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I was having my usual morning tea-break in office, standing by the gallery on the canteen first floor. Suddenly, one of the two rupee coins I was holding in my hands, slipped and before I could react, the gravity was pulling it down, and it graciously went flipping its sides. The next moment I saw a security gaurd running across, unaware that coin might land on his head! [It was a mathematical puzzle - the coin falling on the ground from hieght x and a man 5.7" tall started running from a distance of y meter at a speed of z km/hr. Will the coin hit him? this is v complex problem for me!] Whatever the answer to the puzzle, he had just missed the coin and it alighted on the granite floor with a metallic melody. The securty fellow halted, turned back, saw the coin and looked up at me. I gave him a hand signal to say 'Its ok, I will pick it'. But he walked back 4/5 steps, picked the coin and started running again. I thought he is such a good-hearted, modest person - coming up all the way to give me a sada two rupee ka coin. I was all ready with a 'Thank You' note and started moving towards the staircase. One minute gone and I din't see him coming up. I had not seen his face clearly, he might have seen me, I thought. Another minute gone and still nobody, by this time I had finished sipping tea and I also realised he had ran away with my coin!!! (No regrets though, just surprised)
Was I too quick in judging that person? Is the world not all that good?
Returning home from office in the evening, I found my f-i-l tired and stressed out and asleep. He had cataract removed from this eye the day before and was adviced rest. The super-enthu and ever-active person sleeping in the evening time took me by surprise. I had expected with his new vision, he would have drowned himself in the day's newspaper or telling stories about the smart and beautiful doctor ;)He realised I am home and was asking me to eat something, drink coffee.. all in mumbles though. I was bit worried to see him this way. I never imagined the operation would put him down to such extent. Me, my hubby and m-i-l went 'Yeah he is very tired'... 'He might be in deep pain, he doesn't express though'... 'Its difficult to bear pain with growing age'... 'This is the first time I am seeing him like this'... Later in the night when I was getting the pills to be given after dinner, my m-i-l said she had already given one of those in the afternoon itself. This particular one was supposed to be given only after dinner - it was for sleep! Instantly I realised the cause for his behaviour through the evening!We had a good laugh... 'Good Night, nothing to worry'!Hope to see his usual self tomorrow!
Late afternoon in office today, no work in hand, I lazily got up to grab a cup of coffee. Walking down the aisle just couple of cubicles away I heard that screeching sound again. 5-10 seconds and it was gone. It was the sound I had heard many a times from that cubicle and I knew the person also, but never asked her about the sound. I had just crossed the cubicle and just missed seeing what it was.
To describe in brief about the lady in the cube : quite a sportive person, short and smart looking with long straight hair; very good at interacting with people; keeps visiting different countries often; innovative and brilliant at her work. I have become a secret fan of hers!
I had assumed it might be her hobby to collect toy cars - sports cars, she kept one in her desk drawers and at times she played with it, rubs the wheels against her hands and rotates the wheels, which causes that screeching sound. I also assumed at what point of time she might be doing that - like she just figured a solution (says Eureka! in her mind) and plays with the car!!! or before a meeting (c'on its time to go!!) plays once with it and off!!
Amazing how mind imagines and creates its own picture - just out of one screeching sound!!
Today I decided to cross-verify, if my assumption of source of sound was correct, so stepped back few cubicles and asked her - hey I was wondering for quite sometime now, what was that sound you just made? She started laughing and then she replied Its my pencil-sharpener!!!! And she brought it out to show it to me and started explaining how it worked and why she was not quite happy with it etc. I was dumbfounded for a moment and then laughed out aloud! Its a hi-tech sharpener, insert the pencil in the sharper, a small motor inside automatically starts and rotates inside (making the sound!!!) to sharpen the pencil!
'Gotta meeting, cya later' she said and off she went. She had sharpened the pencil for the meeting!
