When I'm at Gariahat and I want some cold water or a cold drink, I usually stop at this one little stall.
There's an old man, Dadu (meaning grandfather) who works there. He's a frail skinny, old man, who is a bit slow in his moves.
Normally I will bring back like 2 cokes, and 1 or 2 bottles of water. Normally if I just get 1 bottle of water he will end up bringing me 2 bottles of water and 1 coke, and I just laugh and ask him to switch it.
Now, the other day I had gone and was picking up my drinks, and there were 2 or 3 people behind me. They can all see that this guy is already helping me, and therefore busy, right?! Well, you would think so, but now, they kept calling to him.
Finally one guy behind me said, "Dadu, aapni ki korchhen?" (Grandfather, What are you doing?"
I snapped at their blatant disrespect of this gentleman, and said, "Kaaj korchhen. Ki aapni dekhte parchhen na?" (He is working. Can you not see that or what?" The guy looked at me, shocked and then shut up. :-)
I don't stand for disrespect of elders, maybe it's not disrespect in their eyes but to me it was, and I had had enough!
There's an old man, Dadu (meaning grandfather) who works there. He's a frail skinny, old man, who is a bit slow in his moves.
Normally I will bring back like 2 cokes, and 1 or 2 bottles of water. Normally if I just get 1 bottle of water he will end up bringing me 2 bottles of water and 1 coke, and I just laugh and ask him to switch it.
Now, the other day I had gone and was picking up my drinks, and there were 2 or 3 people behind me. They can all see that this guy is already helping me, and therefore busy, right?! Well, you would think so, but now, they kept calling to him.
Finally one guy behind me said, "Dadu, aapni ki korchhen?" (Grandfather, What are you doing?"
I snapped at their blatant disrespect of this gentleman, and said, "Kaaj korchhen. Ki aapni dekhte parchhen na?" (He is working. Can you not see that or what?" The guy looked at me, shocked and then shut up. :-)
I don't stand for disrespect of elders, maybe it's not disrespect in their eyes but to me it was, and I had had enough!
Lol. They deserved it. It makes me more than a little crazy how some ppl act here. I can only imagine how their faces looked when a white girl lay them out. That's like 2 strikes against them hahahaha!
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