27/05/2023
Business or Employment
In front of the gate of a large company, there was a famous samosa shop. During lunchtime, many employees of the company would come there to eat samosas. One day, a manager from the company, while eating samosas, jokingly said to the samosa vendor, "Shahid, my friend! You have set up your shop very nicely, but don't you think you are wasting your time and talent by selling samosas? Think about it! If you were working in this company like me, where would you be today? Maybe you could have been a manager like me."
Upon hearing this, Shahid replied, "Sir! This job of mine is much better than your job. Ten years ago, when I used to sell samosas on a cart, that's when you got your job. Back then, I used to earn a thousand rupees in a month, and your salary was ten thousand. We both worked hard during these ten years. You became a manager from a supervisor, and I went from a cart to this famous shop. Today, you earn fifty thousand in a month, and I earn sixty thousand. Another thing is that I'm not saying my work is better than yours, but I'm doing it for my children. Sir, think about it. I started with very little money in life, but my son won't have to go through all that. My shop will be passed on to my son. The hard work I've done in my life, my children will benefit from it, while the hard work you do throughout your life will benefit the children of your employer. Now, can you directly pass your post to your son? He will also have to start from scratch like you and reach where you are at the end of your career, while my son will take the business forward from here and surpass all of us in his generation. Now, you tell me how I'm wasting my time and talent!?". The manager silently gave twenty rupees for two samosas and left without saying anything.
