I just don’t get this. Why do people who are reasonably well off dillydally when it comes to paying the financially disadvantaged who work for them, their due?

Imagine asking your domestic help to buy things on their way to work for your family’s needs—groceries, vegetables and the like—on a regular basis, and instead of reimbursing them fully and promptly at least at the end of the month, pay them only partially with the excuse of having no money left in your bank.

If it was a one off thing I wouldn’t be writing this, but it is not and certainly happens a lot with regularity.

I have noticed people not paying up the full amount owed to the old man who irons clothes for them. They run up a bill for a month. That’s fine if he is okay with it. But when the month is up, they pay him half of what is owed and promise to pay him the rest, the next month, and it goes on. No money, you see.

I have only this to ask such as them: What if your employer pays you only a part of what they owe you , (because obviously, no money!) would you be okay with it or will you be up in arms?

©️ Shail Mohan 2026