Dear Editor,
I am deeply touched by the concern shown by a purveyor of spirituous liquors about how the consumers of its beverage, and presumably that of other purveyors as well, would reach home after the event.
The advice given is very good in that it would avoid traffic accidents with consequential loss of life, limb, property, etc. It would make me, and presumably many others, very happy if similar advertisements could also be taken up by other players in the industry.
It would make me, and presumably many others, extremely happy if these advertisements could be extended to include requests/pleas/ advice/warnings in at least the following areas:
On reaching home –
Do not physically abuse your wife/children.
Do not verbally abuse your wife/children.
Do get enough sleep so that you can go to work the next day fully alert.
Do take precautions, as far as possible, to avoid cirrhosis of the liver.
Do ensure that there are sufficient funds left over to feed your family until next pay day.
Do try to ensure that there are sufficient funds left over to provide your children with books and clothes so that they can go to school.
Do not create a noise nuisance with your boom box.
This advice will go a far way to making our community a better one.
I shall leave it there before SN complains about space.
Yours faithfully,
Mujtaba Ahmad Nasir