Mr. Silva and Mr. Pereira are very good friends. One Sunday evening, they were drinking beer at Mr. Silva's residence.
Both gentlemen were unmarried, so each of them hired a servant to take care of their house, and sometimes to run errands for them.
After a few beers, they turned their conversation to their servants. Mr. Pereira said that his servant Banda should be considered the stupidest servant in the world.
"Come on, if you can prove that Banda is more foolish than my servant Zongda, I swear I won't be human," said Mr. Silva.
"Alright, I'll prove it to you," said Mr. Pereira. With that, he called his servant over and gave him ten rupees. "Banda, take this money and go to the car dealership at the corner of the street and buy me a car." Banda happily walked away.
"Mr. Pereira, look how stupid my servant is!"
"Hmph, you think that's stupid enough? Just wait and see my servant," Mr. Silva said, calling Zongda over and giving him two rupees. "Take these two rupees, go to my office by taxi, and ask my secretary if I am in the office."
"No problem, sir," Zongda said, taking the money and leaving.
After the servants left, the two gentlemen began to argue again, each trying hard to convince the other that his own servant was the stupidest in the world. At that moment, their servants Banda and Zongda were working outside running errands for them. At a street corner, the two servants unexpectedly met each other.
"Zongda, you see?" Banda said. "I think my master is the stupidest in the world."
"No, Banda, my master is the stupidest in the world," Zongda replied.
"Zongda, look at how foolish my master is. He just gave me ten rupees and told me to buy him a car! This fool doesn't know that the car dealership is closed on Sundays, does he?"
"You think that's foolish enough? My master just gave me two rupees to go to his office and check if he's there. This fool doesn't know that he could just make a call to his office, which would only cost one rupee, and wouldn't need to give me two.""Brief Comment: People always view issues from their own perspective, and they often unintentionally do foolish things even when sometimes they are scolding others for being foolish... Things that are not explicitly stated can be influenced by perspective when communicating with different people."
