Class on Human Behavior

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class Indian_Bachelor_female_professional                                
{                                                                 
 double styles;                                                        
 short skirts;                                                          
 long time_to_understand_problems;                                      
 float mind;                                                            
 void knowledge();                                                      
 char non_co_operative;                                                
}                                                        
                                                                     
class Married_female_Software _Professional                              
{                                                               
 double weight;                                                        
 short tempered;                                                        
 long gossips;                                                          
 float hopes;                                                          
 void work();                                                          
 char unstable;                                                        
}                                                                      

                                                                       
class Female_Engaged_software _professional                              
{                                                                      
 double time_on_phone;                                                  
 short attention_on_work;                                              
 long boast;                                                            
 float on_cloud_nine;                                                  
 void understanding();                                                  
 char edgy;                                                            
}                                                                      
                                                                       
class Indian_Newly_Married_software _professional                        
{                                                                   
 double dinner_invitations;                                            
 short time_at_work;                                                    
 long lunch_breaks;                                                    
 float talks;                                                          
 void bank_balance();                                                  
 char hen_pecked;                                                      
}
                                                                 
class Indian_husband_wife_software _professional                        
{                                                                 
 double income;                                                        
 short temper;                                                          
 long time_no_see;                                                      
 float new_software_company;                                            
 void love();                                                            
}

Class Guy_who_wrote_this                                                
{                                                                        
     long time_on_bench;                                                    
     void Nowork();                                                            
}

Mr Livingston's prayer story

Whenever I miss something in life I rarely feel for it. Be it a good second hand bike within my budget, a job opportunity, a trip that I miss to attend or matter of fact by L1-B visa rejection. I always remember a story which my school teacher told us during the daily prayer.
None of my school batch mates will forget Mr Livingston. The days with him in the English classes, Chemistry classes and mainly when he comes for exam invigilation. We at Doveton have to gather in our assemble hall every morning for prayer. This is only for guys from class 7 till 12. We start with a hymn, followed by bible reading by one of the staffs and then prayers to the holy god. Few teachers not only read the bible but also tell us some moral stories from the bible. One such was carved deep into my heart.

I don’t remember what class I was studying then. As like any other day we gathered for prayer in our assembly hall. That day was Mr Livingston's turn to facilitate the prayer gatherings. He told us a story and it goes like this....

There were two good friends, in their mid-20s, Ram and Sam. They both joined as forest rangers in a tribal village. As days went they got to know about various pros and cons in their job. Ram, was keen not to indulge into any illegal activities. Whereas, Sam made effective use of all opportunities came on his way.

They both were once on a regular patrol deep into the forest but unfortunately met an accident. Sam escaped with very minor scratches but Ram lost is little finger from his left hand. While he was recovering from this, every day argues with God for hurting me and not Sam, in-spite of Sam illegal activities. But the only answer (unheard) was 'All that happens happen for good..."

As days went they both grew up in office powers and family. One day, both the friends, with family, went on a trekking over the forest and mountains. Unexpectedly they were caught by tribal people. It was the friends' unlucky time - tribal people were in middle of a pooja and wanted to give sacrifice to their god. Now they are happy that they had got human life, that too as families. In team the tribal girls started to prepare the Ram and Sam along with family for the ritual. One of the tribal woman noticed Ram's finger was missing. For them, that was a bad sign - if they sacrifice Ram then it is a flaw that they are doing. So the tribal king decided to release Ram and his family.
It was that accident when Ram lost his finger has now saved him and his family. The story ended without telling what happened to Sam.

I would say, that the story should end like, Sam and his family also being released.  This is because, Sam, in-spite being dishonest at work, was very sincere as a friend with Ram.

Perceptions

Woman 1: I had a fine evening, how was yours?

Woman 2: it was a disaster. My husband came home, ate his dinner in three minutes and fell asleep in two minutes. How was yours?

Woman 1: Oh it was amazing! My husband came home and took me out to a romantic dinner. After dinner we walked for an hour. When we came home he lit the candles around the house and afterwards talked for an hour. It was like a fairytale!

At the same time, their husbands are talking at work.

Husband 1: How was your evening?

Husband 2: Great. I came home, dinner was on the table, I ate and fell asleep. It was great! What about you?

Husband 1: It was horrible. I came home, there's no dinner because they cut the electricity because I hadn't paid the bill; so I had to take my wife out to dinner which was so expensive that I didn't have money left for a cab. We had to walk home which took an hour; and when we got home remember there was no electricity so I had to light candles all over the house! After all, I was so aggravated that I couldn't fall asleep and my wife was jabbering away for another hour!