Here is the 3rd episode of that Awkward moment. A series showing the awkward and silly things we encounter daily and how learn from each experience. In case you wished to read the first two episodes, click the images below to redirect you to the blogs:
We are all strangers on planet Earth. Every now now and then we meet new and strange people; some we like at once on sight on encountering them, and some there is this instant disgust upon first meeting them. But what about those strangers we meet daily who ask for our helps or seek direction to a destination? Or the older woman who needs your help to lift an heavy box across the road? Or the little school children who needs help to cross the streets on their way back from School?
THERE IS ALWAYS IF AND BUTS:
What if you were so late for work or an appointment, you are rushing to the Bus station. It was so cloudy and windy, but of course you want the rain to meet-up with you on the bus so you are all fired up dashing on.
Then at Zebra crossing, there was this old feeble woman smiling at you without you blinking you turned away, and then a little tap on your shoulder; you turned around saw the Old woman smiling at you as she said- "can you help me with my bag to the other side? it's so heavy"
But getting late to work is like the end of the of time to you, so you just shook your head and zoomed off to the other side of the Road without flinching. The had started with a Slight shower by the time you got to the Bus Station so you just had to join a queue to get your ticket for the next available bus.
After a few minutes on the line, there was an announcement over the public address system telling commuters that the bus on ground is the only available one as heavy rainfall in the Metropolis had grounded other buses. So it had been decided that those on the queue without tickets should make way for people who already had a ticket on them for the bus to load up and take off.
You are already holding your wallet out of your jacket, about four people before your turn to get a ticket and things got twisted. You were furious and perplexed as those without tickets were leaving the line, tears in your eyes as didn't want to soil your record of the most punctual/prompt employee of the year.
Then and again, another soft tap on your shoulder. This time you were so reluctant to turn back but eventually did.
Turning back you stood face to face with the same smiling old woman at the cross-road who asked for your help with her heavy box- But this time she was handing you a ticket
A sudden help from the woman you had turned down to help just about thirty minutes back!
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