I was recently at a shopping mall in Delhi, checking out the latest gadgets in the Croma store, where a man who was probably in his mid 30s happened to arrive. On looking at him everyone could say that he was not from a very well to do family.
He said to the salesman in Hindi: “ Sir, I need to purchase one of these”, pointing at a gadget.
Salesman in Hindi: “Go, go we don’t have that”
Man in Hindi: “Sir, here it is right in front of you”
Salesman in Hindi: “ What’s your problem? Can you even afford that”
Man gave a smirk, felt a little disappointed, took a step back and took out a pack of Rs. 2000 notes from his pocket (A pack has 100 notes).
Everyone was stunned to see that sight, especially the salesman. The salesman immediately apologized for his behavior and tried to abet the situation by saying “Sorry sir, aaj mood subah se hi kharab hai, Galti se aapse bura bhala bol diya. I am very sorry”
Paying a total amount of Rs 1.7 lacs (approx).
What I learnt from this situation is: In this money driven world, not your simplicity but your extravagance, good looks and good dressing sense speaks. So always present your best side in front of people.
Sounds much like the Pretty Woman movie. I would have taken the business to another store if I was in the inappropriately dressed man's shoes. While in today's world one should dress to impress, "One should never judge a book by its cover".
ReplyDeleteI believe (upon pondering upon this incident), he might not have belonged to the North India and he might not be even inappropriately dressed according to his culture. He might be a South Indian and their dressing sense is a lot lot different from the North Indians. He had come to one of the Delhi's (North India) most Posh malls. So the difference in his and our dressing sense was eminent.
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Well said. However the salesman made a judgement based on how he was dressed. ...and was sorry only when he saw that the customer really had the bucks. That's so uncalled for. That's why I said I would have taken the business to another store to teach the salesman a lesson.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that would have been a very wise decision on your part.
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