My local from Andheri was about to start,I was sipping my Appy drink and was settling comfortably for next 1 hour's journey...
then a boy of around 6-7 years started sweeping our boggy with a piece cloth which seemed to be his worn out shirt .In a hurry i finished my appy and threw the cartoon into the mess ,and relieved that i dont have to look for a place to dispose the cartoon..
he swept away the mess and few of us gave him coins for his hard(?) work(O..atleast he is not purely begging :) )
10 mins passed ,i was looking at my watch..then a pair of hands stretched towards me drew my attention..it was another boy cleaning the our boggy but this boy had started cleaning from the other end of the boggy...and i was bit surprised to see the mess he has collected..i was somehow curiously looking at the mess and thinking what all then the other boy cleaned..and we rewarded him with few changes..then suddenly an Appy cartoon caught my attention.Alas!!! it is the cartoon i threw(atleast i was 90% sure of it being the cartoon thrown by me),it was a tetra pack and i had not taken out the straw...
O....then the mess was never collected and taken out of the local and they are wisely moving same mess to and forth ;) ..cool!!! what a support system to give each other opportunity to earn...i was smiling to myself..
i thought no chance i am not going to give u single penny boy!!!before i could think anything there was a pretty 20-somthing gal sitting infront of me..opened her purse and i anticipated her being generous with the boy and give him few changes(ok ok may be she has not noticed or she does not mind the mess being wisely travelled throgh our boggy)..
she took out a 20rupees note and handed it to the boy....wattttttttttt....yyyyyyyyyy ??
only the onlooker can say who was more amused me or the boy who was checking turning it again and again (ya boy u just won a lottery of 20 rupees)...
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20rupees lottery is a good observation… :)
ReplyDeleteBut anyway that is purely begging..The forced service they provide is to gain a prior symapthy before actually the people dig in to their wallet/purses for changes... which sometimes leads to lotteries for them.
Cleaning your car windows on the traffic signals,polishing your shoes at the bus stop,selling you balloons etc are all a few innovative USPs( Unique Selling Points) of the beggars...
It's a so called buisness and no matter how generously we give them ,the beggar never gets nything out of it ..To give is to encourage asking/begging...People ask because we give ...
So stop giving if at all you really don't wanna see any indian of any age group begging...