Ah Negativity!
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Had to get home from the airport after a small vacation. Due to ‘challenges' in getting my favorite Uber, I had to resort to the prepaid option. As was the norm, with the printed slip in hand, I was lugging my bags and walked the exit ramp towards the array of white colored sedans with many drivers lazing away. We spotted our driver and with a genuine excitement, he took the slip from me - a marked difference in his facial expressions on reading the destination. Not to take that as an omen, we stepped in the car to unwind from the 'vacation blues’.
It was one whale of a trip - the driver was rambling on and on and was cussing every road condition. Even before he turned the ignition, he was acting all clueless on the direction to go and was considering the longest route. He was even complaining on the traffic jams, packed alleys and so on. I was on the verge of creating a ruckus, but somehow held on to my steely willpower - well, that was an exaggeration! Anyways, the climax was that there was a difference of only few kilometers and his additional whining was of not much use.
This simple incident made me think. Are we making the people around us super uncomfortable by being negative? Time to reboot - I have attempted it multiple times and may be try again. After all, it is worth it!!
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