Possibly Maybe

Despite of its boring spinning romance plot for a drama which is supposed to be kinda mistery-detective drama, I can remember clearly one of scenes in City Hunter. My most memorable scene in that drama is when a little boy was about to buy a birthday gift for his mother. His mother suffer cancer due to dangerous chemical matter in factory she used to be labor at.

The little boy obviously didn’t have enough money, so that he collect money from people who bought soft drink in a machine and accidentally dropped their coins. After his saving was enough, he went to the store. However the cashier refused to serve him due to his huge amount of coins. She said that the store couldn’t accept payment with that small value of money. The boy insists that he should buy gift for his dying mother, yet the cashier kept refusing. Couldn’t stand the situation Lee Minho took a bank check from his wallet, and asked the cashier whether she had enough money to give him change. The cashier looked at the check and got speechless due to the amount of money stated in the check. She said with lower voice—very contrast from the she talked to the kid— that she couldn’t give change for that check. Sarcastically, Minho asked her why she refused to serve payment with the kid’s coins when she didn’t need to give any change, while she couldn’t give him change with his check either….

Kejadian hampir serupa gue alamin baru-baru ini (ujung2nya balik lagi lo-gue haha). Gue termasuk orang yang jujur aja paling ga enak kalo ditanyain “ga ada uang pas aja mbak?” Gue bakal ngerasa cukup bersalah kalo harus ngerepotin orang cari-cari tukeran uang. Makanya kalo mau pergi-pergi pake angkot, gue hampir selalu udah sedia cukup uang receh buat bayar. Kalo ga ada gue biasa nyempetin mampir ke al*a mart (naon pake disensor segala) buat beli apapun demi “nukerin uang”. Yang sebel kalo di toko retail segede itu ditanyain juga ada uang pas atau nggak. Padahal itu sih gue yakin kasirnya aja yang males buka cash box. Karena kenyataannya setiap gue bilang “gak ada”, kasirnya pasti masih bisa kasih gue kembalian cukup.

Nah sekitar minggu lalu, gue pas banget lagi ga ada uang cash sama sekali, sementara gue harus naik ojek buat kuliah. Atm gue hari sebelumnya lagi ga bisa dipake. Alhasil statusnya gue lagi bener-bener ga ada uang. Akhirnya nguprek simpenan recehan gue, yakin kalo 2000 doang buat ongkos ojek mah pasti ada.. Hasilnya gue bayarlah abang ojek dengan 3 koin 500an dan 3koin 200an.
Seketika, gue speechless waktu gue ngucapin terimakasih, si abang ojek diem aja ngelihatin uang recehan di tangannya sambil kemudian melengos kesel, terus pergi gitu aja. Serius gue ngerasa itu ga sopan banget. Entah ya, bilang gue kolot, sok idealis atau apa lah… Tapi perlakuan kayak gitu, menurut gue bener-bener nunjukin “kelas” orang itu.

Sama banget sama kejadian di City Hunter, gue bayar ga kurang satu rupiah pun. Dan kalo misalnya gue bayar pake uang gede pun, belum tentu dia ada kembalian.

Duh, entah ya, tapi hal-hal kayak gini buat gue penting banget! Gue pernah hampir marah waktu ada orang lain diperlakukan kayak gitu, dan sekarang gue sendiri yang ngalamin hal itu…

Gue cerita ke akang, dan dia malah bilang “terus mau ngajakin berantem tukang ojeknya?” Huhu, bener juga sih. Tapi tetep aja sore itu gue gondok abis sama tukang ojek itu (padahal ketemu lagi juga belum tentu, haha).

“Treat people like you want to be treated”

Itu postulat paten tentang gimana kita harus bersikap dalam hidup.
Gue ingat dulu pernah jalan-jalan sama Babeh di Ramayana. Waktu itu kita lagi di deket kasir. Tetiba ada nenek-nenek ngehampiri mas kasir itu.

” Nak, saya beli sabun” katanya pelan.

Gue speechless, Babeh juga, cuma bisa ngelihatin situasi super awkward itu. Mungkin, memang itu kali pertama nenek itu datang ke Ramayana. Ya, mungkin. Whatsoever lah soal itu, karena kalian tau apa yang dilakukan mas kasir itu? Dengan ramah beliau antar nenek itu ke tempat display sabun, ditunggui nenek itu memilih sambil nanya harga masing-masing produk, sampe kembali ke kasa untuk bayar dan akhirnya nenek itu pulang.

Itu maksud gue tentang “kelas” manusia… Dilihat dari kondisi ekonomi, mungkin tukang ojek itu sama kayak mas kasir tadi. Tapi ini soal “kelas”… “Kelas” manusia itu bergantung pada kemampuannya “memanusiakan manusia”
Ya kan?
Peace, Za’s out! :)