17/10/2026
Are WE truly honest, or do WE simply lack the power to be corrupt?
I believe power exposes who we truly are.
WeRepair is a service-based business, and in our day-to-day lives, we interact with people from all walks of life. From Pathao parcel delivery riders to customers who can afford to spend ৳300,000 on peripherals alone, we get to see different sides of people.
Let me share two incidents that genuinely got under my skin.
1. The Washing Machine Repair Guy
We recently hired a technician to repair our washing machine. A man with a full head of hair and a glorious sunnati beard.
While working on the machine, he noticed Floppy sneaking inside, as he often does whenever he gets the chance. Floppy is supposed to be the guard dog of the area, but I digress.
Seeing Floppy, the technician decided to share a hadith with us:
“The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog.”
Twenty minutes after quoting that hadith, the same man was trying to defraud the very agency that had connected us with him in the first place.
He told us something along the lines of:
“We're servicing the washing machine in addition to fixing it. Please don't tell the parent company, or we'll have to pay them a commission. In the future, you can just call us directly, and we'll provide the service.”
The irony was hard to miss.
A man who had just reminded us of a religious teaching was now trying to cheat his business partner for personal gain.
2. The Pathao Parcel Rider
This incident happened today.
A Pathao parcel rider arrived and asked for extra payment, claiming he had to travel a long distance and that Pathao wasn't paying him fairly.
Usually, we politely decline these requests and make up some excuse to avoid being rude.
Today, we were matched with a Pathao parcel rider at 6:30 PM to deliver a parcel from Kalabagan to Uttara. The rider asked for extra money, and we politely declined.
At around 10:30 PM, the customer contacted us to ask about the parcel.
We checked the tracking link. The parcel had been marked as delivered at 7:30 PM.
After calling the rider, we were told that his bicycle had broken down, he had gotten lost, and he had already informed the customer about the delay.
But as we investigated further, we discovered that the customer had received no such communication and was still eagerly waiting for the repaired device.
Think about what happened here.
The rider wanted extra money because he believed he wasn't being paid fairly. Meanwhile, the customer had paid ৳250 for express delivery, with the expectation that the parcel would arrive within an hour.
Instead, the customer waited for four hours, received no proper update, and was left wondering where the parcel was.
The rider, meanwhile, had marked the parcel as delivered, earned extra money elsewhere, and continued delivering other parcels.
What a shame.
So, why are we like this?
Is it really that difficult to do what we're supposed to do?
We constantly blame the people in power for being corrupt. We criticize politicians, business owners, authorities, and anyone else who abuses their position for personal gain.
Yet, in our own little worlds, we display the same tendencies.
We cut corners. We deceive people. We exploit loopholes. We justify our actions because we believe we're underpaid, underappreciated, or simply entitled to a little extra.
And perhaps that's the most uncomfortable part of all this.
Maybe the difference between us and the people we accuse of corruption isn't always our morals. Maybe it's the scale of the opportunities available to us.
Perhaps power doesn't always corrupt. Perhaps it simply reveals who we already are.
