yesterday i did something i would hardly imagine I would dare to do it but thanks to the administrative ladies i met at the coop super market who instilled lot of confidence in me and made me believe i can do it .... i dont have lot of driving experience really ... i drove a bit in hyderabad, India in 1998 then the first car i bought was golf in 2009 and learned proper driving in switzerland and got my license here in 2012, i drove about 50K so far but then i did not drive any vehicle bigger than golf ... yesterday when we bought some big items for our garage at coop which we could not carry ourself, we were initially asking for delivery at home which obviously costs more and as well the time but the ladies at the shop were encouraging me to take their delivery van on rent on hourly basis and insisting me do it myself and not to worry as its easy to drive vehicle.
somethings are really very different here which you must appreciate ....time and again you realise here no one works with a business mind as when you are ready to pay for delivery costs you would wonder why are they insisting you to do yourself and more importantly encourage you in spite of the fact they know you have not done before ...
we came out with our goods in the trolly ....this young girl accompanied with us ..when i saw the big vehicle which i need to drive in a moment i was literally sweating .... but with a smile on her face she gave me a short lesson on how to drive an automatic vehicle... " look this is so simple, c'est facile, go for it"
"oui oui oui .... merci beaucoup!" this is the least one should say but this the most i can actually say in french .... as i took out a tissue from my pocket to wipe off my sweat ....
Believe me I drove this van for about 8Km door to door, taking out from parking, manoeuvring it on different speed zones and turns, coming home, dropping all my goods that i bought and finally taking it back to the same parking lot i picked it from
no wonder you see lots of women driving almost everything on earth here and this is how they learn ... its a kind of environment that makes you grow, believe in yourself and encourage you to do things that have never done before and in fact help you actually do it ... giving you a sense of achievement, independence and pride ...
three cheers to those ladies @COOP... hip hip hurray :-) thanks so much. You are just Awesome.
somethings are really very different here which you must appreciate ....time and again you realise here no one works with a business mind as when you are ready to pay for delivery costs you would wonder why are they insisting you to do yourself and more importantly encourage you in spite of the fact they know you have not done before ...
we came out with our goods in the trolly ....this young girl accompanied with us ..when i saw the big vehicle which i need to drive in a moment i was literally sweating .... but with a smile on her face she gave me a short lesson on how to drive an automatic vehicle... " look this is so simple, c'est facile, go for it"
"oui oui oui .... merci beaucoup!" this is the least one should say but this the most i can actually say in french .... as i took out a tissue from my pocket to wipe off my sweat ....
Believe me I drove this van for about 8Km door to door, taking out from parking, manoeuvring it on different speed zones and turns, coming home, dropping all my goods that i bought and finally taking it back to the same parking lot i picked it from
no wonder you see lots of women driving almost everything on earth here and this is how they learn ... its a kind of environment that makes you grow, believe in yourself and encourage you to do things that have never done before and in fact help you actually do it ... giving you a sense of achievement, independence and pride ...
three cheers to those ladies @COOP... hip hip hurray :-) thanks so much. You are just Awesome.
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