Story Time

Here is a joke/story to strike an analogy with what I want to say.
"There was once a City Bus driver who plied the same route for
years. One day he say a man get onto the bus and start walking
towards the seats without paying for the ticket. When asked for it,
the guy simply said 'I don't pay for the ticket'. Now this man was
huge. I mean, almost a giant with muscles and stuff. So the bus
driver thought why take a panga with this guy and he let him go
hoping it was only a one time thing. The next day the same thing
happened. Again the driver did not
confront the guy for the fear of getting beaten up. He hoped this
was only temporary. But this continued for about two weeks and the
driver was really frustrated. He didn't like the fact that the guy
did not pay for the rides and also the fact that he intimidated him.
He was spending sleepless nights thinking about it. He decided to do
something about it. So he enrolled in the best Gym in the town and
started working out furiously. After a month or so he decided he had
built enough muscle and strenght to confront the guy. The next time
when he say the guy get onto the bus he asked him to pay for the
ticket. The guy simply said 'I don't pay for the ticket'. This time
instead of backing up, the driver got up rolled up his sleeves and
asked in a much sterner voice to pay for the ticket. The guy said 'I
don't pay for the ticket because I have a pass' and showed him the
pass."

There is a lot we can learn from this simple joke/story. Not all is
as it seems. You could have your own perception to things but it is
always best to investigate a situation. Also when in doubt feel free
to have a dialogue with the other party. A lot of issues can be
solved if we just care to talk with the other person. The bus driver
in this story could have avoided all the agony he went through if he
had just asked the passenger why he wouldn't pay for the ticket. He
not only spent sleepless nights but also considerable amount of
money and time working out in the Gym trying to get even with this
guy. There is also
the fact that the passenger did not convey his idea in the right
manner. But like I said earlier when in doubt always talk.

There are very little problems that a good talk will not solve. If
we look back at some situations in life we would definitely identify
with what the joke/story conveys here. Not just in our individual
lives, there are also so many world situations right now which can
be resolved with a simple talk to begin with. But the parties
involved either perceive the situation like our driver did or have a
huge ego.


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