The Greeters

You see them the moment you step into the foyer, seated behind their desk “, in the lobby. They greet you with a smile and “good morning sahab, kaise ho ap?”

You see them huddled under the shade of an umbrella or the archway of the gate, at once greeting you with a smile and a good morning, as you flash your I-card to them. In way reminding you that you need to smile too.

The moment you enter your office premises, after you have swiped in, you find them seated behind their desk, behind an absurd white box from which you have pick out a ball (a random checking thing). They mostly will greet you with a smile and make small talk with you, for a short while.

At the mall, after they have scanned you, they have checked you, they will always greet you with according to the time of day.

How many of us have returned their smile, or even returned their greeting. We are so caught up in our lives, in our mobile that we ignore, we forget, to notice these little gestures, let alone responding to them. At time we feel it even below ourselves to reciprocate to these gestures. You may even argue that they are just doing their duty, they are just doing what they have been trained to do, cause the next thing they would be doing is checking your I-card, bag and you. But then it doesn’t take much to appreciate the effort even if it is out of a sense of duty.

These little gestures remind us to smile, no matter how tough life maybe, cause smiling may not take troubles away but it will sure going to make the burden lighter. Greeting morning, noon, evening or night, is a wish of the greeter to the greeted. So no matter how the day may be or has been, they are always wishing you the best.

So the next time they smile and greet you, greet them back, or the least you can do is smile back at them. Who knows this greeting, this smile, would be the thing you needed to remind yourself that you are alive and blessed, and you wish others well.