Day to day happenings in life to an extent leave a mark on my mind. Thanks to my observing powers, I notice people quite often and draw my regular lessons out of them. Like my earlier post, the following post is also going to narrate an incident which happened yesterday itself.
Went to KFC around 4pm. Friend was in the queue to place the order and I was standing at one end of those queues. I noticed a couple standing near the counter to place an order. A Sardarji approximately of 50 years or so and his wife. She didn’t quiet look like a Sikh though but anyways who bothers as far as they are happy. (Keep these religious customs of caste, creed out of my vicinity please!!!) I noticed something very cute between them. They were aphonic. And thus were expressing their thoughts through chironomy. An elderly couple sharing their thoughts like that brought a smile on my face rather than a feeling of ruth for them. All I can say is that the entire tableau was very adorable.
My eyes suddenly rested on the guy who was standing on the other side of the counter to take their order. He was literally laughing on seeing them. (The height of human audacity) The couple was either quite engrossed in themselves or were ignoring the guy probably, I could not make that out. All my attention shifted to that idiot guy. On noticing that I was observing him, he started looking at me and passed a smile thinking that I would pair with him and maybe we both would jointly laugh on the couple. I ignored it a few times but his eyes again and again rested on me with an intention to join the fun no matter how much I tried to block my vision for him.
My patience evaporated and that very moment I felt like slapping that guy. But as the couple was still standing at the counter to place their order, maybe insulting the guy right then and there would have hurt them to an extent knowing that they were being made fun off.
Went upstairs to have my meal. This thought was in my mind for 10 minutes but my conversation shifted off to a topic and I forgot all that happened downstairs. It was like completely out of my mind.
At night, before going off to sleep, that incident again came in my mind and along with that the regret that I again could not do a thing. Insulting the guy at KFC maybe would have brought embarrassment to him or he could have learnt a lesson right there. But again……. I am such an idiot I know. All things in my head, such thoughts but when it’s time for execution, don’t know what happens. Hope I don’t repeat my mistake the third time now…
11 comments:
lolz...it was good that u never slapped that guy as everyone has the right to express his feelings until n unless he disturbed the couple or passed any comments. We live in a democracy and m sure u would have neither felt good even if u had slapped him as we live in a civilized society. U surely dont want to harm anyone!!
At the time of execution your conscience decided not to go with it....if the boy has done a mistake today or tomorrow he will definitely realize...as u get what u do!!!
bt still, i guess i shud hav pointed out dis to him, he might hav hurt d couple afterall
we learn from mistakes.... its good that you think on such issues.... :)
nice to know that....
its just the habit of some people to make fun of others especially elders..
i dont think you have done a mistake here, the reason you didnt do anything was that u cared for the elders there, n not many people does that..
i appreciate u for that.. :)
yup that u did by just not smiling..when he smiled at u hoping that u would too do the same....had u pointed out this to him believe me he would have never tried to understand that as he would take it as an insult and would definitely touch his ego, m sure he must have realized by now that it was a mistake by him...n if not then its his bad luck he is still in his dark world!!!
U thought of this n wrote thats what u can do now and u have done so dont b angry on yourself!!!
thanks a tonne guys..... means a lot....
i think should have thrashed the guy nicely....so that he would remember not to make fun of anyone's disability......
chalo koi baat nahi...... agli baar peet dena.....
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Still nothings gone.. you can go to that KFC again and let him understand his mistake.. after all the couple love each other is most important !!
i myself wonder how i might have reacted to the situation...
I think the best way to do things like that is .. to CONFRONT and make them aware of how it shud be.
That way u know YOU have done the right thing. U know u'll sleep well at nights. Don't u think?
well surely i think d same.... thanks chayan, puneet n anand
I always motivated by you, your opinion and attitude, again, appreciate for this nice post.
- Murk
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