Respect the Chai (tea)

I recently had to go to a cobbler, as my shoe's sole broke while i was going somewhere, so after asking directions from someone for a nearby cobbler, i managed to hop till there, unfortunately there were quite a few 'babus' already present over there for boot-polish, and i was getting late already. Then the old man (the cobbler), looked up while sipping his tea, and asked "kya hua?" (what happened?), i replied casually, "koi bat nahi, baba, pehle chai peelo, phir dekh lena". He smiled back at me, finished his tea, and then ignored all those babus who waiting for boot-polish, repaired my shoe very quickly and skillfully and withing 2 mins i was back on road.

Moral of the story: Respect the chai.. ;-")