The Carpenter And His Drinking Habit

There is a carpenter who had done a lot of projects for known people.

After a long time he made an appearance at someone's place.

There, the lady asked about his current projects. She also questioned him about his picking up the drinking habit while on some outstation work.

What I din't expect was the carpenter's honest confession about his taking to drinks after a day's hard labor. The reason he gave was, new friends at the new place, who used to constantly take him along. Without a drink he could not sleep at nights. With no one to question and no family around to stop him, it soon became a habit.
His wife was worried about his new habit and his health. Once back home, his wife took charge and made him quit drinking.

Here was a simple man. There was no hemming and hawing about such a sensitive issue. He answered a personal question quite honestly and naturally without getting upset or angry.
Now he avoids taking up outstation orders if he can and prefers to work in the city.

Good for his health, his family and good for his purse.

Mahalakshmi