A young boy from Klang, who is a fishing enthusiast, recently had his fishing rod broken after a fishing trip. He wanted to buy a new fishing rod but he did not have cash in his hands.
Instead, what he had were four plump ‘ikan haruan’ that he just caught.
A brilliant idea crept into his mind as he marched to a fishing shop to attempt to trade the fishes he just caught for a brand-new fishing rod.
Did the technique work in today’s age where money matters?
Apparently, it did!
Brilliant kid
Roob Ganesan, who owns Drave Fishing Sdn Bhd, shared the incredible story in several Twitter posts recently.Ganesan shared that he received a phone call from one of his staff saying that there was a boy looking for him.Habis lunch tadi, staff call. "Boss, ada budak gemuk nie cari boss". Jem kejab, siapa pulak cari aku nie. Sampai opis, ada budak budak nie nak beli rod, rod lama dia patah. pic.twitter.com/YHKxlwuJTC
— Roob Ganesan (@RoobGanesan) July 14, 2020
“Turns out it was just a kid who wanted to get a new fishing rod because his old one broke.
“The kid said he had no money, but he had some ‘ikan haruan’ (snakehead murrel). I looked down in his bucket and I saw four cute little snakeheads," he wrote.
Duit tak de die cakap. die cakap haruan dia ada la. First time aku jual barang dengan ikan haruan. Hahahahaha pic.twitter.com/NweGT5MVn3
— Roob Ganesan (@RoobGanesan) July 14, 2020
Without a second thought, Ganesan accepted the boy's trade and gave him a new fishing rod, and his reason was simple:
“It was the first time I ever made a sale using fish. But since he didn’t steal and worked hard to catch those fish. I gave him the fishing rod,” he said.
Tapi pasal dia tak mencuri dan die berkerja utk mendapatkan haruan. Aku kasi je la.
— Roob Ganesan (@RoobGanesan) July 14, 2020
Note: ada yg mencari ikan haruan saiz 300 gram tak?#fishingisawayoflife #givewhileyoucan #supportyoungminds pic.twitter.com/kTu5nHv9H2
The story has warmed the hearts of many Twitter users, with many praising Ganesan's goodwill as well as the boy's street smarts:
Bagus budak ni bkn mcm bdk kt twitter ni nak barang guna retweet
— MNS (@nazrinsabri) July 15, 2020
Haa bgus budak² ni guna sistem barter tukaq dengan ikan haruan, at least boleh ambk masak. Budak twitter skrg nak brg mengemis mintak rt, lepas tu boleh pulak dm org suruh rt. Mangkaq. ?
— . (@zira1302) July 15, 2020
Steady boss. Terima kasih buat budak-budak ni happy. Jangan lepasni dia ajak satu kampung tukar rod dengam ikan haruan dah la. Lagi jem hahaha
— pes (@Fezesaurus) July 15, 2020
Budak ni takde duit tapi dorang apply sistem barter untuk dapatkan barang yang dia nak. Bijak!
— Aliff (@HrzAirlift) July 15, 2020
Aku bet kalau budak ni berjaya dah besar nnt mesti dia ingat kisah ni
— ?? (@AdibHakimy) July 15, 2020
This Boss just wanted to help the kids & understand his predicament.. he is kind & compassionate. Bless you fishing rod boss . You feel for the kid
— Swan wah joo (@SwanWah) July 16, 2020
Moral of the story: if you are honest in whatever you are doing, it could get you to where you want (or what you want).
