On the way back, there was ticket-check on the bus. Then there was this uncle beside me with so many shopping bags, he was asleep (too tired I guess)... Then the bus ticket checker (BTC), or whatever you call him, waked him up. The passenger uncle was digging through his right hand-side pocket to find his tiny small receipt printout for the bus fare that he had paid. So... case's closed, for now...
10 minutes after that... BTC came to the uncle again...
BTC: "Uncle... why you haven't alight? You only paid $1, you have passed 2 bus stops already. "
Everyone in the bus was looking, if not listening...
Uncle: "MacPherson Right?"
BTC: "You only pay for $1... Macpershon should be $1.2"
Uncle: "$1 meh?" Digging up the receipt again... Found it... "It's $1.20" ... passed the receipt to BTC. BTC saw the the receipt...
BTC: "Owww... Sorry about that"
First of all, BTC should do a better job, making sure that his vision is not blinded with whatever assumption he had about this uncle even before checking on the uncle's receipt. I believe he had the impression that this uncle may have cheated by paying less fare, because this uncle had 'pretended' to be asleep when BTC approached him and of course from the way he dresses. Thus, he kept an eye on the uncle.
Long long time ago, there was another lady, a very decent looking lady, she paid lesser fare than what she supposed to pay. The BTC (different person that time) did the checked after the lady had passed the stop that she paid for... The lady was making excuses saying that "she thought it's only $x insttead of $x.y. It's quite embarrasing scene I thought, being scolded because of $0.y...
Things I have learnt from the two scenes above:
1. Appearance is important to 'impress' others
2. Yet... appearance may sometimes deceive our eyes
3. At the end... what counts most is integrity... doing the right thing even no one is looking...
10 minutes after that... BTC came to the uncle again...
BTC: "Uncle... why you haven't alight? You only paid $1, you have passed 2 bus stops already. "
Everyone in the bus was looking, if not listening...
Uncle: "MacPherson Right?"
BTC: "You only pay for $1... Macpershon should be $1.2"
Uncle: "$1 meh?" Digging up the receipt again... Found it... "It's $1.20" ... passed the receipt to BTC. BTC saw the the receipt...
BTC: "Owww... Sorry about that"
First of all, BTC should do a better job, making sure that his vision is not blinded with whatever assumption he had about this uncle even before checking on the uncle's receipt. I believe he had the impression that this uncle may have cheated by paying less fare, because this uncle had 'pretended' to be asleep when BTC approached him and of course from the way he dresses. Thus, he kept an eye on the uncle.
Long long time ago, there was another lady, a very decent looking lady, she paid lesser fare than what she supposed to pay. The BTC (different person that time) did the checked after the lady had passed the stop that she paid for... The lady was making excuses saying that "she thought it's only $x insttead of $x.y. It's quite embarrasing scene I thought, being scolded because of $0.y...
Things I have learnt from the two scenes above:
1. Appearance is important to 'impress' others
2. Yet... appearance may sometimes deceive our eyes
3. At the end... what counts most is integrity... doing the right thing even no one is looking...
The not-so-decent looking uncle had win, while the young decent looking lady had lost...
2 comments:
linn. the BTC just doing the job. :)
Believe me... it's the first impression that make BTC to watch the uncle closely...
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