To raju’s utter disgust it happened for five days straight.
Moving across the hotel’s lobby, to provide the hotel staff with tea and snacks from time to time, Raju always slipped and fell down. Every fall brought him thorny teases from the staff and a bite of embarrassment from within. In the end it was only chacha, the older security guard at the entrance, who used to offer his help.
As the first week got over he asked chacha about it. “Why do I fall in the same place every time? Though I repeatedly remind myself not to but still …”
“You fall because you don’t learn from the floor. You only focus on the fall while walking and thus a part of you always remains ignorant about the slippery floor. It’s always how-did-I-fall for you whereas it should be why-did-I-fall. Do you get me son?”
He didn’t get him completely but since his practice of what chacha told him RAJU never slipped again either.
