The
silly gentleman
I
was on a bus from Gulistan, sitting beside a man
who was aged between 35 to 40. I did not know
him but I noticed that he had a valuable watch
on his wrist and wore quite an expensive pair
of spectacles. As the window was open and the
bus wasn't moving, I requested the gentleman to
close the window, as the local area was quite
infamous for snatching and pickpocketing. He gave
me a dirty look and told me off. I was rather
embarrassed and to make matters worst, he started
to smoke. He seemed lost in his thoughts when
suddenly there was a jerk in his hand. He immediately
raised an uproar. I realised that someone had
snatched his watch and had run off. He was giving
me dagger looks but I paid no attention to him.
As I was getting off the bus, I turned to him
and said, “Dear gentleman, learn to trust other
people's judgement. Don't think everyone is foolish.”
Md.
Zillur Rahaman
Bangabandhu Hall, University of Dhaka University
Postal
service blues
We
are but a little too familiar with the government
offices and their procrastinating procedures.
I rarely send letters by the postal service because
most of the work I do is through Internet. It's
fast, cheap and convenient. Last Eid-ul-Fitr I
sent a lot of Eid cards to our clients and patrons
through the postal service. That was almost three
months back. A few days ago one of the Eid card
was returned. It seemed that it could not find
its proper recipient. But the astonishing thing
was that the postal department took three months
to send back the simple card to the return address.
This incident proved to me how inefficient our
postal department is. Now I have the feeling that
if I send someone a card, congratulating the person
on his marriage, by the time the person gets the
card it might be his baby's birthday! I hope that
the postal department improves their service because
a lot of people depend on them as a means of communication.
Mohammed
Sohel Hara
Topkhana Road
Modern
Marketing
I
was on a local bus on my way home. I noticed a
little girl of maybe 15 years of age board the
bus and started to draw the attention of the boarded
passengers. She said she was an orphan and had
a limited source of income. One of her daily activities
was to sell 'Cocola Lozens' to people. She hated
the idea of begging and hence, was selling chocolate
instead. This was a common scene but what got
my attention was the fact that she started to
hand everyone a pair of lozens. I thought that
she was giving them away for free. The heat must
have made her lose her mind but then I saw that
once she had made sure that everyone had some
chocolate, she was asking them if they would like
to buy them. Each cost Tk.1 but the fact of actually
having the item in their hands made many people
pay. Those who didn't want to buy the item simply
gave it back. In many countries there are 'try
before you buy' policies, but I guess that the
closest that the people of good old Dhaka can
get to is 'grip before you let your money slip'
policy.
IHK,
Gulshan 2 |