After a long break of about nine months, I sat down to write again. In spite of strong fondness, there was no time to write due to busy schedule and some unwanted family and office crises. In other words, it can be called an excuse. Because regular writing is a matter of habit, maybe that addiction was lost in the last few months.
However, let’s come back to the initial context of this writing. I have been committed since I was a student that I will never do a government job. I made the judgment without even thinking deeply about it. In fact, government jobs are a little diverse now. Several years ago, government jobs meant a fixed-salary life that I never liked. However, this correlates to those who want to live a honest life. But for those who have a bribe-centric mindset, government jobs do not fall into a fixed salary job at all for them.
Another reason not to try for a government job is that you can't be honest in many cases even if you want to. I am not precisely mentioning those sectors name or persons because they might think it’s an emotional attack to the government employees. But even if I don't say it, I believe you all know it well. The reason I am writing about this today is because I have recently had some harsh experiences that were difficult to absorb for a person like me who regularly pay taxes to the government and try to obey all the country’s rules and regulations.
A few days ago I was coming to Mirpur from Jatrabari in my private car. If there is no traffic on the road then it is a 45 minute drive. During this journey, my car was stopped five times by the traffic police to see whether the vehicle documents were correct. First of all, my revolt here is why in this advanced time of technology a car has to be checked five times in one day? Why not have some kind of tracking system here? Now the thing is, for safety reasons, my car can be checked by the traffic police. Finally, when my vehicle reached to the Farmgate area, another traffic sergeant fined against my car. When no problem was found in the documents of my car, I was fined because of my car number plate seems obscure to him. But the numbers on my car's number plate were clearly visible. That was quite ridiculous.
The second incident happened yesterday. My wife went to General Post Office to send some gifts through courier for her Canadian friend. Although I told her to send those gifts via courier like DHL or something like that. But she was of the opinion that the country would be benefited if it was sent through government institutions. But if she knew that her patriotism will be valued in this way, she might never did it. She had to move several tables and request the responsible persons who were sitting there to complete the job. After completing all the formalities, when the job accomplished, she calculated that had to spend 200 Taka more besides the actual fees. It is important to note that 200 Taka may not be a very large amount of money but the main thing is it is illegal. And the saddest aspect is that those who take this bribe don't see it as a bribe at all, they think it's their right.
This is the scenario of our government institutions. Seeing these immoralities, sometimes it seems that the decision not to do a government job was a right judgment for me. Although this is my personal belief, other people might have different reflection. So, choice is yours, which job sector you will choose for livelihood.
I was fined once for the reason my bike's number plate is raised a bit above and integrated slightly horizontally. I was shocked and requested the officer to dismiss the case as for us, this tiny modification is all we can do without breaking the bank and it's a common practice with no threat to the security or law. But, who will listen to my words— and got my punishment 😕
Anyway, it feels good to see you back here, once again.
We can only get shocked. But not one is there to help. However, this is our destiny.
Corruptions have spread deep roots in our system, for the people who want to live with honesty is kinda hard.
Every sector is corrupted, just a few days ago, one of my cousins had to face a lot of trouble for the renewal of the recent Birth Certificate drama. Too much hassle even after so much progress in our IT sector, totally trash.
It’s true but really sad. Eventually, we are getting used to this. Very few people protest against it.
And gets no satisfactory results. The next time, they too lose their interest to protest again.
Yes, that’s the way things are moving.
You are not alone on this. I never sit for any govt job exam though I was the topper of DU.
It's totally fine how you want to live your life. I find this lifestyle more peaceful as we can choose what we want to do with life.
Good to see you after a long time.
Take care.
Yes, we all have the freedom to choose our own way of living. At the end of the day, satisfaction matters whatever you do. Otherwise everything will be meaningless. Thanks for your feedback.
I agree.
Have a good day.
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