Hope you all
had a very relaxing weekend na ka.
I have something
to share and will sure wait to get some comments ka.
During my recent
trip to Banff, Canada, our group used a private coach service,
allowing us to have 21-seat coach and a driver for 4 days.
The driver
was a 24-year-old guy who finished his two-year college education. He
was also our guide, telling us about the Rockies and some little
funny/interesting stories. Most of us most of the time were attentive to listen
and ask questions as well (could be a bit different from our Thai typical
tourists?).
When we
stopped for our lunch at a Chinese restaurant, we invited him to join
us and order food plus let him get started as our guest of honor.
Right away, I
was thinking about us here in Thailand.
The question
is, “Would we treat our Thai driver similarly?”
We would
invite a Thai driver for lunch but would we ask him to be at the same or
separate table?
Would we
ask him to be the first to choose the food and the one to start eating first?
Thai people
have the sense of ‘class’ that may go without saying but….
Is it ok
or is it time to change some of the practices?
Would it
be better to encourage our drivers to learn more and become more knowledgeable
in some ways?
I also think
about ‘learning’ ka. Obviously, we haven’t done enough to nurture the sense of learning
in our people.
How should
we go about it starting from the younger ones to our own older generations….our
own generation is to be stressed so as to be good models?
How could
we be more open to respect diversity, recognizing that individuals have their
stock of knowledge and experiences to share?
How could
we cross the seniority and authority lines sometimes?
I sure had
lots of questions going on my mind then and I do now too ka!
Any comments
mai ka?
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