Sunday, May 31, 2009

The man outside the toilet

There is a portly man who stands in the narrow passage that leads to the men's room of the pub i frequent.

He salutes everyone who goes to relieve himself, opens the door for them. He expects a tip maybe, but no one gives him anything. But i gave him an obscene amount of money today.

Certainly not out of largesse, but for the reason that i wonder what would be his motivation - to stand there each evening and do it over and over again, probably for a salary that is perhaps one twentieth of the average patron's bill.

If he can do that crap job with a smile, so can i do mine. Because of him, i don't hate my job anymore. I must count my blessings for what i am able to take home each month, and what i can spend in that pub....

8 comments:

Monika said...

brilliantly said nomad... we need to love our job and crib less

Sidhusaaheb said...

Amen!

:)

Anonymous said...

Good gesture...

*Pat pat*

ittakestime said...

Awesome thought!!! Brilliantly put :)

The White Phoenix said...

You got to be kidding me. Couple of months back I did teh sam ewith another guy who used to stand there with an amazing smile on his face.

On side note : Sir, humein abhi tak holi ki bakshish nahi mili

Kiran said...

Beautiful thought! I find myself complaining about my job for petty reasons. And to think about the jobs that people are forced to do to earn a living!

Anyways, this post finds itself on my list of "Must Read Posts of the Week" :)

The Soul of Alec Smart said...

Nice.. got me thinking because i am almost ALWAYS cribbing about my job.. inspiration does come from unlikely quarters, now doesn't it?

priyanka mathur said...

Nice! dont you guys (wifey in tow, too) get tired of realising how cool, how DIFFERENT, how utterly not-meant for the ugly world you are? (even though you are supposedly "trying hard" to be like everyone else?

Hats off Mr and Mrs We-are-too-good-for-our-sake!