NO or KNOW..??

A very strange thing happened today.

I was on my Desk when a customer approached me asking for the balance in his Account. I enquired his number & other details and started telling him the balance. Now whenever I have to tell something like in numbers, I speak in English default. So I began"Thirty three thous..." & he interrupted."Arey madam, English kuthe yete..Zara Marathit sanga naa"(meaning I don't understand English. Tell me in Marathi.)

I repeated the balance for him in Marathi to which he asked "Clear aahe naa Balance..??"(Is it all clear??).

I replied in positive & then he said THANK YOU & was about to leave when I called him back & said "Thank You pan English aahe..."(You said thank you, thats is in English only.)

He smiled at himself & said "English yete mala pan tumchya saarkhi nahi. Mi teacher ahe Marathi shikavto ani bolto.? Kahi chuk jali tya peksha me bolatch nahi."(I Know English but not like you people. I am Teacher.I teach Marathi & speak the same. Rather than making mistakes while talking in English, I would better not speak that.)

Now that was so humble of him to accept the simple facts as they are. Not pretending anything or trying to disguise the truth. How many times do we ourselves even take that small step to acknowledge our mistakes & the things we know or don't know.??? Most of us just try to go ahead without taking time for this analysis.

Even I realised that there must be some facts about me in the same way. So why not take sometime out & get to know the person you live the most of the time with- YOURSELF & accept those facts not just to yourself but even to others.

Have a nice time ahead..!! :) Tc..!!

Comments

Phewww said…
Urvashi...

i dont know wats so special abt me..i'm, by birth, so humble and i accept my mistakes right away...like..the moment after i commit the mistake... khe khe...

m sure u wont meet such a humble person like me ever in ur life.. ;)

:P

hey.... jokin okay... :) n happy to see u here after a long time...n tat was a nice post.... :D
February 9, 2011 at 12:37 AM
Rohit Dassani said…
Wow.... this was nice.... and u always get a chance to meet new ppl....and also tells u never have a preconceived notion that the other also knows what u know!! :)
February 10, 2011 at 12:28 AM
S said…
One of the rare and honest you met, for sure. Simple post, but expresses a lot! :)
February 11, 2011 at 1:05 AM
Arpit said…
Quite an observation you made there..
n its good to live your life your way.. :)
February 19, 2011 at 3:04 PM
Deepika said…
Beautiful post... Life daily teaches us so much.... :) and so much is there to learn from... I simply loved it....
February 24, 2011 at 9:40 PM
Anonymous said…
Well written but if we don't do mistakes how do we learn new things....
February 27, 2011 at 9:58 PM
buckingfastard said…
that was one big lesson...and the irony is we all think we do that, but somewhere down the line we all lie to ourselves...

i kno i do...and i try hard not to...but truth is just so unpleasant to think about
February 28, 2011 at 1:02 AM
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