DAY THAT WAS (JAN 8, 2008)

After a harrowing days work & pain in incisors, I managed to get out of my cubicle early yesterday (Read it as 5:15 pm). Dentist was calling & I was in happy mood, despite the pain. For, I managed to start from the god-forsaken place (Read it as Mahindra World City).

Little did I know about the defamation that I was going to face that evening .My visit to the dentist was smooth & he told with a smile that I need to undergo an another RCT (This will be my 3^rd one J ). This wasn’t a bad news as I was expecting it & smiled to show the ceramic teeth which he fixed 3 months back. Having come back early, I thought I will do some of my personal works which remained pending for a long time.

Little did I care about my appearance while going out to nearby photocopy shop. My hair was unkempt. I didn’t bother to shave my beard, as my Gillette Mach 3 just arrived from Bangalore the day (PS: I am little absent minded & left it in my uncle’s house last month. So, it was a good reason to reduce my shaving frequency to once a week) I was dressed in a decent T shirt (Indigo nation Infosys T shirt, presented by my lovely friends as a parting gift, while I started from Mysore after my training). To keep it short, I had an emasculated rugged appearance.

The shop keeper took my documents & went to another room for photocopying. In the mean time, a lady came to shop & asked me to give her a gel pen quickly. I was shocked. “Am I looking like a shop keeper boy “?? To be frank, I was looking like Himesh Reshmiya without make up or hair dressing. Despite the fact that it did irreparable damage to my persona & tarnished my image in front of couple of other customer’s .I wasn’t in a mood for an altercation & decided to maintain my composure. In fact there was a clear demarcation between the customer & shop keeper side & I was standing in the customer’s side. She realized the fact that I wasn’t the one who is looking after the shop & quickly apologized to me. This abated my anger & was waiting to collect my photocopies

Just then, another boy came running towards me & told “Five copies of Xerox”

“Give me a break” I was shouting these words to myself

There was a mercurial rise of my blood pressure. The kid was so short that even i could trash him hands down.

I lost my temper. I gave a really cold stare for a minute at that boy so that he realized the fact.

After a series of embarrassing incidents, I drove directly to super market to get the Mach 3 razors. The first thing I realized while I was shaving was that it’s wasn’t due to my beard I was looking stupid. The culprit was t-shirt. A polo t shirt is what a sales person would wear & I was wearing one of them (Maroon & white stripes). I narrated the incident to my friend over phone & she reconfirmed my apprehensions about that T shirt. I was brooding over these facts during my shaving &managed some aberrations in my epidermis**. I was Scratched & wounded physically & mentally but the warrior in me wasn’t ready to give up. I managed to complete my shave & catch up some good sleep.

The first thing, I did today morning, before I brushed my teeth, was to spend five minutes to select the dress I wear so that I don’t put myself in embarrassing situation again.

I take this opportunity to thank my lovely friends, who made shop quickly & helped me in getting a salesman T-Shirt

(PS: I shall not disclose the TRUTH of who picked me that T-shirt... The Truth shall be a secret)

** It is sometimes embarrassing to say that you managed to cut your skin while you were shaving. The statement was not meant to be bombastic.