Saturday, January 16, 2010

The IT effect!

So this guy is a weak nerdy engineer sorry software engineer who sits in an A/C office and uses only fingers and may be some brains to earn a fat salary. He comes outside frustrated by the system, the traffic and goes to sleep.

Talk about this another guy may be an auto driver, who apparently toils in the sun works hard to make a living and not bearing the brunt of price hike decides to tamper his meter or go for the kill straight away and ask for an extra "change" or worse take the riders for a ride around the entire city.
What exactly this is creating is interesting and disheartening. Soon there will be a divide in rich and the poor u say, no soon there ll be a divide in the IT and the non IT. When I mean non IT its not just the auto-rickshaw guys any sincere hardworking educated person.

Not long ago was the festival of ganesha. I and with my dad were out shopping for flowers and stuff. We go to this guy the vendor he says say 20 Rs for a 100 gm or something, there is this jerkin wearing bike riding ID card hanging spectacle wearing .....guy who pays him flat without any objection and rides away. Why would he care he earns a 5 figure salary minimum depending upon his age it ll get multiplied by a power of 10. But the thing is what he is creating is a price upraise for a commodity of not that much value.
Just a few secs later comes an old woman , I could make out by the basket and the Ganesha she bought she was very poor. He asks the vendor for flowers of worth 3 Rs. He says I cant give you anything for 3 bucks and finally she breaks down giving all the money she had it came down to 5 bucks and she says give how much ever you can for this.And still he says don't waste time go away!
That moment was like so what do you call it emotional or worth crying but what I saw was how IT the revolution is affecting the ordinary citizens.
I mean the vendors go for the customers who pay them without an argument not the poor lady.
That day was like a day of enlightenment ,beyond the emotional story I saw something. I mean what ll happen slowly is the IT guys (although not intentionally) will make it hell for those non IT fellows to even earn a living. Either they wont be able to afford a living in the cities or otherwise they might revolt resulting in crime or any violent activity.
My humble request is to know the value of your money and I m not against lavish spending , but make sure that shit is not as valued as gold just because you earning in diamonds!