Was discussing office spaces in Pakistan back when I joined working.
There was a lecherous group of young men who made all women trainees feel uncomfortable.
We never complained
They were about 10/12 at most, sitting in one corner of the audit room but would make each one of us uncomfortable.
They would pass crude jokes, look you over, sleazy glances & laugh in a way that you knew it was locker room talk.
We all took it in. We never once complained.
That was 1997 to 2001 for me. The day my trainee contract ended I never stayed a day more.
We were training to lead finance teams & these men older than most us, would behave in such a way, it was unbelievable much alike how boys stood outside girls colleges.
They hate your guts, hate you, or maybe dislike you, tolerate you for various reasons, but apna koi kaam hota hai toh forun haazir
Nice nothings & then straight to request.
I definitely an atm for everyone's social cause
Why would they reach out if they disliked you so much? Shocked by someone in family who has avoided me like a curse mostly over years & especially this year over a curt censure I made for her loving food making & over sharing in a pandemic when millions lost jobs & livelihoods
And then she reaches out for information. It's strange how insignificant some people make you feel & she's always that kind. I've always maintained my distance & there's those who will swear by the fake sweetness.
People are weird & complex & conflicted. What worries me that they genuinely think they're nice, god fearing folks. And that any problems you've had with them are because of a particular situation not because of who they are.
3. You receive goodness from someone you better tell your family to be nice & generous to them, especially in praying for them 4. You try & open doors for the less fortunate, always. 5. Pay the fees of struggling students regardless of grades