Class.

I have seen this morning walker on and off all through these years .Today she was in a mood to talk. And it was full of lamentations. How the woman flower seller robbed her shamelessly ,hiking prices 5 times , fully aware of the demand for flowers on festival days and observed vengefully that they ---vendors, have stagnated in their lives due to these deceitful practises and their abusive tongues.

A long time resident , that walker , was unable to tackle other long time residents , lower in class and scale!

I too have experienced their heckling but chose to ignore it and never felt so deeply hurt ,the way she was.Those hawkers have fought for survival since birth .Though better off now , old habits do die hard.And an important factor is that whilst this woman a housewife is dependant on her husband for doles these flower sellers are financially independent and are probably giving their husbands doles!And they can spot a wimp a mile of and go in for the kill.

Now I didn't explain all this to her as she was too distraught but not that distraught to make personal observation on my appearance [ I reminded her of her maths teacher] and gave me a parting advise to read such and such a book authored by some tips giving fellow[ probably because my smile in response to her'leer passing of as greetings wasn't wide enough] .

Well , now ,the heckling by low class vendors , jeering at my economic status that is not shelling out money to please their inflated demands hardly bothers me but this free advise giving trait of some middle classes coupled with personal comments does.

PS.I too plead guilty to this discomfiting practise of my co class.