GiG
Guest is God
I think India is the only country which has culture and tradition to treat
guest like God. In Sanskrit ATITHI DEVO BHAVAH means guest is like
God. Tourism department of India has adopted this as a tag line and is
promoting tourism around this theme.
However over a period of time, due to hectic life of cities and
augmentation of materialism, there is a considerable decline in
honoring guest. Now days, in most of the houses, guest is treated as
burden. At the same time when we go at someone's place as guest, we
do not follow simple etiquettes of being guest. Over a period of time
focus has been shifted from what I can do for others to what others can
do for me. We have become opportunist hence the people who are
useful to us, we treat them well and people who are not useful, seems
burden when they come to our home. In present time it may not be
possible to treat all guests as God but treat them as human being and
do not leave your humanity.
5 Tips for treating the Guest:
1. Use your wisdom in differentiating between genuine and unauthentic
guests.
2. Extend your warm hospitality to genuine guests.
3. In case your work schedule is clashing, make sure they get proper
comfort and feeling of home at your place and understand that you
are doing your best for them..
4. In case a guest is taking undue advantage of your hospitality, be firm
and polite.
5. Never discuss your personal problems in front of your guest unless
and until they are close family members or friends.
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