Monday, December 9, 2013

Height of Arrogance


Limit to Arrogance

I flew from Bangalore to Kochin  on 6th December. There were a lot of guests on the flight and usual the staff of the airlines is worried and panicking. When the boarding was announced by the staff to board the flight according to the Zone  indicated on the boarding pass. As usual the travellers are in a mighty hurry knowing that the flight is not going to leave them behind. Many rich, famous and poor people were in the queue. One gentleman well dressed in suit and with a necktie was grumbling all the time and for reasons he knew best. The security was checking the bags whether they were with tags nnd stamped by the security. When the gentleman approached the security he frowned at them and used some ungentlemanly words. The security respectively called him Sir and requested to show the bag. The so called gentle man passed a remark to security saying that she should be gentle in calling him. He further said that no wonder you have landed in this job because of lack of education and politeness. He showered upon her all the bad tidings. The Poor security personnel was just smiling and with that she answered his rudeness. It was a big blow to our gentleman who was under impression that richness and good education makes one human. The security guide though poor and less educated than him had something very special that is “humanness”. She kept smiling all along. I too smiled and nodded my head in approving what she did with her smile.
Just imagine how many such gentlemen we find at the airports who carry big heads and swollen ones with pride and rudeness.  All these security people have to face them with a stroke of humanness.  Day of day we are losing the basic courtesy and manners, we are becoming proud because we have a position and authority. If Wealth and money doesn’t make us more human then it is better not to possess them at all. I would prefer to be a simple security personnel with a smile to take the blues of ungentlemanly people.

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