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A late night Uber ride...
2:25 AM
Smriti was waiting outside the airport for her Uber to pick her up. She was young and was the senior manager of her company. After few minutes, her Uber reached and when she saw the driver, she was surprised.
The Uber driver was a woman who was 3–4 years elder than her. She went inside and there was an awkward silence before the driver chose to spoke up.
“ You are looking a little nervous ma'am, any problem?”
“ No, but I'm really surprised to see a woman driving this late at night, aren't you scared?”
“Earlier I used to but now not really …I have picked up drunk and some creepy people so now I'm used to it.”
“ You could work around the day, it's more safer…”
“ I've got kids ma'am. They can't leave a moment without me.My husband abandoned me and now I live with my Dad, he's old but seeing him work makes me urge to help him in every way possible.”
“I'm sorry what you went through…you are a brave woman.”
“Truth to be told ma'am actually I'm preparing for a bank exam hoping I could crack it for a better job. During night, there are safety issues but there are less passengers to pick up so I could study during that time…even I am carrying books with me right now. Well are you here in the city for a tour?”
“Not really, I'm actually a senior manager of my company so I had a sudden meeting with the higher officials, so quickly I booked my flight to be here.”
“You are a Senior Manager? That too at this young age!!…Wow you are really inspiring ma'am, I wish to take inspirations from you.”
“Really??…If I'm honest I think I should take inspirations from you, I pretty much got everything that I needed to be here today but you work so hard and makes me wonder how you could do it…”
“Maybe if we take inspirations from each other rather than competing on which one is better, we both can climb further up.”
Soon they reached the hotel and while Smriti was going out,she took a box of chocolates from her bag and gave it to her. She said-
“You are a strong willed lady and I wanted to give you something. This chocolates may mean nothing to you but I hope you take this as a small gift from me and also my name is Smriti…please don't call me ma'am.”
In the end, both of them exchanged smiles interconnected with the small dots of inspiration, courage and determination. Two women with different perceptions of struggle and success shared a common praise of appreciation against each other,thus marking a sense of sisterhood between them.
© Maniiish_29
Smriti was waiting outside the airport for her Uber to pick her up. She was young and was the senior manager of her company. After few minutes, her Uber reached and when she saw the driver, she was surprised.
The Uber driver was a woman who was 3–4 years elder than her. She went inside and there was an awkward silence before the driver chose to spoke up.
“ You are looking a little nervous ma'am, any problem?”
“ No, but I'm really surprised to see a woman driving this late at night, aren't you scared?”
“Earlier I used to but now not really …I have picked up drunk and some creepy people so now I'm used to it.”
“ You could work around the day, it's more safer…”
“ I've got kids ma'am. They can't leave a moment without me.My husband abandoned me and now I live with my Dad, he's old but seeing him work makes me urge to help him in every way possible.”
“I'm sorry what you went through…you are a brave woman.”
“Truth to be told ma'am actually I'm preparing for a bank exam hoping I could crack it for a better job. During night, there are safety issues but there are less passengers to pick up so I could study during that time…even I am carrying books with me right now. Well are you here in the city for a tour?”
“Not really, I'm actually a senior manager of my company so I had a sudden meeting with the higher officials, so quickly I booked my flight to be here.”
“You are a Senior Manager? That too at this young age!!…Wow you are really inspiring ma'am, I wish to take inspirations from you.”
“Really??…If I'm honest I think I should take inspirations from you, I pretty much got everything that I needed to be here today but you work so hard and makes me wonder how you could do it…”
“Maybe if we take inspirations from each other rather than competing on which one is better, we both can climb further up.”
Soon they reached the hotel and while Smriti was going out,she took a box of chocolates from her bag and gave it to her. She said-
“You are a strong willed lady and I wanted to give you something. This chocolates may mean nothing to you but I hope you take this as a small gift from me and also my name is Smriti…please don't call me ma'am.”
In the end, both of them exchanged smiles interconnected with the small dots of inspiration, courage and determination. Two women with different perceptions of struggle and success shared a common praise of appreciation against each other,thus marking a sense of sisterhood between them.
© Maniiish_29
