Who was rich ?

Scene One

A man returned to India from a foreign country. He was on a trip to India. He boarded a flight from Bombay to New-Delhi. He had plenty of money with him and lot of luggage. Coming out of the airport, he hired an auto rickshaw. The rickshaw driver adjusted his luggage in the rickshaw. The man did not help him in this. He took it as his right. The auto rickshaw driver was a hardworking 20 years old boy. He greeted the man with a smile and took all the pains to adjust the luggage. He was working for a company who owned the rickshaw. It was raining lightly in Delhi. The man asked the auto rickshaw driver to take him to a certain place in Delhi. To the best of his knowledge the auto rickshaw driver took the shortest path to the desired place. However there was a decent amount of traffic on the road. It took about 15 – 20 minutes to reach the place. The rickshaw driver took out the luggage and kept it on the sidewalk and asked for the money. The meter was perfect and the bill was about 30 Rs. The man started arguing with the rickshaw driver. He asked him to decrease the amount. The rickshaw driver argued that the meter was fair and that the bill was correct. In the meanwhile some other vehicles started cluttering behind the rickshaw. The arguments heated up and the man was adamant to listen to the rickshaw driver. He scolded him and did not agree to pay 30 Rs. The rickshaw driver felt very low. A constable came seeing the situation and hit the rickshaw with his stick. Finally the boy gave up and asked to give 25 Rs. The man gave him that amount and left him. In the process, the man lost his temper and suffered from a high blood pressure for rest of the day, however he felt proud about the 5 Rs win he had over the rickshaw driver.

The rickshaw driver could not work with full heart after that loss of Rs. 5. For rest of the day he kept thinking about making up for that loss. Probably he worked a little extra.

Scene Two

A six years old boy went to a restaurant. The restaurant was pretty crowded and most of the tables were full. There were some single sitting stools but they were mostly occupied as well. He waited for the single sitter stools to get empty. Meanwhile a serving waitress came to him and said “You could order now! By the time you get your order there will be a place for you.” The boy was pretty hungry however all he had was about 6 dollars with him. That entire amount could get him a sandwich and a small basket of French fries. These two were probably sufficient for him. However he started calculating something. The waitress was waiting for him to order but he wont say anything but kept calculating something on his fingers. The waitress was pretty busy and got annoyed and left him. She returned after a while to see if he was ready to give the order. The boy ordered a sandwich. This time the waitress was even more annoyed. She uttered “what took this little chap so long to order just a sandwich.” After some time, the boy got a seat. Meanwhile, the waitress brought the sandwich also. The boy ate the sandwich and left. The waitress saw that the boy left about a dollar on the table as a tip to the waitress. He did not eat the French fries so that he could tip the waitress. Seeing this, the waitress was amazed. She realized that the boy was calculating the amount so that he would be able to leave some amount as a tip. That day, most of the other people did not tip her and she was in a bad mood. Tears came out of her eyes. She wiped her tears and then a smile appeared on her face seeing the boy again leaving the restaurant. She felt good about the tip and her lost smile returned back. The boy probably wasn’t full with the meal; however he had a satisfaction, the satisfaction that he tipped the waitress.

Who was rich -? The man in scene one or the boy in scene two?

Message – It is not the pocket which makes you rich. What makes you rich is the attitude you carry.

Much love
~Rohit