Our damaging need for speed
Updated On: 18 June, 2022 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Lindsay Pereira
A lot of what passes for development in our city is driven by our inability to take things a little more slowly
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We want to get from point A to B as quickly as possible, no matter the cost. Nothing—not even compassion—can get in the way of our need for speed. Representation pic
I have never needed a pizza in 30 minutes or less. There has simply been no occasion in my life where the arrival of food within a half hour or less has been a matter of life or death. I have ordered food in advance to make sure it arrives within a meal-related time period, or re-heated it seconds before consumption because that is what normal people can and ought to do. This is why I fail to understand all those advertisements for how quickly a restaurant or app can transfer meals from local kitchens to one’s stomach within the shortest possible time.
It doesn’t take much to realise and accept the fact that we are an impatient bunch of people. It’s obvious within seconds of us stepping into a rickshaw, private vehicle, or bus. We all want to get from point A to B as quickly as possible, no matter what it costs us. It’s why our city is notorious the world over for the use of horns loud enough to damage hearing. The police have tried everything in their power to get us to honk our horns less, but nothing has worked. We don’t care about the presence or absence of hospitals either, which shows how nothing—not even compassion—can get in the way of our need for speed.
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