A 6 yr old boy was in the market with his 4 yr old sister. Suddenly the boy found that his sister was lagging behind. He stopped and looked back. His sister was standing in front of a toy shop and was watching something with great interest. The boy went back to her and asked, “Do you want something?” The sister pointed at the doll. The boy held her hand and like a responsible elder brother, gave that doll to her. The sister was very very happy… The shopkeeper was watching everything and getting amused to see the matur behaviour of the boy… Now the boy came to the counter and asked the shopkeeper, “What is the cost of this Doll, Sir? !” The shopkeeper was a cool man and had experienced the odds of life. So he asked the boy with a lot of love & affection, “Well, What can you pay? The boy took out all the shells that he had collected from sea shore from his pocket and gave them to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took the shells and started counting as if he were counting the
A student of mine decided to apply for a job. Applicants were supposed to apply only online. The fee to be paid in advance for General Candidates was Rs. 100. For Reserved Category candidates, no fee was payable. Being from Reserved Catagory, he was exempted from paying Application Fee. He opened this organisation’s Website & started filling up the columns one after another. Being exempted from paying application fee, he did not fill up columns connected with fee but when he tried to submit his application, the system will not accept. In spite of several repeated attempts, he was unable to submit his application. He asked me if I could help. Although I am not computer savvy still I had a look at the online form & could read that “No Column Should Be Left Blank”. I made him take out his cheque book & fill in the columns: -Mode of Payment: Cheque No … -Date … -Bank Name … -Branch … -Application Fee Amt Paid 000 (In the last column I told him to write 000 in place of 100)