Rasa malas yang bikin rajin

Pada malam pertama sebuah pelatihan jurnalisme yang saya bantu fasilitasi, kami pergi makan malam ke sebuah restoran dengan menumpang satu bus isi 25 penumpang.

Usai makan malam kami pun kembali ke hotel. Satu per satu peserta turun bus, sementara saya mondar-mandir mencari barangkali ada barang tertinggal. Setelah selesai, baru saya turun.

Seorang peserta yang kebetulan memperhatikan bilang sama saya, "So kind of you Ikram. Just like a kindergarten teacher making sure no student leave their stuff behind."

Sambil nyengir saya bilang, "If someone left their stuff here, tomorrow morning he'd come to me asking about it. Then I would have to call the bus company and ask about it. Then I'd have to wait for the staff to bring the stuff here and give it back to him."

"I'm just too lazy to do all that, so..."