Today a classmate, who got her leg fractured after an accident last month, came back to the campus after a month long stay at her home. Her mother accompanied her, as she still cannot walk without support. They came in evening only and since I was going for dinner, she just asked me if her mother can come for dinner with me. I realised that her mother was too tired and so I offered to bring food for her in the room only.
So, while I was packing food for her, the mess manager very rudely stopped me ,saying that he has already told me many times not to take food to the room, why am I doing it again. Now, it was the first time that he was telling me that, secondly, I did not like his tone at all. He could tell me that so and so rule has come recently, and I may get penalised for not following it, but he definitely does not have the authority to “scold” me.
I told him the reason and he said that I would have to get a slipped signed by the college doctor that the person is not well and hence I am taking food for his or her. WHAT THE HELL!!
Am I supposed to waste my time and energy in getting slips signed if my classmates or friends fall ill. That too from a place, which people try hard not to approach even if they are remotely ill.
Anyway. I packed the food, had my own dinner and came back. But all this time I was thinking about the implications of having any such regulation. Why would anybody stop something that is going on for past many years and doesn’t management realise the consequences, when a large number of people are stopped from doing something that they have been doing for so long that too without even telling them, why? Such things will only stop help for people who are actually sick and cannot come to the mess for food.
Aren’t these kinds of rules and regulations made to breed a conflict? These kinds of conflicts arise when the governing bodies take their population, for granted. In this world, every things has a reason, this is the law of nature and sitting on a position of authority does not make you an exception of that.
HI Namrata G! good to see your post after such a long time. Regarding the incident you mentioned, i feel the frustration much the same way having faced it myself. But over the years exp has taught me that the most constructive way to tackle such a situation is to counter it with an equally valid legitimate question like - “Where and when did you put the circular to such a rule?” I bet the mgr would have kept quite. But anyways wish you luck to get such rules changed. We need this kind of energy among us. THX
It is India, when we need law, it is absent, when we do something good, it is there to stop doing right things. But we should always follow the right things as you did. Keep it up.
If you think this is right then its right…….. you know, what we dont like, we call it not good……. so here also the same case.
u hav done gud thing……………
You DID THE RIGHT THING.CHEERS!
its routine..and it will happen every whehr in life dont get frustrate its part of life, but you have done good thing for your frnd…..keep helping..
Hi , It was really nice ,
definately this type of stories are same in most of colleges , that is also true that govt takes the population as granted only
i just want to say
” PEOPLE SET RULES, BCOZ THEY ARE AFRAID TO MAKE DECISIONS”