Being Prepared

Dear Friends!

Since the past 9 days we have had to stay elsewhere as 2 bathrooms at home are being renovated.

It could have got finished in a week yet its been dragging on for longer time due to labor playing traunt.

We now travel from Perungudi where we are right now put up at my sister-in-law's (bless her for putting up with us for quite some time now) house to Adyar.

Every day we keep our small money change before we set out in an auto or a share auto which would cost us less than hiring an auto. But getting change for a hundred rupees is difficult early in the morning and no shopkeeper around would oblige either.

Today morning we had a hundred rupee note and no change. Yet we got into an auto. Upon our asking if he had change on him, he said he always filled up petrol for his auto and kept enough change as he dint want to be harassed nor did he like to harass his passengers who could be in a hurry to reach their destinations. I was really very impressed about his attitude towards his profession.

It made me think. Being an auto driver he has to have adequate change at all times otherwise it could mean loss of a prospective passenger getting impatient while waiting for the auto driver to settle his fare with the previous one.

It does pay to think of what all one might need for a particular job and be prepared with them in advance to have a peaceful working day ahead.

Behind success lies hard work and good planning!

Cheers!
Mahalakshmi