Over the years of my expatriate life, a number of times noticed persons those are jumping over the problems without a second thought. Before listen / learn the complete matter, reaching in conclusions and commenting on it or taking immediate action on the matter.  It gets little bit easier if you spend couple of minutes to listen the person who is talking to you or find out the reality before working hard to solve.  I dedicate the following old story to all those persons are not having enough patience or hesitant to trace out the problem before acting on it. Please read it till end of the story.

One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops - a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well. At the next stop, however, a big hulk guy got on. Six feet eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at the driver and said, ” Big John doesn’t pay!” and sat down at the back.

The driver was five feet three, thin, and basically gentle? Naturally, he didn’t argue with Big John, but he wasn’t happy about it. The next day the same thing happened - Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the next.

This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff. After few months, he had become quite strong; what’s more, he felt really good about himself. So on the next Monday, when Big John once again got on the bus and said, ” Big John doesn’t pay!”

The driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed, ” And why not?”

With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, ” Big John has a bus pass.”

Moral of the story: Be sure there is a problem in the first place before working hard to solve one.