Updated on: Oct 16, 2025 08:59 am IST

A person shared on Reddit how his victory in opposition to his society’s Resident Welfare Association shortly become a disappointment.

There are instances when the sweetest victories include essentially the most surprising penalties, and a Gurgaon man’s publish highlighting that has gone viral on Reddit. He shared how he fought with the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) at his society and efficiently championed entry for supply brokers and maids to the primary resident raise. However, simply after a couple of days, he began regretting his victory.

A Reddit person shared that he regrets his victory and would not really feel like he received. (Representational picture). (Unsplash)

“Victory felt candy. Everyone clapped within the WhatsApp group. I felt like a one-man revolution for equality. Fast ahead per week— Now the raise completely smells like concentrated humanity, somebody’s left a pan spit artwork set up, and I discovered two empty pan masala sachets subsequent to the raise buttons,” he defined.

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The man shared that he’s now considering whether or not to “crawl again to the RWA” members to inform them they have been proper.

How did social media react?

An particular person commented, “Class and civic sense are two separate battles to be fought. You received one in every of them. More like to you to battle the following one.” Another added, “Do the lifts have CCTV? Can any motion be initiated based mostly on CCTV visuals?”

A 3rd expressed, “Ideally, one ought to have researched round with different flats. Idealism is nice, however knowledge is essential. You steamed by means of on feelings. Now you’re associates with individuals who quickly go to and enemies with those that stay alongside.”

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A fourth wrote, “This is so new to me. I’ve been in lots of service lifts in lots of societies and lots of cities, too. They have been all clear. Because the individuals who preserve and clear the primary raise are the identical individuals who do it for service lifts. In reality, in most societies I’ve been in, individuals use the primary lifts and repair lifts as per availability. My understanding has been that service lifts are often larger and stronger to accommodate extra individuals and objects. When we have been shifting flats, society requested us to make use of service lifts or stairs solely. I assumed that was additionally rational. I do not wish to be judgmental, however why did you assume the pan and filth have been solely from the employees? As if the individuals residing in gated societies are so ‘cultured’ and nicely behaved.”

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