Heard @ Cafeteria
Cafeteria is where I get to hear all sorts of freaky tales.
Colleague1: “This happened during my early days with the organization. There was this guy, Veeru, seated next to me. We were good buddies. One morning I got a call at my extension. The caller asked for Veeru. It was well inside working hours and Veeru hadn’t turned up yet. I thought it was some manager looking for Veeru. Just to cover-up his absence, I said, “I don’t see Veeru in his seat now. He was here sometime ago. Probably he is at the restroom”. The voice said, “Abbe, how come you saw me sometime ago? I am still at home. I called you just to inform you that I would come to office a bit late today”. God! So much for trying to protect him”.
Colleague2: “Listen to this. Do you remember S, our old teammate? He once called me at my extension. I was a bit busy then. So, I told him, “I have a high fever. I have taken a day off today and am taking rest at home”. He heard me out, recommended some tablets, wished me a speedy recovery and disconnected the phone. He saw me at the Cafeteria during lunch that day. He demanded why I was in the office when I was ill and was on leave. I reminded him that it was at my extension that I told him the whole story about my leave. He went red all over his face when he realized the prank that I had played on him. I sensed that one more teasing word from me and he would happily beat me up. I always knew when to stop”.
Colleague3: Cafeteria was a lot better a few months ago. With the transparent roof and all, it was bright and brisk then. I don’t know why they blackened the roof.
Colleague2: “I know the reason. When the cafeteria was bright, our guys had this habit of finding weird stuffs in the lunch and made it a point to lodge complaints against the caterers. The caterers somehow got the roof blackened. Now they receive fewer complaints about the food they provide. It is a bloody scam”.
Colleague2 to Colleague3: “If you think that you take a lot of time to finish your lunch because you eat slowly, I am sorry to say that you are wrong. You actually take a lot of time to finish your lunch because you eat a lot”.
As I said, Cafeteria is where I get to hear all sorts of freaky tales.
Colleague1: “This happened during my early days with the organization. There was this guy, Veeru, seated next to me. We were good buddies. One morning I got a call at my extension. The caller asked for Veeru. It was well inside working hours and Veeru hadn’t turned up yet. I thought it was some manager looking for Veeru. Just to cover-up his absence, I said, “I don’t see Veeru in his seat now. He was here sometime ago. Probably he is at the restroom”. The voice said, “Abbe, how come you saw me sometime ago? I am still at home. I called you just to inform you that I would come to office a bit late today”. God! So much for trying to protect him”.
Colleague2: “Listen to this. Do you remember S, our old teammate? He once called me at my extension. I was a bit busy then. So, I told him, “I have a high fever. I have taken a day off today and am taking rest at home”. He heard me out, recommended some tablets, wished me a speedy recovery and disconnected the phone. He saw me at the Cafeteria during lunch that day. He demanded why I was in the office when I was ill and was on leave. I reminded him that it was at my extension that I told him the whole story about my leave. He went red all over his face when he realized the prank that I had played on him. I sensed that one more teasing word from me and he would happily beat me up. I always knew when to stop”.
Colleague3: Cafeteria was a lot better a few months ago. With the transparent roof and all, it was bright and brisk then. I don’t know why they blackened the roof.
Colleague2: “I know the reason. When the cafeteria was bright, our guys had this habit of finding weird stuffs in the lunch and made it a point to lodge complaints against the caterers. The caterers somehow got the roof blackened. Now they receive fewer complaints about the food they provide. It is a bloody scam”.
Colleague2 to Colleague3: “If you think that you take a lot of time to finish your lunch because you eat slowly, I am sorry to say that you are wrong. You actually take a lot of time to finish your lunch because you eat a lot”.
As I said, Cafeteria is where I get to hear all sorts of freaky tales.
posted by Inder | 10:34 AM
5 Comments:
LOL...the first one was funny.
Funny..
I should write about our lunch time stories .. hmmm
amusing stuff. we never tire of cribbing about the food here
Ya that is what helps you endure the cafeteria food!
deepa,
:)
sakshi,
you must :)
artnavy,
it is easy to find fault with food that we don't cook, isn't it? :P
usha,
friends say that my taste buds are ever-hibernating. i tend to eat whatever is available as long as it doesn't have vegetables like tomato, brinjal, raddish, ... well, almost all the vegetables :)
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