Today was one such day, when few of my shuttle (cab) mates got indirectly offended because of what I said to my friend over the telephone.
One of my friend works for a company which is a few kilometres from my workplace. He too travels to office by shuttle. Incidentally, at Silkboard junction, his shuttle came and stopped exactly behind my shuttle. He called to me just to confirm it was my shuttle which was standing in front of his.
As we were casually conversing, I asked him, if he was still in the same company. The last time I spoke to him, he had intended to shift to a different workplace.
On hearing this two other shuttle mates expressed their displeasure. They felt offended because they thought they had completed 7 years in the same organization. [ I never say its bad to complete 7 years in one organization, its good.. but not all five fingers are same ]
I had a hard time convincing them that one person's food is another person's poison. .But yeh.. in the end I could still feel they were offended..
Never mind, I cannot take back my words.. just have to be more careful in future.
Cheers,
One of my friend works for a company which is a few kilometres from my workplace. He too travels to office by shuttle. Incidentally, at Silkboard junction, his shuttle came and stopped exactly behind my shuttle. He called to me just to confirm it was my shuttle which was standing in front of his.
As we were casually conversing, I asked him, if he was still in the same company. The last time I spoke to him, he had intended to shift to a different workplace.
On hearing this two other shuttle mates expressed their displeasure. They felt offended because they thought they had completed 7 years in the same organization. [ I never say its bad to complete 7 years in one organization, its good.. but not all five fingers are same ]
I had a hard time convincing them that one person's food is another person's poison. .But yeh.. in the end I could still feel they were offended..
Never mind, I cannot take back my words.. just have to be more careful in future.
Cheers,