Bread and the label
Short story testing your inner core
On my rest day
I bought a bread at a big chain brand store. When my 11 year old daughter was about to open the bread she noticed the date label was 21 Nov.
We bought it on 19th December. I immediately stopped her from eating. I opened up the bread and the smell was of brand new bread.
1) I wanted to give a call to the store
2) I thought it is an error in the labelling system. I felt sorry for the worker who did that and if I complained how he would be penalised by the company.
3) My next thought was why if I dont make a call otherwise hundreds of people would eat it and they are all food-poisoned. Then I wanted to lab-test - that is tasted the bread myself. It was a fresh load of bread no doubt. It tasted better than any other bread. Therefore, I thought it is a waste to complain about the bread to the chain store.
4) My third thought was what if next time they do the same mistake and I eat the bread thinking that was like previous occasion and it happened to be a poisonous food. Finally I decided to ring up the manufacturing company rather than the shop.
5) While picking up the phone I was wondering why I should waste my time over a small issue that is the concern of a company. Next time we have to be careful in selecting the bread - see the lable - that is my duty- that is all.
6) As a challenge to my own decision I ate four loafs of the bread to proof to myself that it was only labelling mistake.
7) After 5 minutes I had a vomiting sensation - I thought may be it was because of the bread - I made a mistake in eating that - Then I thought this vomiting sensation happens once a year Therefore I convinced my ability about finding out a good bread by the smell and the taste and didnt think of vomiting, After 10 minutes the vomiting sensation is gone.
8) Any way it is the mistake in labelling system how I can take advantage of that - What if I make a complain to the stores, what will they compensate me for. Just the bread - if I vomited how much they will compensate - I felt like a little bit vomiting now. I just did breathing exercise to forget about the sensation and the bread. Now allright. How this breathing exercise works-fantastic -
9) Why dont I talk to the production manager in the bread company and tell him the batch no and warn him to remove the batch so that it will be helpful to the company. The other thought is how he will take this, will he defend or will he thank me.
10) When I was trying the production manager's no. I asked why cant we ask for a help for our friend to get an employment in his company. How will he react to that request.
11) While I was doing all these, I realised the batch no and date on the card clip binding the bread cover is erased.
12) I took out a bread from another company and checked the card clip there and tried to erase it - I couldnt erase- It is made out of permanent ink. I found the difference between this card clip printing and the printing of the first bread cover clip.
13) I thought the first bread company was not having proper system and they are trying to cover it up by erasable ink batching. How cheap a company. I should not deal with that. But back of my mind thinking is this bread seems to be tastier than the second company.
14) I thought about my IT and management skills and thought if I ring up the first company to find out what software they use for batching and how their control works - so that we can help them sort out these problem as this is a good product.
The whole thinking took about 20 minutes - Finally I rung up the company and about to ask something, the lady at the other end, quipped "Is it about the bread at the store - It was a printing error - But still to compensate for your time in ringing us up Please send your label we will supply fresh breads delivered to your home everyday for 15 days. If the label is erased please send the receipt.. Thanks for your call. Enjoy our tasty bread free for 15 days."
Please choose one of the 14 thoughts that you feel right at the first instance and go further in that direction to see what will happen. That is your character.
Please choose one of the 14 thoughts that you feel the most inappropriate and go further in that direction to see what will happen. That is what your subconscious mind thinks your enemy will do.