There is a popular English idiom that says, ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’. Something that the Indian society, and the world in general, struggles to understand, considering people would rather be first judged on everything superficial than on what actually matters. And while doing that often only bothers those who are judged incorrectly, this time around, the opposite might have happened.

We are talking about the recent incident where a man after being wrongly perceived and insulted, came back at that person to prove him wrong and how. 

A farmer named Kempegowda RL of Ramanapalya in Chikkasandra hobli and a bunch of his friends had gone to a car showroom when the lot was publicly humiliated and belittled by the salesman there. 

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After the group of farmers showed interest in buying an SUV from the showroom, the salesperson didn’t just not take their request seriously but also passed remarks saying he won’t even have ‘Rs. 10 in his pocket, let alone Rs. 10 Lakh for the car.’

Humiliated Karnataka farmer raises Rs 10 lakh in 30 minutes for SUV

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Feeling rather insulted after having such comments hurled at them, the group of farmers left, but not before giving the salesperson an ultimatum to deliver the car ‘today itself’, in case they were able to get the cash for it. And to the sales executive’s surprise, they did arrange the money. 

Kempegowda RL and his farmer friends were back in exactly 30 minutes with Rs 10 lakh ready to buy the car of their choosing. “He thought we won’t be able to pull together that much cash because banks were closed by then,” said Kempegowda after standing against all odds to protect his self-respect. 

It reminds me DMX buying a Lamborghini scene from Exit Wounds. https://t.co/2kXd4TfGx2

The only difference is we have a real hero here - The Farmer #farmer

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And while the farmers were still able to stand true to their promise of being able to buy a car, the showroom couldn’t uphold their end of the bargain and failed to deliver the car for saturday and sunday were government holidays. Riled up, Kempegowda and his friends recorded a video of the entire incident and posted it online.

“I’ve asked the sales executive and the showroom authorities to apologize to us in writing for humiliating me and my friends… Now, I’ve lost interest in buying the vehicle,” Kempegowda said as he also warned the car showroom owner of holding a protest outside his shop, in case he wasn’t obliged.

Pretty Woman's iconic "Big Mistake. Huge" scene, except Julia Roberts is a farmer in Tumkur and boutique on Rodeo Drive is an SUV showroom :https://t.co/Bd2HhJOGZt

— Indulekha Aravind (@Indulekha_A) January 24, 2022

Never challenge a common man's ability

Humiliated Karnataka farmer raises Rs 10 lakh in 30 minutes for SUV
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— Gutsy AK (@GutsyThala) January 24, 2022

Farmer teaches a car sales executive, lesson of a lifetime, as to how not to behave and do a terrible job. The sales executive had humiliated the farmer when the latter went to buy a SUV. https://t.co/I3eHBTaf1z

— Chittukuruvi (@chittukuruvi4) January 24, 2022

@mahindraauto staff need to learn a lot from @anandmahindra.. the humiliation of the farmer happened when he went to buy a Mahindra SUVhttps://t.co/xkNlvp4R7m

— Vibhu Bansal (@vibhub) January 24, 2022

Meanwhile people on Twitter are lauding the farmer for standing up against the salesperson who thought it was alright to judge someone on their appearance and belittle them. One person even compared the incident to a scene from Julia Roberts’s movie ‘Pretty Woman’ and wrote, “Pretty Woman's iconic "Big Mistake. Huge" scene, except Julia Roberts is a farmer in Tumkur and boutique on Rodeo Drive is an SUV showroom.”

Seems like they must’ve learnt their lesson, all too well!

Source: Times Of India

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