Thursday, July 16, 2009

Oops!

I was waiting in a hotel lobby for Anando, leafing through a magazine. At each 'ping' announcing a lift's arrival, I would look up to see if it was him. A lift arrived. 'Ping'. A man stepped into the lobby, looking a little bewildered, a heavy laptop bag weighing his left shoulder down. He was dressed in a t-shirt and baggy jeans. His head swiveled this way and that, not sure which way he was meant to turn. At that crucial, absent-minded moment, a voice warned him, "Sir, your zip...". The poor man wildly reached for the fly of his jeans, starting to raise the hem of his t-shirt, when the Good Samaritan added, "on your bag."

For the next few seconds I had to bury my nose in the magazine as I stifled my giggles.

9 comments:

Suku said...

:-))

Anonymous said...

did he see you staring at his zip??? and I don't mean the bag!

Thinking Cramps said...

No no, he didn't see that! He was too busy fumbling for it himself!

Unknown said...

lol .. :)

Ketan said...

That must've been scary for him! Enjoyed the post!

Thinking Cramps said...

Eve's Lungs: :)

Ketan: Welcome to my blog. And, hey, you're upside down!!

Ketan said...

Anamika,

You've a keen sense of observation indeed! No one's paid me that compliment in quite some time. ;)

Thanks, and BTW, I've posted my comments on a few previous posts, too.

TC.

Tagore Town said...

I kept my fingers crossed as I read, thinking hope it is not what it says..thank God !! it is not that....your giggles were under the magazine...while eyes enjoyed the poor man's plight..and we got this blog to giggle on....thanks.

dipali said...

poor chap!