It's Not About the Water Bottle

The Water Bottle

_{My Water Bottle.}

For the past month, I have been jogging around our community playground. Sometimes in the evening, some times in the morning.

Naturally, I would carry bottled water with me. Sometimes it's the store bought water but most of the time I bring a bottle just like the one pictured above. Then, I'd lay it on one of the empty benches and go on with my jog. When I come around and I wanted to drink, then I get my bottle.

I have been doing the same thing for a month and I never lost my water bottle.

Not until yesterday.

And today.

I lost 2 water bottles, 2 days in a row!

_{A bunch of workers at the playground.}

Remember my post yesterday about them cutting the grass?.

God forgive me, but when I saw that I lost my bottle yesterday, I put my blame on one of them.

I did not have a proof though, just the fact that I saw one passed by the bench where I placed my bottle.

So that bottle is now gone.

I left it at that. What else could I do? Maybe the person who took it really just needed the water. Or the bottle. Whatever!

This morning, for my jog, I reluctantly brought another bottle. I already lost a blue bottle yesterday so today I brought pink! Hah! Nobody would want to get a pink bottle.

Or so I thought.

_{The empty bench.}

After just one lap, I passed by the bench and found that my bottle was gone! This time though, I caught the offender red-handed.

I confronted him, he said sorry, gave me the bottle and walked away. I continued with my running.

Mood already spoiled, I still went on jogging around.

Only to find the bottle gone again!

So I went to find the foreman to complain.

It's about the attitude

It was no longer about the bottle. It was about honesty and trustworthiness.

I told the foreman, I don't care if I no longer get my bottle back. Maybe the person really needed the pink bottle. But he needed to know what was happening within his people and they should know that what they did was not right.

He agreed with me. He also promised to check with the guys

Soon, before I finished my target distance 6kms, he approached me and gave the bottle back.

_{Still managed.}

It really spoiled my mood and I actually wanted to cut my work out short, but I did not want to waste my effort just because of this incident. Hopefully, the foreman was able to explain to his guys properly.

Daily Activity, Jogging, Running, Walking