Kenyans!!
One of the crappy things about being Kenyan is how anyone with power will always lord it over you.
We learnt this early one,in primary school,once your best friend was elected by the class teacher to be the class prefect or monitor,your relationship changed.
You would no longer share lunch,borrow her pencil or talk to her as freely as before.
And this effect was obvious all over,when your uncle became chief,the relationship with your parents and his other siblings changed,when your mother was elected to the church council,your bosom buddy at work received a promotion.........
And therein the notion that if you are in a position of influence or power.your responsibilities become your privileges,therefore when carrying out your duties,it seems you are doing others a favour.
It is a local Administrator's duty to issue a burial permit for example,but when you go to get one,many a time you have to court him and usually you have to thank him later
In all the funerals I have attended,the clergy have been thanked for burying the deceased.This is part of their job but we still act as if they are doing us a favour.
We are grateful to the police for responding to our cries for help,to the doctors for treating us,to the bank tellers for serving us in the bank..............
I think am now going to be stingy with my thankyous.
We learnt this early one,in primary school,once your best friend was elected by the class teacher to be the class prefect or monitor,your relationship changed.
You would no longer share lunch,borrow her pencil or talk to her as freely as before.
And this effect was obvious all over,when your uncle became chief,the relationship with your parents and his other siblings changed,when your mother was elected to the church council,your bosom buddy at work received a promotion.........
And therein the notion that if you are in a position of influence or power.your responsibilities become your privileges,therefore when carrying out your duties,it seems you are doing others a favour.
It is a local Administrator's duty to issue a burial permit for example,but when you go to get one,many a time you have to court him and usually you have to thank him later
In all the funerals I have attended,the clergy have been thanked for burying the deceased.This is part of their job but we still act as if they are doing us a favour.
We are grateful to the police for responding to our cries for help,to the doctors for treating us,to the bank tellers for serving us in the bank..............
I think am now going to be stingy with my thankyous.
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