The Ink Well Prompt #73 - Punk Group and Andre


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Saturday morning, when Andre turned on the television, he saw a news story about a governor who was arrested by the police for corruption. Andre did not expect that the governor he chose during last year's election looked polite, religious, and promised the best for the people. But it was all just a cover for the governor to be elected.

"There is no longer a trustworthy person in the government," said an annoyed Andre, then turned off the TV.

"Why are you angry?" Tina asked while stirring the coffee to serve to Andre.

"How can I not, I think he is a leader who cares about the people. But he stole people's money" Andre replied.

"Never mind, you don't have to think about it. Nothing is clean in politics" Tina said as she placed a cup of coffee on Andre's desk.

Andre took a sip of the coffee his wife gave him and smiled.

"What makes you smile?" Tina asked curiously.

"Your coffee this morning is very good, dear" Andre replied.

"Never mind, quickly finish the coffee and go to work," said Tina.

After finishing the coffee, Andre prepared to go to the office. His clothes are neat and smell good. He started his motorbike and went to the office. On the way, the motorbike that Andre was carrying suddenly died. It looks like there is damage to the engine. Because Andre didn't understand machines, he was at a loss as to what to do. The motorcycle repair shop has not opened yet at 08.00 am.

In his confusion, Andre saw a group of youths who looked like delinquents. Ripped jeans, skull jacket and t-shirt, body covered in tattoos, and hair that looked like porcupine quills. They are a punk group of 10 people. One of the punk boys saw Andre was confused, then told his friends and went straight to Andre.

Andre, who was suddenly approached by the punk group, was afraid and increasingly confused. He thought Andre would be robbed by them. As it turned out, they offered to help Andre. One of the punk groups is a mechanical mechanic. He immediately repaired Andre's motorbike, and it immediately started up again.

"Well, earlier the spark plug wire came off, now I've fixed it and you can go back to work, sir," said one of the punk youths.

"Thank you very much, if you weren't there, I couldn't go to work," said Andre.

"Yes sir, be careful on the road," said the punk young man.

Andre did not expect that the delinquent youth was not as bad as he thought. Previously, when Andre and his wife Tina were shopping at the supermarket, three punk youths were sitting next to Andre's car which was parked in the supermarket area. Andre, who was suspicious of them, contacted security and told them to leave the supermarket area. Because Andre thought they were going to steal in his car.

Since that incident, Andre hates the presence of punk groups which he considers the trash of society and useless groups. Every time he meets a punk who is busking at a crossroads, Andre always spittles in front of a punk. Shows his hatred for punk youth. However, when a group of punks helped him this morning, he felt sorry that he had misjudged the punk group.

In the afternoon, the wind was blowing very hard. It was raining very hard. Andre, who had just finished work, had to take shelter in front of his office while waiting for the rain to stop, so he could go home. While waiting for the rain to stop, Andre burned a cigarette and enjoyed every puff of smoke.

Now that the rain had stopped, Andre immediately started the motorbike and rushed home. On the way home, the road was so congested. I don't know what's causing this traffic jam. Usually, Andre's path is always smooth and there are never any traffic jams. When the strong wind blew earlier, it uprooted a large tree and caused a long traffic jam. Andre parked his motorbike on the side of the road and wanted to see the fallen tree.

How surprised Andre was to see a group of punks who had helped him this morning, are now helping the community get rid of a large fallen tree in the middle of the road. Andre immediately ran to them and helped the punk group. "Hey everyone, let's help them so that the traffic jam doesn't get longer" Andre shouted inviting the others to help. One by one the community worked together to get rid of the big tree. Now, thanks to the cooperation of punk and society, the public roads that are passed are running smoothly again.

Now Andre no longer thinks negatively about punk groups. Even though they looked different, they were just like society in general. They are also human beings that we should respect. Now, when Andre sees a punk busking at a crossroads, he gives a little money and smiles at the punk busker. Even Tina, Andre's wife, was surprised by the change in her husband's attitude in front of Punk, which he thought was a group of thieves.

That's the story of Andre's life. The Punk group that had helped him gave him the impression that appearance did not guarantee one's goodness.

the end.

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