The Common Man: The Worst, Dishonest, And A Liar

By Author: TAHIR LATEEF
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THE COMMON MAN: THE WORST, DISHONEST, AND A LIAR.
 
A common man is the worst, dishonest, and a liar of most of the common public. He does not belong to neither political nor military establishment, even he is more corrupt by all standards. He, when as fruit vendor deliberately puts rotten fruits in his customer’ basket despite receiving his mouth uttered price.  

If he is on bike will become a headache for pedestrians and other vehicles. When he drives a van or bus becomes a symbol of destruction and people are frightened. If he is driving a tractor trolley/dumper, looks like angel of death. When he is a clerk in any office behaves like a hissing snake and stings like a scorpion, goes for his prayer from office and does not come back, people waiting in his office go back in utter disappointment. 

If this common man is a trader, considers himself a god and customers as his slaves, you go to him in the evening to change a pair of shoes bought in the morning, he will not honor you, whereas his customer is also a common man who has come to change shoes after using them for a while.
 
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... have exported this common man to America; even there, he does not refrain from defrauding others. In America, he purchases new mattresses from a renowned superstore for guests, and when guests leave, he will try to return the same mattresses on the pretext that these are not comfortable enough to use for a longer duration. This commoner, who we have exported to England, will be in a wheelchair outside his home, and when at home, he will be found dancing here and there.  

In Pakistan, he empties his home dustbin in the street, and spends millions of rupees on building his house but will not spend a few thousand rupees for the repair of the street right in front of his house. While building his house, he will include some portion of the street as well as someone’s plot in his boundary. While as a shopkeeper, he makes encroachments on the road in front of his shop. If calculated in terms of dividends, because of encroachments, this common man’s corruption will be far greater than that of the ruler elite of Pakistan. 

If this common man is an employee of a gas/electric/telephone distribution organization, he provides unlawful connections after taking bribes. It is this common man who has spoiled the politicians as he happily works as a slave for politicians and their families. All his life he works to arrange their political rallies, raises slogans in their favor, runs along with their vehicles, quarrels with his friends and relatives to the extent he even does break the relationships.

But neither does he take pity on his family’s poor conditions nor demand his rights from the political elite. No matter how poverty- stricken his family is, he says it proudly that he is affiliated and providing services free of cost with a so and so political party and its political head from generations. Even he defends the blunders of politicians instead of getting angry, and gives lame excuses for the sins of the political elite.

This common man tortures another common man; if he is going to get married to his son with his daughter, he will demand a huge dowry from the girl’s parents, who are also common people. If he starts praying in mosque, will start considering the prayer leader as his personal servant. If merchandising will weigh less in his transactions with customers.
 
This common man wishes that all politicians should transform into Hazrat Omar bin Abdulaziz overnight. He believes that if someone is on the right path, it's him and all the others who need refinement, and he also believes that what his opinions are about politics, religion, the state system, and America are correct word by word and thinks himself righteous,  who cannot be wrong. 

Remember and make it clear your mind, when this common man becomes a real human being, everything from the whole society to echelons of power will become straight and upright. But the hope of transformation of this common man into a stable human being is less than zero. 
 

I Tahir have a passion in writing and reading. Usually when an idea flows in my mind I start writing upon that. If I find it fit to be read by others I upload it. I am not writing specifically on any particular subject or topic whenever my mind compels me I write and in the meantime if someone asks me to write on any specific topic I also write accordingly.