Wednesday, December 21, 2016

And Then We Want The World To Be A Better Place

Scene No 1.

We all take our kids on our marketing trips.

Put them on a trolley cart and act as if we are on a race track.

I hit an old lady from behind in the aisle, then whisked past, cursing her without even an apology.

Stop near the "fruits and nuts" section and throw a few of them in your mouth before stuffing a few more in his or her mouth.

Sure enough, the toddler can’t read the notice posted over there.

"Eating is not allowed."

But he/she was just happy about the freebies Papa or Mama had stuffed in his/her mouth.


Scene No 2

One day, we go to see his or her choir practice session and find him or her standing inconspicuously in the very last row.

What happened?

We ask him/her while heading back home.

The teacher says I am too tall to be in the first row.

The next day, the child is sent off to practice with a few cookie jars in a nice reusable bag that we brought on our last overseas holiday.

Don’t forget to give it only to the teacher’s hand.

Pick up time in the evening, and when you reach there, the training session is still on.

Amazingly, our tall kid has now found a place in the front row.

Heading home, he/she was jabbering happily.

The teacher asked where we got those.

I said, in the USA.

Wow!

From that point on, the kid got a reserved place in the front.

What can a few foreign cookies do to someone's self-esteem?


Scene No 3

Then comes the time for proper schooling.

We prepare our kids for the most dreaded school admission interview.

So a mock interview was set up at home.

Pretending you are the principal of the school, we ask, "Where do you live?"

The kid is happy to say the only true and truthful answer he/she ever knew.

But we are happy to interrupt and say "Oh no! Don’t say that

"Say you come from Thimbirigasyaya"

The kid protests with pleading eyes. "But I don’t know where that place is," or "We are from Moratuwa."

Don’t worry about it, it is all taken care of already just say "Thimbirigasyaya" only.

He/she nods but is utterly confused.


Scene No 4

He/she goes to play sports, and one day we find him/her sitting on the bench watching others practice.

Now we know the answer to that dilemma too.

At the next practice session, he/she goes out with a much heavier bag.

And on match day, you see someone else’s kid is on the bench, watching haplessly.

Then we go home and celebrate.