunny day. Ahead of me was a family of three, who had the same idea...though that was where our commonalities ended. This was the first thing I heard as I walked into the rental store:
“But we’re a family of three! I want a kayak that fits three people!”
Before anyone assumes it’s a woman-Karen type person being an Idiot, the person yelling was a middle aged dude. Behind him, his little girl seemed super confused; his wife was just standing around glaring at everyone.
Behind the counter, the poor woman who managed the place looked like she was about to implode.
“Sir, I already told you, we can’t rent you a three person kayak because we don’t have a three person kayak,”
Waving his arms, Idiot shouted, “But see here, we’re a family! Are you suggesting we take different kayaks out on the water?”
“Again, what you’re asking for is not something we offer here. You can however take a canoe out, that fits three people,” the store employee explained through gritted teeth.
“I promised my family we’d go kayaking,” the Idiot was practically frothing at the mouth. “Not canoeing!”
I admit, what I did next wasn’t necessarily polite but it wasn’t like, dramatic either.
Instead of waiting patiently for my turn, I kinda just stepped up and asked for a one person kayak - which is the only type of kayak this place offered.
Without batting an eye, the woman behind the counter fulfilled my order immediately.
As I took my receipt, I told her very sincerely and succinctly,
“Good luck,”
I walked out quickly after that, since I was pretty sure the Idiot family was ready to straight up murder me for my “audacity”. In hindsight I shoulda just told them that they should fuck off back to Disneyworld from whence they had almost certainly strayed from. (I forgot to mention this was taking place somewhere in Orlando that wasn’t, you know, Disney)
Later, when I was returning my kayak, I asked how things went with the dumbass tourists.
“They’re not the worst I’ve ever had to deal with,” the lady said as she returned me my drivers license.
“One time, we lost one of our renters overnight. She thought the river was just a circle and if she kept paddling, she’d just get back here. It’s a miracle she didn’t get killed by a gator or a snake,”
Anyway - the moral of the story is - if you’re an idiot, please don’t go kayaking. You’ll either maybe get yourself killed or worse.
You’ll irritate the fuck out of everyone.
