Thirst for Mediocrity...

The title itself may bother some.. Why should some one have a thirst for mediocrity ? In an ideal world and thinking, it may not be so... But we hardly live in one. The beauty is that everybody practices it and no one just wants to admit it. Right from the vegetable vendor who may sell you pieces of rotten stuff among good ones or have an uncallibrated weight upto a relationship manager in an MNC bank. I have long wondered why this happens almost everywhere and at most of the times (By most I mean 99%). I suppose it has to do with the intention on the part of the practicing mediocran (that is a cool phrase coined by me) to complete the work he is doing - which at most instances refers to rendering service to a customer. The purpose of a service is expected to be fulfillment of the service seekers' expectation. But here we only seek to complete the work - however shabby and incomplete it may be. My theory is substantiated by countless examples... It is also reflected in the state of things around us. We MAKE good things but do not make them to last long or take care of them. Hence the bad roads, the building which loses its radiance quickly and so on. Some may argue it is because we do not maintain them. Well, I would say that it is part of the whole scheme of work. Building some thing that cannot be maintained (either by design or by intention), providing a service that cannot be sustained all fall under the umbrella of mediocrity.

One of the oft repeated phrases is "New" in everything you buy - be it service or a product. For these people who provide these "New" stuff, it is an escape from the previously existent entity which was left incomplete... None of the things that are advertised as "New" sustain for long. Why is that ? I strongly feel it again points to mediocrity. Do some thing, label it "New", push it in the market, people will buy it and by the time they realise, push another one that is "latest".