Sunday, May 2, 2010

All Humans behave in the much expected manner.......Enhanced !!!

I, as a child, always used to wonder about why people are associated with a certain behavior. So often, a comment like this would arise in between conversations "oh! he is a lawyer, take extreme care while dealing with him"..."oh! your father is a doctor...impressive"......"that guy is in the army(my daughter is single,u know)....

i would listen to these comments and would get happy about the fact that my father being a doctor falls under the much respected community.....but my point here is different....i used to think that a lawyer can be a good person... and a doctor can be bad...so one should not really make such presumptions basis his/her profession....why dont we treat everybody as humans....why such presumptions.........but, then, i was only a child to whom not many adults listen....

Later, now, when i am young and handsome( u know! is ur daughter still single!! ) working with a bank.....believes that, probably they were right in their presumptions about people basis their professions....

We deal and behave the way our profession demands for most hours of the day.
For example:: i, as an adviser, would sell several products to my clients, so, they will have to be careful about what they are buying from me( A financial Adviser, u see!! ).....
A lawyer will make his stand with the client irrespective of the truth beneath.....
An air hostess will go all out for getting more flyin hours under the belt "if u know wot i mean".....
A saint will speak and wear an attire in the much expected style.....


this list goes on and on about people......." Check out your boss tom. "

Even when i de-link the profession angle to it, statement still holds true about people and their behavior:::

If i see a beggar outside my car, i expect him to cry in front of me, he lives up to it more often than not...
An American roaming in one of the malls in Delhi would talk n walk as expected.....
A small town guy will be in awe to see the happenings in a metro and its so evident on his face....

Then, this leads to a conclusion that its not bad or wrong to make presumptions, infact, it is critical and should be believed coz we do happen to deal with a lot of people everyday and such information n thereby, conclusions should help.....

But i still wish, on professional front, a person could be like the one he wants to be not what his profession demands from him.....albeit, i still havent figured that out for myself.......but i must mention that the hunt is on everyday...!!!!....

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