A POUND OF BUTTER
There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker
decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was
not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied, amour
Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a
scale." The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied "Your
Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I
have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker
brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone
is to be blamed, it is the baker."
What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give to others. Whenever
you take an action, ask yourself this question: Am I giving fair value for the wages or
money I hope to make?
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and
can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know what the
truth is anymore. But who are they deceiving? Themselves--- more than anyone else.
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Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest. It
seems they are getting a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. Choice of
words and tact are important.
Regards,
Ramkishore
From India, Bangalore
53There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker
decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was
not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied, amour
Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a
scale." The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied "Your
Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I
have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker
brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone
is to be blamed, it is the baker."
What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give to others. Whenever
you take an action, ask yourself this question: Am I giving fair value for the wages or
money I hope to make?
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and
can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know what the
truth is anymore. But who are they deceiving? Themselves--- more than anyone else.
41
Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest. It
seems they are getting a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. Choice of
words and tact are important.
Regards,
Ramkishore
From India, Bangalore
Thank you arun,archana,juhi and smitha for posting your wonderful comments
Regards,
Ramkishore
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Regards,
Ramkishore
more at https://www.citehr.com/297947-corpor...#ixzz16AVrgwZo
From India, Bangalore
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