1> Ric and Ru, standing at the aloo paratha counter at the cafeteria. Now parathas here are huge and thick, Ric barely finishes one! A guy right before them in queue takes four (yes 4) parathas, Ru’s eyes pop out in surprise, Ric takes a notice (of the eyes) and bursts out laughing! The 4 paratha guy probably takes offence and explains to Ric “These are for 2 people”. Ric is very embarrassed. Poor her, was not even laughing at him!
2>Ric, Ru and I are eating our north indian thaalis at the cafeteria. A young, tall and fair guy asks us if the 4th chair on our table is free, we nod, he happily sits with his plate (which btw had a chocolate pastry). I chuckle for no reason and Ric notices again and this time laughs uncontrollably, tries really hard to cover up by talking random things but her laughter is visible and AUDIBLE. The pastry guy (most likely embarrassed and amused) doesn’t look up at all, quickly finishes his pastry and leaves. We are still laughing when another guy comes and asks if he can take that vacant chair. What more, we laugh at him too.
Laughter is contagious and many a time the reason for embarrassment, but no doubt it signifies good times, times we’ll always cherish! Here’s to our lunch table at Cisco! Cheers!
January 18, 2012 at 1:08 pm |
feeling pity for the guy