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Friday, October 28, 2011

Used and thrown

I slogged my ass off last weekend, driving from one electronic store to other, haggling at every given opportunity and working harder to create more opportunities! Believe you me, when I tell you this - if you want to see a perfect example of human nature you ought to divert your attention to salesmen. Seriously, I mean it, with all due to respect to them, for all they are doing or at least attempting to do is be true to their job!

Have you ever noticed that broad smile on the faces of these salesmen when you make a grand entry into their stores? Even better, have you noticed the width of their smile reducing exponentially as the time you spend there increases? Here's the best, have you noticed how they personify a soldier at war front when faced with challenges of any sort regarding the quality/pricing of their commodities?

"This is the best price ma'am. You can check the entire market but you wont find any offer this reasonable"
Just when you go like.. uummmm.. hmmm... BANG! comes the most historic of all dialogues.. infact the mother of them all..
"If you find a similar product cheaper than this in any store I'll give you thrice the difference amount!"

Lemme tell you one thing with full conviction, THEY DON'T!

Anyways this post is not to be bitchy about their breed, coz after all they're human beings displaying perfect human behavior! Even though we were not born this way, over time we have transformed into people who live only for themselves. I always say that one has to live for oneself. Agreed. But not by stepping on others or by using the philosophy "Use and throw".

I have a very simple example to exhibit this behavior. Few years flashback.


Oh God!! Please ensure I pass in this exam! I promise.. like PROMISE you I'll try harder next time and pass on my own. Just this one time.. pleeeeeassseee!!

Once the results are out, so is God or even a slightest feeling of thanking God!!! (Till the next exam i.e!!!)

 Strikes a chord??? If it did not then picture me with my index finger pointing at your nose and saying STOP LYING!!!

So I guess I've established how the human behavior changes with every passing moment and not for the good if I might add! In my short life time I have met only a handful people who genuinely care. While few notice and appreciate this, the others just turn a blinds eye to them, continuing with their cynical way of life. A smile is no longer considered as an introduction or induction of a new relation. It is a gateway to a relation based on tangible things. I am not saying give and take relation is wrong. Nothing in the world is right or wrong, just the perspective. But wouldn't it be better if there is a give and take of intangible things like honesty and sincerity.

You all know by now how corporate culture repulses me. Not coz of the kinda work but coz of how people treat each other. If smiling extra is gonna earn you something, you smile like you are growing younger by every passing minute! If getting your head in your boss's ass is gonna get you a promotion, you hold your breath and retain the position till the end of this world! It's more like an epidemic. It starts with a few rotten fruits and before you know the whole basket it stinking! If you are one of those rotten fruits, I am not saying you are right or wrong. Ya, I might ask you to maintain a 100 feet distance to avoid my physical assault on you! As more and more people get into the IN thing, the so called "ideal" world blurs.

Change is inevitable does not convert to change is for bad! Life may not be ideal but if you are cynical there will be nothing alive! Just mechanical actions and reaction. If you wanna extract the most out of someone, don't forget that you are the "someone", sometime in the game. Remember the good and don't ever doubt your capacity of giving it back. Smile like the world depends on it. Recognize goodness before it escapes out of the window. If you ever tend to stumble upon a good fruit, please don't force it into the basket. Let it spread its pleasantness outside without being eaten or rotten!

P.S : Use and throw to be used and thrown!!!

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