I was with Ram Merchandiser yesterday. He works for the stockist and takes care of the displays to be displayed (d-uh!) at the various retail outlets. He took me around to all the shops I had to visit, which saved me a lot of time hunting around for these shops. But he only walks...the only transport he uses is the local train to transport himself from one suburb to another.....otherwise, its only walking....

And i walked with him....walked and walked...and covered the two shops at mahim...

Then we moved on to Bandra...i ask him,

"Ek Auto le lein?" (shall we catch a rickshaw?)
"Nahin Sir, paas hain"...(No need sir, the shop is nearby)

and we walk and walk....and we reach the "nearby" shop after walking for nearly half hour....
(Half hour sounds less....but considering it was a blistering hot outside and the fact that i was walking all the way before that....)

After that, we hardly walked....cleverly combining the use of the auto and the bus, i get through the rest of the route with relative ease....(Hey, i'm getting 200 bucks for transportation per day...resources must be used optimally ;-) )

Though if it werent for Ram Merchandiser, I know i wouldnt have completed the route yesterday...Thanx Dude...

Epilogue:
Was late into the evening, i was chilling in my room, when i felt a pain in my left leg...the walking took its toll...I had a tough time going to sleep...the pain was well, painful .. ;-)

Just a Thought :

Was walking through a narrow lane, filled with potholes and dirty water all around....had do quite a bit of dodging around. So i was mostly looking down...i knew where i had to go...the destination was there. But what i couldnt do was look around much, couldnt see what was around me...i could have possibly missed out on some alternative routes, that i could have to taken to reach my destination.....

I was thinking about any business going through tough times(possibly due to external or internal fators)....what should it do? The above para tells me, that it should look at short term, look for immediate escape routes, even if it maybe costly in the long-term.....

I wonder if there's been business in trouble, that has done otherwise....if so, what's happened to that business...did it survive? if it has, has it emerged stronger ?...