Question

relate an incident or write a short story theory which has as its actual idea Advice not taken

Answer 1

The ability to make effective decisions is a fundamental requirement for both professional success and personal happiness. A teenager is restless, keen to learn, willing to try new flavours of life and finally, aggressive in behaviour. We feel that our decisions are right and perfect, and so we do not prefer to listen to the advice of our elders. I would like to describe about a decision I took on my own recently.

Teenagers are gregarious and so am I. I would prefer to be in a park with all my friends than in Mauritius with my family. I would seize the opportunity to be with my friends. Once my friends and I decided to go out and watch a movie at Inox. On the other hand there was a family function that day. I asked my mother if I could go out with my friends that day and the clear and obvious answer was: NO! How could I be out when there was a family event? I stood hard on my decision and compelled her to stand with it. The difficult part was over as I had convinced my mother and did not have any pressure of missing an event.

We all left early than scheduled as we decided to roam around and also spend some time in the gaming centre. After spending our time at the gaming centre we went to book tickets for the movie-'Kites'. With the support of our luck we got tickets and all our seats were in the same row. But little did we know that our luck would stay with us for just a while. Hardly did the movie begin; a group of men barged into the theatre hall and started creating a chaos. They asked all of us to leave the screening hall. They began damaging the chairs, lights and were creating a rampage. All of us were suddenly taken aback. Some panicked, some rushed out, some stayed in their places and some were confused like us. There was a lot of chaos at the exit doors where all of the audience started rushing out. It was almost a stampede scene. Soon the police arrived and took the situation under control. They took us aside and made sure that we were safe.

They asked us why we had come without our parents and advised us not to go to such places without the presence of elders. On asking the police, we found that the people who created the mayhem belonged to the Kannada Rakshana Vedike. They were protesting against the release of non-Kannada movies. It was all unexpected. The authorities of the movie theatre stopped the screening of the movie for that day, and we were all refunded with our money.

In disappointment, we all returned home. Disappointed, I also felt the guilt of not listening to my mother. In case I had given respect to her words which went to the walls I wouldn't had had to experience such a messy situation. I regret for having taken my decision rather than my mom's. This made me realize that we do not know what awaits us in store in the decision we have chosen and what we have lost by not choosing.