The time is 1:10 pm. My phone rings as expected. Jimmy calling.
Me: Yeah?
Jimmy: Where are you??? Its time for lunch. What are you doing? Blogging? Always online!!! Hurry up, we’re all waiting for -
Me: Ok! Ok! Coming.
I reach the lobby where three hungry people await me, or rather my car keys.
Jimmy: Always late! Lets go. I’m so hungry, my eye balls are about to pop.
Me: Here are the keys. You drive.
Jimmy: I dont want to. You drive yourself.
Me: Drive, idiot!
Jimmy: Okay, auntie.
Everyone gets into the car. Off we go with music at full blast. Bebot bebot be.
Robin: Where to?
Me: I dont know. Whose turn is it today?
(Everybody): Its not my turn.
Me: Jimmy, dont lie. Last time it was your turn, you conveniently stayed absent. So that means today is yours.
After clearing the confusion surrounding whose turn it is to pay, we head towards a joint that we somewhat frequent. While ordering lunch, we have a hard time catching the waiter’s attention.
Jimmy: Waiter, this table’s dirty. Can you clean it fast?
Robin: Could you bring us some water to drink?
Waiter pretends not to hear.
Me: This is what happens when you stupidly leave one rupee as a tip, like the last time.
Jimmy: He asked for it! I was deliberately trying to insult him after such poor service!
Robin: I thought we were never going to eat here after that incident…
Me: Sshhh… here he comes.
Lunch is served. Waiter’s face is impassive. Hard to make out if he remembers about last time.
Me: You know, Jimmy - that guy probably sneezed on your food. Heh.
Jimmy: Please, just eat and dont talk nonsense.
Robin: (Laughs) Hey, he forgot to serve the salad.
Jimmy: Waiter! Bring some nimbu-simbu over here??
Me: Yeah, he’ll probably pick up some Simbu from the kitchen and serve that to you.
Bill time. We hurriedly exit towards the counter in order to avoid the waiter and to pay the bill directly.
Robin: I’ll pay the bill today ok. Jimmy, you can pay tomorrow.
Jimmy: Whatever.
Me: How come???
Robin: Sshhh… the guy at the counter thought we ate only one fried fish each instead of two. Bill’s only 140 bucks. Lets get the hell out of here.
Some teachers definitely have a life! Unlike what we thought when we were kids.
Calvin thinks they hibernate in a coffin all throughout summer vacation
Dialogues
See! they aren’t all that tough to write, are they ?
Feeble attempt at recreating a true story, thanks entirely to your post - from which I got inspired!
wow wat fun…n robin is so smart i never knew, he doesnt do dat when he’s with me.
but i seriously enjoyed the whole thing…you will seriously miss both of them. i’m damn sure…
The “you pay…you pay” argument is fairly common everywhere, isn’t it?
I conveniently forget my credit card during such trips.
Hehe ….you have a fun life! We have limited options with just one cafeteria and 3 caterers. Its the same food every single day
you should add #17 to the list of 16 ….
17. write really well!
@Deepak: You pay… you pay
@Shradha:
Wish we had a caterer!
@Peden: We sure will miss Robin when he finally leaves us
He is VERY smart!!! Will miss Jimmy too
@Roop: Thanks! Thought about adding #17 long time back in the list of 16 but then got too lazy after that. Will add when I un-lazy myself in due time