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AT RESTWe talk about Karma sometimes in discussions. Well it brought back memories of when I actually witnessed it and gained from the experience, it was gold.
I worked for a chap in sales, He was a Jew and I was born German, so imagine the fun we had at times
He was ok to work for a lot of the time, hell I worked for him for 15 years.
but he would belittle me in company of other Jewish customers.( in fun he always professed, but it was a form of bullying.)
Anyway one day a customer came in and I was told he was gay and I should serve him. He and the other staff were bemusing themselves in the office.
The customer became a long term client of mine , he gave me the jobs as I had the patience to deal with him. This bloke wasn't stupid either, he knew how I was treated sometimes.
Now the good bit about Karma. We did a job for my customer and he came to pay the balance of his bill by cash . The Balance was $3350.00.
The boss was there and the customers was counting out the cash in hundreds in front of the boss and me. As he was counting, he remarked to my boss that he had done a lot of business with the firm and how about a discount for cash? The boss said ok make it $3000 cash. So my customer hand over the 3Gs to my boss and in front of my boss handed over the remaining $350 cash to me and said here's a tip for you, you've earned it
The look on boss's face was priceless, Karma in action and I got to see it.
Needless to say the customer rang me a few minutes later and told me he appreciated the service I had always given him and I deserved the money as he could see how I was treated over a period of time.
I left that company after 15 years and it was on angry terms, but I can always reflect on the day I witnessed Karma, and it still feels good
Master
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SubscriberYeah, that is gold! Well, I witnessed it the year before we left the UK.. It was winter and we were experiencing torrential rains... so much so that getting home from work was a problem if you were in a car... My wife was in her car, but I'd decided to run the Iveco 65C15 Daily Double Cab I had back then into work. On the way home, I got the call from the wife that she was not game enough to drive thru a certain flood and could I come get her. No prob. Whilst at said flood, loading her car onto the back of the Iveco, a black BMW came past at wharp speed, soaking me and SWMBO. I was not amused and SWMBO was even less amused. Sure enough, once loaded and on our way around the next bend and who do we find sill deep in water and stationary? Yup, our Black BMW friend.. So as I slow for a gentle pass, he opens the door to get out and flag us down... SWMBO with that devious look leans over and says "if you want it tonight, you'd best floor it"!!! I did just that, and I recon the best part of 40 litres of water introduced itself to him and the interior of his car! That to me is Karma!!!(oh, and a win win situation!!
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Master
Thats Gold also!!
Master
I witnessed a bloke in a lifted 4wd ute floor it at the lights to cut in front of a smaller car because his left lane ended just just the other side of the lights.
As he cut in front, his rear right wheel drove up on the bonnet of the smaller car and he flipped onto his side.
Serves him right. Instant justice I reckon.
(Don't believe in karma though).
AT REST
They are both awesome! I can't compete with that! What I did see on the old tele track last year were a convoy of bogans who wouldn't listen to advice.
We were about to cross the first creek on the northern section. They pulled up behind us and made the (Nissan driver) "pussy" remarks as we tarped the front of our rangies for the crossing. One had bent up his rear mudflap as well and decided to remove it there.
Without tarping up, the first Nissan went through, immediately followed by the other three. We let the water settle then went through no dramas. The first Nissan put his fan through the radiator (only realises this as he walks back to his so-called "rover recovery vehicle" after gloating that we wouldn't make the crossing).
They got him going again and eventually caught us at Nolan's Brook. We allowed the cars to cool and tarped up again, they - as before, just drove through. All got through. While gloating about rovers again, Nissan number 2 had sprung a leak! Funnily enough he put his engine fan through the radiator too!
They got him fixed up, headed off and caught us before Bamaga. Overtook us at six million miles per hour, then... Old mate who ripped off his rear mud flap threw up a nice boulder and it made short work of his mate's windscreen.
We passed them at Bamaga. Has a quiet chuckle too!
We were in a market in Chiang Mai in Thailand and heard an American bloke berating a woman stallholder because she wouldn't discount a painting by as much as he wanted. He was demanding a discount of about 70%, which was just ridiculous, as the rule of thumb in these markets is about 30% is reasonable. The woman was being polite, but the bloke was behaving like a complete turkey. Eventually he stormed off, still shouting at the woman. We wandered up and my wife started talking politely with the woman in Thai, commiserating her for having been abused by the American. Eventually, she offered us a similar discount to the one the bloke had demanded, but we politely declined, after thanking her for her generosity. That bloke just had no idea how to behave in another culture.
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All of that is inevitable retribution or justice.
Bhuddists teach Karma as that "force' which determines your current life as a result of your previous incarnation.
I enjoy the Bhuddist approach to life and they say inevitable justice will always catch up to the bad guys.
Guess it's not much different to Karma.
Christians also say the bad guys get it in the end when their deeds get measured. Hope its true as the line for the bad guys should be very long.
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Best example I had was from back in the UK, a Friday night drive back home after work, the motorway was pretty busy with all three lanes full, but flowing well.
A total knob in a Porsche was weaving in and out of all three lanes AND the hard shoulder, cutting people up (making quite a few swerve, or hit the brakes hard), tailgating, and generally acting like a complete turd, an accident waiting to happen.
He left my vision, and I didn't think any more of it, until about 10 miles later when I saw him by the side of the road in a puddle of coolant.
I laughed.
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