An extra buck is always dearer than regular paycheck. I thought this faulty thinking is existing only in Indian mindset. But I realized my mistake when my suitcase was thrown out of a van run by an authority which is supposed to take care of the public transportation on some price in Las Vegas , though I offered polite thank you as soon as my suitcase has been identified but I never made an attempt to fetch a dollar from my valet.
In Newyork privately owned sight seeing bus tour guide was extra polite to the potential tourists and they did not hesitate display a board reading“ Tips from the tourists are welcome”.
Exorbitant tip culture becomes painful at times where the service rendered is mediocre. With burning heart you have to paste a plastic smile on you lips with sweet "Thank you". May be it is not unusual that a bearer may spit in your plate just before serving if he bothers to remember your tip repulsive face.
Way back in India right from the day we are out into the world on our own the first thing we get to know is all about this some thing extra which is to be offered in return to the service at any place. You might have paid corresponding fee or service charge or what so ever, things will not go the way they ought to.The legitimate service for which you are charged becomes some thing extra constitutional and unattainable until one paid Samaritan is spotted by you. The regular simple service suddenly becomes the toughtest job in the world, and a tangle which is to be resolved only by that good kind gentle man. Grease his palm, instently you are amazed to figure out how bright and friendly he can be. If his motivation points are set right he can be very usefulto the society. Normally this is the plight of many who want to get their things lawfully. But there is another creed of people who can not wait, who don’t want to stand in the line, who don’t want to be rejected even for their lapses , and those who thrive on loopholes and have flare for violating norms. In this case this paid Sumaritan assumes the role of a fecilitator or mediator.
Way back in India right from the day we are out into the world on our own the first thing we get to know is all about this some thing extra which is to be offered in return to the service at any place. You might have paid corresponding fee or service charge or what so ever, things will not go the way they ought to.The legitimate service for which you are charged becomes some thing extra constitutional and unattainable until one paid Samaritan is spotted by you. The regular simple service suddenly becomes the toughtest job in the world, and a tangle which is to be resolved only by that good kind gentle man. Grease his palm, instently you are amazed to figure out how bright and friendly he can be. If his motivation points are set right he can be very usefulto the society. Normally this is the plight of many who want to get their things lawfully. But there is another creed of people who can not wait, who don’t want to stand in the line, who don’t want to be rejected even for their lapses , and those who thrive on loopholes and have flare for violating norms. In this case this paid Sumaritan assumes the role of a fecilitator or mediator.
The extra buck paid by people either to get their things done either willingly or unwillingly is called “ Bakhis” or “Mamul” or “ gift” or “Inam”. Call it by any name it smells the same rotten. You pay to the door keeper to meet an official, you pay to the peon who puts a seal on the paper, you pay to the hospital security to get into it . For a long time these petty payments remained hazards of lesser nature albeit their potential to crash the system in the long run.
The days have changed. In the back drop of value degradation at all levels petty offenders have turned boors with abominal records. With this disease looming large we are forced to pay extra buck for prevention of some calamity befalling on us. To obiviate withholding of some essential service than for taking an additional favour. “Khushi se “ has made an advent. The power line is not repaired until the the lineman is please. Telephone will not be restored unless the telephone mechanic is satisfied. The sewage, waterline, sanitation, postage, none of the services don’t work efficiently until they are pleased amply. In all the financial transactions "Khushi Se" is delivered with promptness.
Height of this malignancy is found in the news paper reports about new born babies being not shown to parents in the government hospitals until few hundreds are coughed down. There is no wonder even if the baby is harmed or changed for not paying couple of hundred. People are smart enough to identify key areas where people can be pinned down, coerced, and rendered helpless. Like not allowing to visit an operated patient, not allowing the attendants where it is permissible, not administering life saving medicines when it is require, not attending to the patient with a bedpan , malicious designs of making personal gains on another man's needs or helple ness. The more we get into it the more loathsome it gets.
There we see relatives of a dead man claiming the body from the mortuary. The ward boy stretches his hand for money and adds” Khushi Se” The kith and kin of the dead man look at him with pale faces. Realizing his mistake a habitual money monger bits his tongue. He has been transferred from maternity ward on that very day. He rephrases his words .
“Gum se”. No wonder one rowdy element in the kin crowd gripped by the wild desire to kick him in the rear, pounced on him.
The days have changed. In the back drop of value degradation at all levels petty offenders have turned boors with abominal records. With this disease looming large we are forced to pay extra buck for prevention of some calamity befalling on us. To obiviate withholding of some essential service than for taking an additional favour. “Khushi se “ has made an advent. The power line is not repaired until the the lineman is please. Telephone will not be restored unless the telephone mechanic is satisfied. The sewage, waterline, sanitation, postage, none of the services don’t work efficiently until they are pleased amply. In all the financial transactions "Khushi Se" is delivered with promptness.
Height of this malignancy is found in the news paper reports about new born babies being not shown to parents in the government hospitals until few hundreds are coughed down. There is no wonder even if the baby is harmed or changed for not paying couple of hundred. People are smart enough to identify key areas where people can be pinned down, coerced, and rendered helpless. Like not allowing to visit an operated patient, not allowing the attendants where it is permissible, not administering life saving medicines when it is require, not attending to the patient with a bedpan , malicious designs of making personal gains on another man's needs or helple ness. The more we get into it the more loathsome it gets.
There we see relatives of a dead man claiming the body from the mortuary. The ward boy stretches his hand for money and adds” Khushi Se” The kith and kin of the dead man look at him with pale faces. Realizing his mistake a habitual money monger bits his tongue. He has been transferred from maternity ward on that very day. He rephrases his words .
“Gum se”. No wonder one rowdy element in the kin crowd gripped by the wild desire to kick him in the rear, pounced on him.
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