My wife and I went to look for an apartment in the old city A. House belonged to a lady with a teenage daughter and son. We have learned from our friend who stayed at the same house that the owner was widowed. Auntie prepares and sells food to earn a living and support education of her children. Food was a big draw for me to go look for the apartment and so it was quite natural for us to request for food. Although auntie's family already had their dinner, they still made food for us. At one point when we were checking out the apartment, my wife asked where she can get clothes washed. Auntie's daughter replied in a very natural tone that auntie washes clothes too. During our conversation, we realized that Auntie cooks for a few families in the city, rents out her apartment, washes clothes and also occasionally cooks out for functions. I was inspired by the courage of auntie, her ability to take any form of work to keep her family going.
I want to work with these types of people who know nothing other than hard work. Type of people who do not complain, whine or cheat, people who roll up their sleeves when faced with crisis and say lets do it. These people bring change. We asked auntie if she can cook for people in our office. After P auntie who used to cook for us, we order food thorough a tiffin service that does not seem very healthy. Auntie food could be customized to suit our needs. This way both Auntie and office staff could benefit from the arrangement.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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