I had this 5 Rs note which almost torn into two halves and attached by light white tape which can be observed just if you look at the note. Knowing the condition of note and afraid it might even get worse, I wanted to do the obvious thing; get rid of it asap in the transaction. But it was only after started trying I realized getting rid of this note, barely sticking together only because of a tape like a fed up married couple because of the society, is gonna be real tough. I tried all the possible,very limited, ways I know. Kept it on top hoping they won’t concentrate much, kept it in the middle of my small wad of notes hoping they will miss seeing it and also kept it on bottom hoping they won’t see it. I tried one or the other way for many times till I got sick and tired of trying. And finally I realized hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, but not in case of torn notes and shawshank redemption’s principle won’t work always.
Days go by and at the bottom of my backpack it became my permanent companion, as I don’t use a wallet. One fine day (you will know why it was fine) I was going home and the Conductor of local bus requested 25Rs for the ticket. I put my hand inside the top zip of backpack and took out the wad of notes along with which my companion also came. Even though I know how much Conductors loves and desperate for the exact change, with all the journey I had with this particular note, I refrain myself and tried offering another 10 Rs note instead trying to keep my companion back where it was. To my surprise the conductor, who was watching all this, asked for that 5 Rs note and didn’t even look at it and offered me my ticket and left. Serendipity. And I can’t help but remember the quote “Some things happen when you least expect it”. This story of mine could be the least important example of that quote, but still a beautiful one to say that things do happen.
Now I hope it wouldn’t be that tough for the conductor to get rid of the note. I Hope……
I am sure you also would have lived in this type of situation(?). You have anything to say? please leave it in the comments.
