Friday, April 18, 2014

Dining in the dark


A man was invited to one Friday evening event by one of MNC Vendor organization who had organized the event to raise funds for the visually handicapped people.
Since it was a Friday evening, he first thought to skip the event considering it could be a bit boring. But being alone and to kill time, he thought to accept the invitation
When he went there, there were approx. 40 people from various industries invited for that event. Initially they were shown a video about the visually handicapped center.
After the video, they all gathered in a hall and were briefed about next event. The theme of the next event was "Dining in the Dark".
What was meant was that all the 40+ people were going to have Dinner in a pitch Dark room!!!!
The next 2 hours was completely planned, organized, directed and executed by three blind youths.
The blind leader first gave them tips for dining (These were ACTUAL STANDARDS THE BLIND PEOPLE FOLLOW IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER)
1. When you sit at your table the things will be placed as follows :at 3 o clock of your dish : You will find a spoon at 9 o clock : Fork;12 o clock : spoon.2 o clock : Empty Glass Dish at the center with Paper napkin tucked at 6 o clock.
2. There will be two large Jugs circulated to you. The Jug with plain walls will have water and the Jug with curved wall will have orange juice.
3. When you get your Jug based on your choice you have to pour it in your glass. You have to dip your forefinger in the glass so that when you fill it and the liquid touches your finger, you have to stop pouring.
The Leader asked whether everyone had understood. All said yes but everyone was confused and trying to remember what he had said and confirming with each other.
All the 40 people were taken in groups in the dark hall.
Each one was directed by blind person till he/she sits on a chair
They were Served full five course dinner by this team of three blind people- Welcome drinks,
appetizers, starters, main course and desserts.
The amazing thing was that the team of three blind people were serving exactly vegetarian dishes to
vegetarian people who were sitting randomly in the room!
While registering on line they were asked question to choose from "Vegetarian" or "Non vegetarian".
The people were so nicely hosted that they did not have to wait in between serves. As they were
ending finishing one dish, they were served with next without any delays.
After approx. 1 and half hours of Dining in the dark, the leader asked whether everyone had finished
eating.
After confirmation she switched on the lights of the dining room.
The people left the Dining room with tears in their eyes.
They realized how lucky they were and how they had been gifted with beautiful eyes to see the
beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Adore whatever you have in life. You may try for whatever you don't have but never feel
sad about it.

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