someone’s miserable life
A month ago I’ve met a guy who knows nothing, literally nothing. He represents the situation of a huge group of guys over this country. I couldn’t believe that he really didn’t know the things I asked him about. First, I started to talk to him in English like any other person I meet at work, he stopped me and asked me to talk in Arabic, for a moment I wondered why but I didn’t give a real damn about it and carried on, I mentioned some words in English, words that everyone ‘supposed’ to know like “for example”, “already”, “however” and so on but he couldn’t understand, he kept asking me what does that mean “umm, wh..wha..what? sorry? Wh..what you say??”. I felt that I was talking to a big dumb, he’s really a big dumb and the fact that I have to work with this person every single day is just like the pain in the ass.
I was talking to someone about an interesting video we both have seen on youtube and we were excited about it, that’s when he came across to show his curiosity, he asked about that video what was it about and where was it, I told him that he can find it on youtube.com, guess what. He doesn’t know youtube, the site that considred the most useful website in 2007. I showed him youtube on the screen and told him about it, I “taught” him how to use it and how would it help him. He was like ‘what an invention’, to him it was the most amazing thing in the entire universe, how could people do that? Once he knew about my sickness, he was very lucky to know because I wouldn’t tell him about it, he asked me “what is anoo-rexa-neervoseh?!” I told him that it’s just a disease and I cant tell him more about it otherwise he can google it, he looked at me for a minute then he turned his back to go to his office but then he turn and said “I’m sorry but what do you mean by saying google it?” ..whaaaaat?! “I’m sorry, I can’t explain”.
This person who has got this job ‘somehow’ cannot speak English, doesn’t know how to use Microsoft Office in general, has never used google, yahoo..the internet in general, hasn’t graduate yet, doesn’t know rock music or any other kind of music, doesn’t watch movies and has been to cinema for three times only. Yes he could count them ALL.
fortunatey, I have a chance from time to time to talk to him to know what he knows and what he doesn’t know, I cant believe that there are too many people like him in Bahrain, our country, I thought there are some people who couldn’t get well educated but I couldn’t imagine this. Anyway, we’ve started to talk and he felt that he has to change many things, such as improving his English language, learn about computers and how to use his own, learn about what is going on around him. Yesterday he told me that he has never read a newspaper, he has just used them to clean the glass!!
A week ago we went togther to buy him a laptop. He asked me to go with him because he had no idea what kind of laptops he should buy or how to choose what is good for him, he also started to use Microsoft Word to get some ‘skills’, I try my best to help him to get better and learn faster. I knew that he hadnt a DVD player so I bought him and I gave him some movies to watch, but he said that he doesn’t like to watch movies that much but he will try to watch them. God, God, dear lord, who doesn’t like movies??! I call him McDumb now, it really goes with him.
Now I can see him reading the newspaper in English every morning and listens to The Beatles!!
These changes were obvious to everyone especially at work, his friends who used to know him before he joins us have noticed that he’s getting better, they tell him that he’s getting a life now, he’s into the world. Today he thanked me and told me that he appreciates what I’m doing. The thing is, I didn’t mean to help him the way I did but when I started doing it I felt happy, worthy and uselful to others, I felt my existence.
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The good thing is that you stood beside him and helped him in improving himself. There are many Bahrainis like him, but not many who would try to “save” people like him. I always feel happy when I help people in acquiring new skills or gaining more knowledge although sometimes you lose control of yourself if you kept repeating thing :P.
Anyway, I don’t like watching movies and I NEVER went to a cinema nor I plan to in the near future, which is a personal preference, you should understand that different people have different interests. Maybe movies are very popular at this moment but it doesn’t mean that a person’s life is miserable if he don’t like em. Right?
MBC — August 19, 2008 \ 10:23 am
yeah many people don’t give a shit about movies, it doesnt mean a thing to them and it doesnt change their life or make it miserable, that’s correct but to me my life would be hell without movies or cinema, it’s another world to me, but I still respect others interests.
His life was already miserable with or without movies, it is miserable, I couldnt mention everything!!
icon — August 19, 2008 \ 8:24 pm
LOL @ what do u mean by google it? some people are simply plain dumb!!!
Amu — August 22, 2008 \ 8:41 pm
yeah Amu, dont tell me I meet them everyday and sometimes I feel that I’m just one of them!
icon — August 23, 2008 \ 8:43 pm
I really respoect people that learn new things and help themselves improve and stuff. Gd for him he’s got someone like you to help him around
mar8adoosh — August 23, 2008 \ 9:57 pm
Sounds like a movie…..yallah good, you did something positive in the world, LoL
Kella Met2a5er — August 23, 2008 \ 11:42 pm
I feel sorry for him. It’s sad.
L's brain — August 24, 2008 \ 12:38 am
You did the right thing by being with him, must be proud:)
Big Pearls — August 24, 2008 \ 3:05 pm
ah impressive, another Grey’s Anatomy fan adding Mc to eveything. I supoose you’d also know that annoying song How to save a life. On a more serious note. The point is not that you stood by him the point is that he was willing to advance himself. I suppose you are more nobler than I because I’d brush him off not because I can’t stand idiots which I don’t. but because I’m a selfish basterd who really would climb on people’s backs. That’s why I chose not to work and never subject myself to that cruelty that is destroying other folks.
See you soon, I think I have discovered my true self in the Alps.
Hamad Balucci — August 24, 2008 \ 8:00 pm