You are late. You finally manage to hail an auto rickshaw. You contain your irritation while he misses the right-turn and lets the whole world drive past his vehicle. You urge him to drive faster and guide him through short cuts. At last you reach your destination. Fare despair! You shell out a 50-rupee note. He grins and declares that he has no change. You shake off the irresistible urge to wring his neck till he turns blue but time is running out on you. So you dig into your purse/ wallet looking for the exact amount. (You could give any excavating archaeologist a complex) You finally find a tenner. All you need now is some loose change. You look for a five-rupee coin to expedite the process. No such luck! You manage to scrounge up some 50- paise, one- rupee/ 2- rupee coins and if you are really running out on your luck and time, some 25-paise coins. You add up the coins to the required sum, you still fall short of a rupee. Exasperated, you dig inside your coin purse and pockets wasting precious moments in the process, to find that elusive rupee…Your fingers finally strike gold…err…metal. You heave a sigh of ephemeral relief. The metal that you managed unearth is a five-rupee coin! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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Time game?
ReplyDeletehurry is the cause of worry.
ReplyDelete"when you are then have to be late"
race against time.
whatever. a fun to read but the thing you dont want that to happen to yourself.
had no idea money could bring such troubles too :D
ReplyDeleteLost in purs(e)uit
ReplyDeletehi
ReplyDeletewow....well written ...i was hooked from the start....
for topic....welll errrr i think swetank's heading was a good one...
Praksh
the missing rupee?
ReplyDeletehehe ive had the same experience with an auto driver - but i suspect he had the money - anyway we made him wait while one of us went looking for change - thats when he started feeling bad for bluffing
many may not know the value of one rupee coin, u sure do!
ReplyDeleteooh forgot to give a title ... "Pound foolish, penny wise??!!"
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