Dare Devil

The conference hall was filled with almost 100 employees. The Vice President was addressing them. He was on the verge of completing his speech and was ready to answer the questions of employees. After few opened their mouth, there was some uneasy calmness. As if to break the ice, a fresh recruit asked, “Will I be able to appraise my Team Leader and Supervisor?”

More than hundred pairs of eyes watched him. VP could not believe his ears. “What?” he asked. This time the fresh recruit’s voice was clearer. “Will I be able to appraise my Team Leader and Supervisor?”

Ofcourse, VP’s answer was not a history. Some judged this question as foolish one while some thought it as a cheap tactics to get attention. But the merit of that question was appreciated by all later. What ever may be the conclusion or inference, the questioner was a dare devil to put that question in that assembly. But the aftermath effects of that question on him are unknown.

Dare Devils are rare breeds. But leave alone bothering about something which does not affect u directly. Even protesting for something which bothers u much would be viewed with awful eyes. When I happened to travel in a relatively crowded bus, and was annoyed by co traveler’s cheap manners, I gave a commendable punch on his huge belly. I was eyed no less than a Vijay Shanthi, and a lady passenger immediately offered me her seat so that I can travel comfortably.

It is really bad that even a milder version of protest is taken sensitively and overreacted, which warrants harsher reaction from the original protestor. A young man was traveling on his bike and was waiting in the signal. A carwala came near that bike, occupying right hand side of the road. Naturally it irritated everyone, but none chose to open their mouth. But this young man could not keep quite. “Can u please use ur sense and travel on the correct side?”. Hey, a wrong way of saying right thing cannot be taken otherwise. But sadly, it happened there and an autowala had to interfere to set aside the feud between those two.

When the serviceman in the sweet meat shop made that girl waiting, least interested in making few karaa appam, and insisted on her going for someother popular sweet dish, she frowned. “I paid for kaara appam. U made me to wait for 7 minutes. I cannot go for any other shit.” At last she got the hot kara appams.

But is it really advantageous to outburst? Not really. Conscience pricks these dare devils most often. They try to be too honest, right and straight, just because they expect that from others. Containing a stormy ocean with in them, they really run a battle to keep that under control. But what ever may be the after effects, the thrill in demonstrating our courage and victimizing the opponent is wonderful and only those who felt it can acknowledge it. Hence, I salute those dare devils, wishing to become one among them.