Evenings
according to me are the best times to have a cup of strong coffee. The relatively
breezier and less humid scenario added to the exhaustion of the day’s work
demands it of course. As I was coming out from the coffee shop with the take
away cup ready to catch my bus, balancing the full cup in one hand and the
mobile in the other, trying to open the damn door. I managed it successfully
without spilling the coffee and was holding it for the fellow worker who was
just behind me and in equal rush. I was standing there waiting for him to take
hold of the door and what he does, pass through the door with no regard to the
person holding it for him. Another day with the same cup of steaming coffee,
the person pushed open the heavy door of food court and before I could hold the
door he just releases the door which almost hit me if not for the step back I
had taken and saved myself from traveling with the smelly and sticky coffee on
me. (Smelly is good, sticky is well you know sticky)
And
before you curse me, it was yet another day with again a cup of murky drink
(sorry coffee is one drink I can't get over), a house keeping staff was
standing in front who was about to pass, she opened the door and held it open
for me to pass and when I was about to close it she just waved and said
"Carry on, I'll close it".
Now,
all of them work for the reputed MNCs, trained in their streams and given
etiquette sessions by HR (If they follow this basic courtesy is another
question) and paid handsomely (think in relative terms here before you
question). And I can’t help but see the stark difference between the privileged
and the otherwise . I just wonder if the education has ruined us, the
supposedly sophisticated professionals or I'm afraid if we are too ruined for
the education to mend us.
God
forbid I hope courtesy is not pushed to extinction.
This
is not to insult, but merely to insinuate and activate the dormant seeds called
common sense and courtesy which I hope is present in every one of us...
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