The uncivilised Indian
At the Holiday Inn in Kuching, Borneo, there was an Indian restaurant. When I went there, they did not want to let me in because I was uncivilised — wearing shorts.I said, “I am an Indian. You won’t allow me in?”
The girl said, “Let me go and speak to the boss.”
The boss said, “All right, as long as you aren’t wearing sandals.” Fortunately, I was wearing my running shoes.
Then I showed the girl what I wanted on the menu. Half an hour later the food still had not come. When I asked the girl what was going on, she said, “You have not ordered.” She had forgotten!
I got mad at her and the boss scolded her. Then she came to me for consolation. I said that I forget things every day and told her that I was not angry.
The poor girl had been working there for only two weeks. She was so happy that I had forgiven her.
— 29 December 1988
Sri Chinmoy, The world-experience-tree-climber, part 7, Agni Press, 1994
