I was hungry when I started my day .By the noon, I was starving. I had a pack of lays which I opened and started munching. Etiquette told me that I should offer it to my colleague cum roommate sitting ,standing ,wandering beside my cubicles . But something within me was stopping me.
I was not sure if I was embarrassed or if the person within me "who was very hungry" was stopping me but Im sure i wanted to. A part of me was stopping me from even starting the conversation with them while another part was urging me to the good deed.
Just a week back , when I was sitting in the same place in my desk with another (unknown) colleague from top , I found it so easy to ask if CWG thing is improving or going even bad but now, when I wanted to do a good deed, it was such a humongous task.
Simple words – “Would you like to have some…?”
But the words just wouldn’t come, even though I knew the other person would politely refuse! I tried and tried, I mentally spoke but physically it just wouldn’t come out! I finally felt so guilty eating all by myself, that I took the direct approach: I stopped thinking and puked out the question. As expected, the person politely refused.
Phew!
What a relief to just ask and be rid of the guilty conscience!
Why is it so difficult to do a good deed? Why do we feel embarrassed?
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