Generation Z outsmarts Gen X / Y

This Sunday evening, we hung out with our house owners and their kids at a neighboring "farm". Miniscule fun parks are called "farms" here. Don't ask me why. They are not big and cool enough to qualify for a theme park like Essel World (or Six Flags) but are bigger than the clubs to which you get an annual membership at a ridiculous price just to wait in queues for hours to play an hour of tennis every time. So these farms are kinda nice in a way because they are not crowded and you don't have the guilty feeling lingering in your head every Sunday morning "Oh my gosh. I paid 15K for the club membership that I haven't used in months." Too lazy to get up I make a mental note to do it positively next Sunday and pull the sheets over to get another 30 minutes of precious sleep. And that Sunday morning never comes until the next year when you pay the annual memebership charges again. And lasts just a week. Anyways that's beside the point. So you see how these farms can offer great entertainment for lazy people like me for a meagre 100 bucks one evening when you feel like going on outing.

This one was quite different as they had some fun things to do apart from the regular features of a club like tennis court, swimming pool, a dine-in restaurant and such. L Farm had a person who could engrave your name on a rice grain, a lady that would braid your hair using threads of different colors, yet another that would apply beautiful mehendi in 10 mins and in house astrologer - well actually palm reading. However the ones that I enjoyed the most were pottery, shooting, the magician's tricks and ofcourse watching the lil kid R twist and turn on the dance floor to the tunes of Kajra Re. That was fun.

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The kids C and K obviously belong to the Generation Z and they are smart. The magician was closing for the night when we entered his den. But on our request he was kind enough to unpack his bag and he started with a few familiar tricks. All his tricks worked and he had our attention. We were just observers until now. For the next trick, he called the lil kid C and gave a silver ball in her hand. Asker her to keep her palms open and promised her he would make the ball disappear in 10 seconds. He did the predictable joo boom baa and asked "Beta, do you have the ball?". C happily nodded. He did joo boom baa again and asked triumphantly, "Beta, the ball is gone now right?". She shook her head in refusal. Confused if his magical powers have waned, he removed the black cloth from the top of her palm and stated in disappointment, "you should not hold the ball tight. Leave your palm open". C was quick to respond "That is not magic. You make it disappear this way". Anyways she obliged and the lo the ball went. C says, "I saw you taking the ball with the cloth. That's not magic". The magician disappointed said, "you are smart".

Now it was the turn of the elder one to join the younger one on the stage. The trick was simple. The younger one had to put a pink cloth in black jar. The magician would pass it on to the elder one and she had to pick the cloth. The trick was successful but the elder kid says, Uncle I saw you pull a lever that made the cloth go down".
Sensing trouble, he sends them both to their seats. But the kids don't give up. After a few tricks, he resigns and says, "kids you are smart. Lets stop now". It is not that when Gen X and Gen Y were the same age would not have understood what was going on, but this generation is quick to respond and doesn't really care where the stage is right to point out. It was funny!

Quote for the Day : A man travels the world in search of what he needs
.... and returns home to find it.
George Moore (1852 - 1933)