The Golden Rule

In a town, there was a house in which lived a family. The members of the family included a father, mother, and a son. All three were working people, and the house was also maintained by a housemaid. One day, the father received a telephone bill that was very high, even though the family did not use the telephone themselves. The father yelled at the mother for getting a high telephone bill and stated that he did not use the telephone in the house, as he used the telephone in his office. The mother also explained that she did not use the telephone at home, as she used the one in her office. The mother suspected that perhaps their son had used the telephone. 

During this conversation, their son entered the house and was also asked the same question by his father. The son replied that he did not use the telephone at home, as he used the one in his office. He also mentioned that maybe the housemaid had used the telephone in their absence. 

When the housemaid entered the house, all three family members started yelling at her simultaneously about the telephone bill. The housemaid explained that she had overheard everything they had said and stated that she only used the telephone in the house. The father asked her why she couldn't use the telephone in her own house instead of theirs. 

The housemaid responded by saying that just like the father, mother, and son used the telephones in their respective offices, she used the one where she worked. She concluded by saying, "what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."

This is an idiom in Tamil as follows: "உனக்கு வந்தா இரத்தம், எனக்கு வந்தா தக்காளி சட்டினியா?" This idiom means that one person or situation should be treated the same way as another person or situation is treated. This idiom aligns well with the Golden Rule or the ethic of reciprocity, which is a key moral principle in many religions and philosophies and is often stated as, "Do unto others as you wish to be done unto you."