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Friday, July 2, 2010

The Good of Small Things

Honesty is the best policy - uttered numerous times in school . Implemented ? Never !

Although neither it is an air-headed speculation nor just a fancy-idea even in this jet-age !

I have got a pretty explanation for the same.

Here’s how –

Had given some stuff to a nearby Tailor-shop , in the morning, for getting alternation done. Evening while collecting back , I was in a hurry ( had to catch up the 7.30 P.M. Brazil-Dutch world cup match  ) and , incidentally, happened to pay 100 bucks extra to the guy ( the owner of the shop). And I left !

What’s next ?

Well the guy , apparently called me , around 20 minutes later , in my cell and told that I had paid him extra !

I was really surprised at the unsurprisingly rare honesty when he could have easily ( and happily) pocketed the extra bucks.

The planet is not devoid of genuine & honest people , I must say – Thank God !

P.S. – As a coincidence , morning itself , I had read in the Bangalore Mirror newspaper – a reporter had arranged 4 purses to be dropped at 4 different locations in Bangalore , just to check how many are returned end of the day . And ironically only one purse was returned - that too by an NRI lady from Los Angeles !

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