If you are an Indian and belong to the middle class (like me :P), you would instantly know what I am talking about! We all seem to have one thing in common that is we always want a little extra!
The best example I can give to support my theory is seen in a hotel or anywhere food is served! We always want that extra bowl of chutney,sauce,curry, what ever it is even if we waste it later we want it, that's it!
I love to see the aunties in my neighbourhood shopping for vegetables in the morning! More so for the different kinds of haggling skills on display everyday! "What only these many chillies for 5 Rs?" , "I have taken so many veggies, give me coriander free" lol !
They are completely blinded of the fact that an old lady carries so much of weight on her head and walks bare foot just make her ends meet, what will they get if they get 2-3 chillies extra? Don't even get me started on how much of vegetables are wasted in the fridge just by not using them for months!
May be this attitude stems from the fact that people need to run their houses with limited income, what do I know? I have limited experience of running a house. lol But my point is why do you show over smartness in such things? Or may be there is some hidden deep satisfaction that people get when they do that!
Not that I have any problem with any of this but just a thought! No one in this world would do anything without profit! But you need to invest also, you need to maintain a business also, no matter how small or big it is!
There is totally another side of this story too, that is when we are taken for a ride! We are cheated too! I guess it many ways it evens it out! Like when you fight for every rupee while buying vegetables and lose your hard earned money to a scam like "give us 10k we will double it in 3 months! "
But that's exactly my point, we should use our brains in such things and be careful and not fall into such scams rather than think of scoring over a autowallah or a dukanwallah!
