HOW TO GIVE A BRIBE
THE ART OF BRIBING AND TIPPING
A Mulla Nasrudin Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE
Whenever you visit an office to get some work done they expect a bribe or mamool or chai pani or hafta or speed money (call it what you like).
If you go to a restaurant or hotel or even to other places, wherever you go, people serving you expect a tip (which is akin to a sort of bribe for serving you).
If you want to learn the ART OF BRIBING or THE ART OF TIPPING there is no better person than the wise Mulla Nasrudin to learn from.
Here is a Mulla Nasrudin Teaching Story which exemplifies the best way to give a bribe or a tip.
Mulla Nasrudin went to a Turkish Bath.
As he looked quite impoverished and was shabbily dressed, the attendants treated him with contempt in quite a disdainful manner, and gave him only a piece of cheap soap and an old towel.
When he left, Nasrudin gave the attendants one gold coin each.
Yes, each attendant got a tip of one gold coin each.
The attendants were perplexed.
A Tip of one gold coin each for such shoddy treatment…?
The bath attendants could not understand it.
They deeply regretted the indifferent way in which they had treated Mulla Nasrudin.
They wondered that if they had treated him better Nasrudin would have probably given them a much larger tip, maybe even a bagful of gold coins each…!
The following week, Nasrudin appeared again at the Turkish bath.
This time, of course, he was treated in great style.
He was pampered and looked after like a King in full luxurious style.
Nasrudin was massaged, perfumed and treated with the utmost deference, and given a lavish and extravagant perfumed bath with the most expensive aromatic oils and perfumes.
After serving Mulla Nasrudin so well, in lavish style, the attendants waited in anticipation with great expectations.
While leaving, Nasrudin handed to each attendant the smallest possible copper coin.
The attendants were stunned.
Seeing the crestfallen expression of disbelief on the faces of the attendants, Mulla Nasrudin said:
“These copper coins are your tip for the third-rate shoddy service you gave me last week. And the gold coins I gave you last week on my previous visit were the tip for today’s first-rate excellent service.”
VIKRAM KARVE
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http://www.flipkart.com/appetite-stroll-vikram-karve/8190690094-gw23f9
About Vikram Karve
A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Vikram Karve Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vikramkarve
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramwamankarve@gmail.com
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