Bring it back, bring back Humanity

When literates and intellectuals say that they don't believe in humanity anymore, I consider it to be very 'normative',nothing surprising enough to shake the previously laid foreground of the intellectual premises. I am still on my way to make my mark and thus not highly literate, but a common woman who sees the world through the spectrum of emotions, most of the times. So,one little incident that happened yesterday, shocked me and I started believing in the notion of the intellectuals- Humanity has died and people are not only extremely mean and selfish, but have forgotten their basic civic sense. I went with my aunt to get hold of a mud made Saraswati,in a nearby market, and on our way back stopped to purchase our daily grocery stuff, and my aunt casually asked the shopkeeper, 'Dada apnar bou kemon ache?'(How is your wife?) and the man as if suddenly stoned, stammered and tried conveying that his wife had died. My aunt felt sorry, even I did. The man had tears in his eyes, but then there was another woman, standing right beside us. And despite acknowledgeing every word of the communication, blurted out very inconsiderately and insensitively, 'Dada, oishob charun to,ar bolun etar dam ki komaben?' (Can you please avoid such discussions and let me know if you are willing to sell this good at a lower price?). My aunt and I left.