The Samosa Vendor
At Bombay, It was my regular train journey home from work. I boarded the 6:50 pm train from Church Gate. When the train was about to leave Marine lines, a samosa vendor with an empty basket got on and took the seat next to me. As the compartment was sparsely occupied and my destination was still far away, I got into a conversation with him. Me: "Seems like you've sold all your samosas today." Vendor (smiling): "Yes. By Almighty's grace, full sales today." Me: "I really feel sorry for you people. Don't you get tired doing this tiresome job the whole day ?" Vendor: "What to do, sir ? Only by selling samosas like this every day do we get a commission of 1 rupee for each samosa that we sell." Me: "Oh, is that so ? How many samosas do you sell on an average each day ?" Vendor: "On weekdays, we sell 4,000 to 5,000 samosas per day. On an average, we sell about 3,000 samosas a day." I was speechless ...