Adjudicated Parallels

 I recently noticed what a tinge of sincerity can do to uplift one's standard of living or make a mark at a workplace. These go a long way to build up confidence among the clients or even among customers. They end up to be long lasting partners in the relationship. It can turn anyone's fortune around. This aspect of workplace ethos was seen by me in the life of a person with odd jobs. He does any kind of job with great sincerity. Coming up from a third world neighbouring Country, every kind of work is done by him and he never throws up tantrums when asked to go the extra mile. But contrastingly, another peer of his in the gated complex of my relative is very annoying at work. This domestic help has fits of rage and a lot of lame excuses. Needless to say, nobody employs her in the gated community, but only a handful of residents. To make matters worse, she does not think that an introspection needs to be done in her worklife. The lack of this will to improve also puts a strangle...

Being street-smart is a blessing and a curse too. It's a blessing for those who are quite highly placed in the society and have an enjoyable reputation. This may be their weight in education, job, affluence, assets, philanthropic status or more. The moment they exhibit some wise leanings like snubbing downcast and devious people who plot schemes or camaraderie with people of their status or behave prudently with their subordinates at workplaces, the onlookers dub them to be street-smart in a good way. This case gets skewed when people of a lower status are seen being street-smart. The bystanders, who witness this, label them to be ruffians and goons or with menial jobs. Status in the society changes everything one is perceived as. Creditworthiness becomes nil when such people adopt some subterfuges or have skills like driving or ability to repair some leaky faucets or some other skills. These people may be called drivers or plumbers or electricians. But the ones with white col...