The Oxymoronic Me!

There are two kinds of communications – a ‘talking’ communication and a ‘walking’ communication. I have always been intrigued by the lag between the talk and the walk.

I have observed people from all fields across cultures, genders and education levels. The lag does exist, only the degree varies. It can be wide or narrow but I have not been fortunate enough to meet people whose talk and walk are without a lag.

People harbour two different personalities – one for walking and one for talking. I am no exception. But I am acutely aware of the incongruence. Here I expose the “oxymoronic me”:

1. I feel bad when  somebody demands bribe from me for getting things done but when I have a waitlisted train ticket I don’t mind paying bribe to have a confirmed ticket.
2. I don’t accept expensive gifts from my vendors but I maintain good relationships with my business associates by buying gifts for them.
3. As per the code of conduct, any money given, if receipted, is not corruption. Following this norm, I only comply with an accounting procedure. The official receipt is only a camouflage for the real intent.
4. I hate people who don’t confront tough issues. When I don’t want to confront an issue, I don’t take a telephone call and pretend to be in a meeting.
5. I say ‘yes’ when I don’t have the courage to say ‘no’ either because the person concerned is superior to me or I need to buy some time.
6. I am a celibate in the physical sense but highly lecherous at the mental level.
7. I criticise the government for their lack of meaningful policies for the growth of the country but I don’t even cast my vote at election time.
8. I am all for the strengthening of the Indian rupee but when the Indian rupee strengthened, I felt bad because the dollars I had earned during my trip abroad got devalued.
9. A value preacher smuggled a laptop when the import duty used to be 300%. The excuse was that such heavy taxation was unfair.
10. The height of being oxymoronic is that sometimes I am ok being oxymoronic and sometimes I feel bad about it.