Respect

Last  week I  was  with  my  Daughter   at  a fast  food  joint serving Burgers and I  was

Witness  to  a  argument and  tantrum  thrown by  a  boy  at  the  counter  People for

Serving  wrong  burger

. I know of those counter people, as they are popularly  called , try their best to be friendly and helpful, but not all have been there for weeks, months or years, some have been there only a few days  and are just learning the system. Also, sometimes, the cashiers have been there for well over eight hours and are tired, they are trying their hardest to be as nice as possible to you until the manager comes along and lets them do their cleaning duties before leaving. And if its busy, I think you may be getting the point by now. Being friendly to them and respectful, even if you are in a hurry to get your food and leave, helps them out a lot.

. Now, I know mistakes happen when the store is in rush  hour, but griping at the cashier or manager doesn't do much good. Being nice to these people and explaining in a nice tone of voice what is wrong, or that something was forgotten in your order gets it done all the faster, and it makes our day go all that much better.

I'm sure you know the saying, the customer is always right, but that should not apply no matter what the case might be. Mostly for the fact, the customer does not know what is going on behind the scenes of any restaurant unless they have or are working at a restaurant. They don't know of  if there is a full crew, or if who hasn't shown up for their shift. Who is new, who has been there for a long time. Who is being cross trained in a new section or who might have hurt themselves just a few minutes before you came in and placed your order. Some people even work with existing injuries so getting your order may take longer, but they  try their  best to get it to you as quickly as possible.

It's your satisfaction they strive for, and every single one of you has a different view of what satisfaction is when it comes to their food.
So, if you ever wonder why young adults and teenagers act the way they do most of the time, think back on your behavior over the years in front of them. You could be the one at fault since it is you that they are watching. I have a Daughter in school now, and she is a sweet little Girl and respectful to her elders, most of the time, because I and my wife have set the example for her. I know a lot of this from my experiences from working in Sales.
Now, here's a question for you to ponder while ordering your next meal at a restaurant of any kind. If the roles were reversed, would you want these people to act just like you and demand things they can't have or want it three seconds from now? No, I don't think so. And in many cases, these roles can be easily reversed, so always remember,  next  time  you  visit a burger joint  or  any  restaurant  be nice to them, Be  Emphatatic
Always treat  others  the  way  you  want  to  be  treated . It's as easy as that. Just plane, simple respect. 

child

It was a hot May afternoon. I was struggling to park my car near  busy   chickpet market area. There was a knock at the window. Knowing instinctively it was a beggar, or a beggar in hawker’s disguise, I turned with an annoyed expression and uttered, “Anna Dari  bidu
It was a boy, about ten years old, selling mini-packs of tissue papers. Behind him was another boy, about five-years old. I corrected my facial expressions and drove on to park the car in a small parking space. As I got out of the car I saw the boys moving away; their eyes had started searching for someone else to sell their stuff to.

The little one was trailing behind the elder sibling and I noticed that he was wearing oversized slippers, hand-me-down ones, perhaps. I felt guilty for being rude to the little kids who were braving the heat just to earn a little money. They slowed down seeing me staring at them. I realized that the older boy was barefoot –– he had lent his slippers to his brother.

It was just too hot for anyone to be out in the sun, let alone barefoot. I felt so sorry for them that I wanted to cry, and they realized it from my expression. I called them, and they came rushing, feeling elated that some money was about to reach their hands. I gave the older boy some money and told him to buy slippers for himself. Deep down, I knew that there would perhaps be no new slippers for either of the two.

With probably more than half a dozen people at home, a mother who either begs or works as a maid and a father who perhaps smokes away all the family’s income, they will be putting this money to some other use. You would have to give such poor little kids a whole lot of money to take care of their many other needs before they could consider spending it on luxuries like slippers and clothes. If you are surviving on one meal or less a day, you are ready to sell even the clothes on you to fill your tummy.

Sights such as these are witnessed countless times everyday. These are children who should be playing and studying, sheltered in their homes, but they are either begging or working their childhood away. They are child laborers; too many to be counted. Their present is bleak and the future seems no better.

There are other less fortunate children whom we don’t get to see at work so often because they are toiling away in factories and in the fields. Their little hands carry burdens that may be twice their weight. Their work output in terms of hours is as much as that of an adult, but they are paid a pittance and sometimes not even that.

Child labor is a global issue but more so in the developing and underdeveloped countries. In analyzing it, many reasons and affecting factors can be traced but the basic underlying cause is poverty. The fight for survival forces families to send their children out to earn instead of schools to study. While no child is happy working they will be more distressed going hungry. Poverty has doomed them to a life of misery at a tender age.

The suggestion that children should be stopped from working altogether is not a practical solution of dealing with the issue of child labor. In many cases, such children’s contribution to the family income is vital for their own sustenance. Sometimes older children have to stay back home to handle the household chores and younger siblings while the parents are at work. As one of the most powerless groups in society, children have to bear the physical and emotional cost of poverty, the effects of which they carry into adulthood.

Going further contrary to the fact in Hotel industry  at  least they  get  basic  food  and Shelter  and  many  of  them  have after studying  in  evening  college  has   contributed To  our  society  but this  is not  enough  to  justify the  hard  ships  they  go  through

This problem is one of alarming proportions. According to a government study, the number of child labourers in India  was 15 million in 1996; the Human Rights Commission of India put that figure at 45 million in 2005. There are now more NGOs working on this issue and the government, too, has been giving assurances that the menace of child labour is being seriously looked into. Yet, you see more children today begging in the street than before.

 

 With another World Day Against Child Labor   is  few  months  away [ June 12] Nothing much  has changed and  it is time the government did more than just paying lip service. Meanwhile, each one of us, in our own little way, can   contribute  something to make life a little better for the less fortunate children who are out begging or working, mostly just to feed themselves.