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The unconscious learning

I got a call from the online shopping delivery agent in the morning. I had some work and I told him that I would pick it up in the afternoon as he would be available till 14:00 hrs in the office premises.

My mom used to give rice water to the cows. She would keep the rice water vessel near the gate and some cow would drink it. She is still doing it, though now and then she has to buy a new vessel.

 It is not unusual for me to forget to pick the order at the main gate while coming in the morning. Either I get reminded of it later or it got delivered at the mail room. That is okay. Isn’t?

 I wonder where she learnt the practice of giving tea/coffee as well as some money to the electricity service person/gas delivery boy/… I usually tell her that they get salary for their service and ask her whether it is a kind of bribing.

It is amazing to see the volume of packages delivered everyday in the campus. It is because of the increase in the employees count as well as the ease of online shopping. I feel the job is easier for the delivery agent who visits the companies than those delivering articles at the individual places.

She always give the morning tiffin to the street sweepers. Though I don’t bother about giving, I always have some fear. After all, this state is not yet the safest. Of course, she knows it better than me as she read all the pages of the newspaper and hear the stories from our neighbours.

It was about 12:30 when I reached office and I was hungry. Out of curiosity I asked the agent about his lunch. He told me that he would return to his office about 15:00 hrs and surrender the “return items” and then would go for lunch.

Mom, I always believed that you were the last person who could teach me something that of a greater value. Today, I am thinking of doing something that I never felt I wish to do.

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