Knowledge of etiquette
Farhan Quddus, Old DOHS, Banani, Dhaka
The much debated subject of our cricketer boys being seated in the economy class while the host team enjoyed business class service is no doubt an act of being un-courteous and, inhospitable. It also shows the negligence and disrespect for protocol by the Pakistani Cricket Control Board. In the aviation industry such errors are quite common as the airline can only fill in the seats once the names of the passengers are given (unless those seats are blocked by the reservations department). Even though the Pakistan team was seated in the business class section, the whole situation could have been handled tactfully, had the Chairman of the Cricket Board, or the Manager of the Pakistani team or even Rashid Latif, the captain, made a spontaneous gesture by giving up the team's seats for the guests. A simple apology for the mishap and a friendly offer of those seats would have made all the difference, regardless of whether our team would have accepted the offer or not. It does not take a foreign affairs expert to make such instant decisions, it takes a warm hand shake, a good heart and a little knowledge of etiquette to avoid such embarrassments. These are some indispensable human qualities that the Pakistanis should learn for their own sake!
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