"Such kind of episode has never happened in my six years of career!" exclaimed my colleague Riya. We both guffawed at the whole episode. So, after all, what has happened today afternoon? Hang on till the end my friend.
All right. It was past 2 o'clock of the afternoon! I asked Riya if she had lunch. I like the company of Riya. She is experienced and is a realistic person and a fun friend at office. She replied hurriedly that she is too busy. So, I thought I should join my usual group for lunch. I moved quickly out of my bay in 7th floor to the 3rd floor where the cafeteria is located. I like taking a break and having lunch there rather than staying on my floor and eating there.
As I entered towards the door of cafeteria, to the left, there was a long queue as usual for heating up the heavenly food inside the tiffins of people. I too grabbed a plate. But, to my dismay, I had to wait for my turn and damn, I was hungry. I just saw a lady adjusting the food of a guy with hers inside the microwave. Once she was done, I excused if I could squeeze in my glassware lunch box containing the vegetable and another one, containing the roti inside. The lady obliged and set the time as two minutes for the lunch of the three of us. In a minute, the guy took out his glassware lunch box and roti. I did not observe what he took out. But after a minute, when I opened the micro, I was in a state of surprise because methi was inside my lunchbox instead of bhartha. I just realised that this man has taken my food instead because our lunch boxes were similar. Even that girl was taken by surprise knowing this and jokingly said "Eat methi now."
I waited there thinking that he would come back recognising that he has taken the food that was not belonging to him. But the wait was done in vain. I was worried that he has taken my lunch box as well. More than that, I did not remember his face and that's what I felt. I started searching for him in the cafeteria which is big enough to occupy around 200 people. I just knew how my lunch box looked like. So, I started staring at lunchboxes of people inside the place while they were eating. Of course, they glanced back. It felt so awkward but did I have any other choice?
Sitting near the entrance of the door, I finally recognised the guy. Thank God for my memory that I could vaguely recollect his face The guy was sitting with his gang of people eating my lunch and was completely not observing that he is not eating his home made food but some xyz's person. I was profusely laughing at the whole scene while going up to him and telling him "Hey, you're eating my lunch." He was in such a state of shock. His face made me laugh at him so hard. Somehow, I composed myself and told him "You've exchanged the lunch boxes. You took it away and started eating too." The whole lot of people with him starting laughing so hard that it was actually a LOL atmosphere. But, the guy was very embarrassed that let alone mistakenly taking away someone's lunch box, he even started eating it so much so that he has half finished the food. He did not not even realise it until this girl came to claim her tiffin. He was so taken aback. He could hardly speak up. Slowly, he gathered some courage to say "Now, what could I do?" His brain had stopped working. I told him to take his lunch box and empty my lunch on his plate with whatever was left. After doing the same, he asked me what would I eat now. I said "I'll buy something.", forgetting that I'm not carrying my wallet. Before I uttered another word, his friend said "At least buy her a lunch." To which he earnestly got up but soon realised he doesn't have his wallet. Another friend of his gave him money and he asked me "What would you like to eat?" I thought that buying me food from his friend's pocket would cause further embarrassment for him. I told him "As I'm eating with a group, we will share our food and there is no problem." He agreed. I moved towards my usual group. They were just sitting in a parallel row to that guy. They too were laughing at the incident.
Riya pings me again that she can't stop laughing at the incident. I smile and laugh again in my mind for what has happened today. A comedy of errors and an anecdote to remember for a long time, for the journey of my career has just started.
All right. It was past 2 o'clock of the afternoon! I asked Riya if she had lunch. I like the company of Riya. She is experienced and is a realistic person and a fun friend at office. She replied hurriedly that she is too busy. So, I thought I should join my usual group for lunch. I moved quickly out of my bay in 7th floor to the 3rd floor where the cafeteria is located. I like taking a break and having lunch there rather than staying on my floor and eating there.
As I entered towards the door of cafeteria, to the left, there was a long queue as usual for heating up the heavenly food inside the tiffins of people. I too grabbed a plate. But, to my dismay, I had to wait for my turn and damn, I was hungry. I just saw a lady adjusting the food of a guy with hers inside the microwave. Once she was done, I excused if I could squeeze in my glassware lunch box containing the vegetable and another one, containing the roti inside. The lady obliged and set the time as two minutes for the lunch of the three of us. In a minute, the guy took out his glassware lunch box and roti. I did not observe what he took out. But after a minute, when I opened the micro, I was in a state of surprise because methi was inside my lunchbox instead of bhartha. I just realised that this man has taken my food instead because our lunch boxes were similar. Even that girl was taken by surprise knowing this and jokingly said "Eat methi now."
I waited there thinking that he would come back recognising that he has taken the food that was not belonging to him. But the wait was done in vain. I was worried that he has taken my lunch box as well. More than that, I did not remember his face and that's what I felt. I started searching for him in the cafeteria which is big enough to occupy around 200 people. I just knew how my lunch box looked like. So, I started staring at lunchboxes of people inside the place while they were eating. Of course, they glanced back. It felt so awkward but did I have any other choice?
Sitting near the entrance of the door, I finally recognised the guy. Thank God for my memory that I could vaguely recollect his face The guy was sitting with his gang of people eating my lunch and was completely not observing that he is not eating his home made food but some xyz's person. I was profusely laughing at the whole scene while going up to him and telling him "Hey, you're eating my lunch." He was in such a state of shock. His face made me laugh at him so hard. Somehow, I composed myself and told him "You've exchanged the lunch boxes. You took it away and started eating too." The whole lot of people with him starting laughing so hard that it was actually a LOL atmosphere. But, the guy was very embarrassed that let alone mistakenly taking away someone's lunch box, he even started eating it so much so that he has half finished the food. He did not not even realise it until this girl came to claim her tiffin. He was so taken aback. He could hardly speak up. Slowly, he gathered some courage to say "Now, what could I do?" His brain had stopped working. I told him to take his lunch box and empty my lunch on his plate with whatever was left. After doing the same, he asked me what would I eat now. I said "I'll buy something.", forgetting that I'm not carrying my wallet. Before I uttered another word, his friend said "At least buy her a lunch." To which he earnestly got up but soon realised he doesn't have his wallet. Another friend of his gave him money and he asked me "What would you like to eat?" I thought that buying me food from his friend's pocket would cause further embarrassment for him. I told him "As I'm eating with a group, we will share our food and there is no problem." He agreed. I moved towards my usual group. They were just sitting in a parallel row to that guy. They too were laughing at the incident.
Riya pings me again that she can't stop laughing at the incident. I smile and laugh again in my mind for what has happened today. A comedy of errors and an anecdote to remember for a long time, for the journey of my career has just started.
