A very fine morning, around 8.40 I guess and I was walking to office as usual. Its a good 10-15 minute walk from my apartment, along the Thames. The weather is around 4 to 5 degrees as usual. Then I cross the river on a footbridge and get into Jubilee Mall. Jubilee Mall is named after the Jubilee Line that's part of the Underground Network. This line opened in 1999 and so to keep commuters interested, they built a shopping mall around the station. I do window shopping. Its the most expensive place to shop in London, atleast to what I have seen. Ok, the Starbucks is manageable.
Coming to my story. I was walking in the mall towards office listening to Shankar Manadevan singing "kokku meena pudikkuma" from Kovil. I was about to take a left from Starbucks towards the escalator when a woman stopped me. She was looking for directions. Removing my earphones I waited for her question.
She: Do you where is Waitrose?
(Waitrose is a dept. store and can be compared to WalMart, FoodWorld etc.)
Me: (out of sheer enthusiasm to help someone who was lost) I'll show you. Will you come with me?
She: WHAT ???
Now I am sporting that Why-the-hell-is-she-asking-me-such-a-question look.
Me: (later, in my mind - oh my god, what did say. oh shit. i totally fucked up. shit shit shit.)
Me: (again)Oh I am so sorry. I am walking that way and if you dont mind, I can show you the way.
She: (a bit relieved I guess). Okay.
Then I walked towards my office and also showed her the way to the store.
Only then did I realise, what happened.
Just a few words here and here can make a such a lot of impact.
I remember one more incident like this that happened in the office. Not to me but. This one's hilarious. I'll reserve it for the next blog.
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