Lets Go 4 Lunch 4

Any similarity to reality is merely coincidental

Well I do have to give an intro, about whatever I am going to write, if  i expect it to be a story, because “No story starts exactly from the beginning, just like dreams. Eventually we have to assume the beginning and start from somewhere in the middle.” So let me help with that assuming part, so that our story can also start right from the middle.

Corporate life is quite boring in most sessions. But there is one session, which almost everyone enjoy and await, the Lunch session. Well a few await it, because they worked hard in the morning session, and their hunger level is boosted up to the red zone, but most of them awaits it because of the Group of people called as their ‘Lunch Gang’ whom they meet every day during the lunch session. Almost everyone in corporate life, will be a member of a Lunch Gang, if they are not, It’s very bad as they don’t know what they are missing. Anyways about the introduction of the story, Its just a day to day happenings in the lunch sessions of one such Lunch Gang. As simple and short as that.

1 hour before the lunch session, Arjun visited Pooja in her desk.

Arjun: ” Hey Poo!!”

Pooja: “You! Don’t call me that.”

Arjun: “What is it Poo? you don’t like the name Poo! or you don’t like me calling you.. ‘Poo’? Why Poo?”

Pooja: “Seriously I don’t like that name; it reminds me of my bad days in college!”

Arjun: “C’mon is this the best you’ve got? to stop me calling you that? Take a note Pooo…”(Pooja stares at him angrily)”…Jaa. If you don’t want your friends to do something, you should never tell them that you don’t like it.”

Pooja: “Why?”

Arjun (frustrated): “Because, if they know that you don’t like it, then they will do it more than usual, just to irritate you. It’s human Nature… Poooooo…Jaa!”

Pooja(Looks at Arjun in an understanding way): “Oh..k, Actually I don’t have any problem with that Name!”

Arjun (LOL): “I can’t say how cute this is! But seriously Poo…ja, saying that you actually don’t have any problem, won’t make me think that you don’t have any problem.”

Pooja(frowning): “So what should I do, to stop you telling the other guys, that I don’t like that Name?”

Arjun (with an Evil smile): “Actually I never had any idea of telling the gang about this, but now that you asked, I do have a work for you?”

Pooja: “what?”

Arjun:” You know that girl Priya? Sitting over there?” (Pointing at Priya’s desk) “Her friends are all transferred to some other location and I think she is going for lunch alone?”

Pooja: “So?” (Arjun winked at her) “Don’t tell me you want to add her to our gang! and why sudden concern about her? You left Sweets or what?” (Sweets is a girl working in Arjun’s office, who resembles his girlfriend)

Arjun: “Hell! No! Don’t think of me like that! Sweets is always Sweets” (Pooja gave him a pity look) “Ok leave that, I just wanted to add her because I feel bad for her, just imagine all of us gone, and you alone working here? Won’t you expect some other nice gang to give you a warm shelter?”

Pooja(looks like she is moved): “Ok, now what do you want me to do? want me to speak to her?”

Arjun: “Well actually I have 2 jobs for you! one is to talk her in and the other is to prevent Sheetal from knowing that we literally recruited this girl to our gang! You know that she doesn’t like it”

Pooja: “Woh Woh!! Stop it! I can’t do both the work”

Arjun: “So what do you want to do?”

Pooja: “I will prevent Sheetal from knowing the truth!”

Arjun: “What? You want me to speak to the girl? No ways!”

Pooja: “Ask Suma’s help then?”

Arjun: “What? you want me to speak to Suma, to speak the girl? No ways!”

15 minutes later, Arjun in Suma’s desk!

Arjun: “Hey Sumo!”

Suma: “Yeah say..”

Arjun (Thought to himself “Crap! Calling names doesn’t work on Suma, like Pooja; looks like I have to ask for her help directly”): “You see I need small favour from you”

Suma (busy working):”What?”

Arjun: “You know that girl Priya….” And he explained the whole thing!

Suma: “What if Sheetal comes to know about this?”

Arjun: “C’mon! Sheetal is not that against it” (Suma just lifted her head away from the monitor and stared at Arjun “Ok! I know, Poo..ja is helping me with that?“

Suma: “Poo… Ja? Why you calling her Pooja? it’s actually you who kept her name as Poo!”

Arjun: “Well eventually, she doesn’t like that name” (oops!)

Suma(Smiling): “Oh she doesn’t like that name ha?”

Arjun: “Hey now don’t do this to me! Poo..ja promised to help me if I didn’t reveal that she doesn’t like that name ‘Pooo’ ”

Suma: “Well i know it now! and I haven’t promised her”

Arjun: “Don’t mess with it, at least till I recruit this girl”

Suma: “Ok! but you have to speak to the girl yourself!”

Arjun: “What? You want me to speak to the girl? No ways!”

15 minutes later, Arjun in Priya’s desk!

Arjun: “Hey Hi!”

Priya: “Hi!!” She stares at Arjun, thinking hard to remember his name;But in vain…

Arjun(with a  ‘Don’t know what I am doing here’ look): “I am Arjun, friend of Pooja, who in turn is friends with your friend Roma, who just got transferred”

Priya: “Yeah I remember you, just forgot your name!”

Arjun: “Very bad, that all of your friends got transferred!”

Priya: “That’s so sweet of you!”

Arjun: “So with whom are you going for lunch? Got any new gang?”

Priya: “Not a Gang actually, but I do have a friend, she promised to come with me for lunch from tomorrow”

Arjun was about to say something, suddenly he heard a voice…

“Hey wait!”

“Oh! You again! My conscience?”

“Yeah! How are you planning to ask this girl to join us? Didn’t you hear her saying that she has a friend coming for lunch with her”

“Technically that friend has another gang of her own, whom she would have been eating with, for these many days”

“So?”

“Well! she has to join a new gang, why would she join a better one, which is ours?”

“How are you gonna make her think, our gang is better?”

“I am going to tempt her!”

“Ufff!”

Arjun(to Priya): “You see, we have a group of people, who eat together in harmony, we have 2 guys who cooks very well(Karan and me), a girl who cares for others so much(Sheetal), a very Intelligent girl(Pooja), a very disciplined girl(Suma) and finally 2 handsome guys(Raj and Sunil)”

Priya: “Are you trying to tempt me to join your lunch gang?”

Arjun( thought to himself “Busted! Damn it! She saw right through me“): “No way! Why do you think like that? I was just about to inform you, that you can join this wonderful, fun loving gang, any time!”

Priya: “Still trying to tempt me?”

Arjun: “Stop telling that! You don’t know what you would are missing, unless you try it? Just join us for lunch today, and you can decide”

Priya: “mmmh.. Anyway I am eating alone today, so Ok!”

15 minutes later, Arjun and Priya waiting in the lift lobby, for the rest of the gang to join, Sheetal just arrived with Pooja, Raj and Suma

Sheetal (Surprised to see Priya): “Hey Hi Priya!”

Priya: “Hi guys!”

Suma (to Arjun): “You talked her in?”

Arjun(Whispers): “No re! I just asked her to try eating with us, and then decide; So I want all of you to behave well”

Sheetal (to Arjun): “Why is she here?” Arjun stared at Pooja

Pooja: “Her friend’s got transferred; she is joining us for lunch, Just for Today!”

Sheetal: “Ok!”

They all got into the lift and reached the cafeteria, Karan and Sunil joined there. Pooja was speaking to Raj in hindi.

Arjun: “Hey isn’t Milk referred to as feminine in Hindi?”

Pooja: “No re! Its Masculine! Its Doodh tha, and not Dhoodh thi!”

Arjun: “Oh! But I think it would have been easy to remember if it was feminine!”

Sheetal: “Why?”

Arjun (feeling Shy): “No! I can’t tell that in front of girls!”

Priya (listening to all these): “I think what he meant was; since milk comes from cow, and cow is feminine, so Milk should also be feminine”

Arjun: “Wow! it sounds so decent when you used the Cow!!!”

Sheetal: “What did you think then! Arjuuunn?” They all started laughing, except Priya

Pooja: “Eeeww!!”

Priya (was Ashamed to be in the conversation): “Hey guys! Just got a message from my friend, asking me to join her for lunch, so sorry! I gotta go!” (and she ran from there as fast as she could)

Sheetal: “Look at her go! Looks like you are the real Pervert today!”

Arjun: “What? I mean’t Kangaroo! instead of cow! is that wrong!”

Pooja: “Stop it yaar! Looks like she could bear with us all, except your PJs”

Arjun: “What PJ? Hey thanks for the tip Poooo…” Pooja stared at him “Aah stare as long as you want Poo!” turns to the gangs “Hey guys! do you know someone doesn’t like to be called Poo?“

Pooja (raising her voice): “No! I have no problem!”

Suma: “Is that so Poo?”

Raj: “Hey! Hi Poo!”

Sheetal: “Hello Poo!”

Karan: “Lets go for Lunch Poo!”

Sunil: “Looking good Poo!”

Arjun: “Com’on Poo!”

and they kept on calling calling her Poo! and Off…

Untill another session of Lunch

Artistic wRiter

Let's Go 4 Lunch 3

Any similarity to reality is merely coincidental

Well I do have to give an intro, about whatever I am going to write, if  i expect it to be a story, because “No story starts exactly from the beginning, just like dreams. Eventually we have to assume the beginning and start from somewhere in the middle.” So let me help with that assuming part, so that our story can also start right from the middle.

Corporate life is quite boring in most session. But there is one session, which almost everyone enjoy and await, the Lunch session. Well a few await it, because they worked hard in the morning session, and their hunger level is boosted up to the red zone, but most of them awaits it because of the Group of people called as their ‘Lunch Gang’ whom they meet every day during the lunch session. Almost everyone in corporate life, will be a member of a Lunch Gang, if they are not, It’s very bad as they don’t know what they are missing. Anyways about the introduction of the story, Its just a day to day happenings in the lunch sessions of one such Lunch Gang. As simple and short as that.

Arjun, Sheetal waiting in the lobby, for the rest of the gang to join them.

Arjun: “If Karan says anything today, don’t believe him!”

Sheetal: “Why what happened today?”

Arjun: “Yeah you are right! Not just today, If Karan says anything any day, don’t believe him. Just remember he makes up stories!”

Sheetal: “My lord!! Why are you saying this especially today? Did you do anything?”

Arjun: “No my loyal peasant!! Nothing happened, just don’t ask anything else! Its my order!”

Sheetal: “Please don’t make me say something that will make you regret for the rest of your life.”

Pooja arrives with 2 of her friends

Pooja: “Hi guys, where are the others? Anyway meet my friends Sumesh and Pradeep, I hope there is no problem if they join us for lunch!”

Sheetal: “No re! No problem at all! They are always welcome!” (thinking within herself simultaneously :”Great!! few more members;already we are struggling to gather the current members! Good Job Ms Pooja, who made you the head of recruitment”)

Telepathy seemed to click for Arjun instantly and he gave a wicked smile at Sheetal to which she returned a confused look.

(Sheetal thought: “How did he get into my brain?”)

Arjun( Turning towards the guys): “Hi guys!! Welcome to the gang!”

Pradeep:”Hi!”

Sumesh: “Hi, we won’t be coming daily! May be just for a week; my other friends have gone on vacation; so we thought of joining you people, Of course! only if you guys dont mind”

Sheetal(sighing a great relief): “No yaar! No problem at all!”

Raj called Sheetal and informed that he was waiting in front of the cafeteria along with Sunil, Suma and 2 of their Batch mates, and asked them to join

there.

Sheetal(In a hurry):”C’mon guys! Its already late and Raj is out there with 2 of his friends, so its difficult to get a table, lets hurry!”

They all got inside the lift and reached the cafeteria. It was indeed the peak hour and the cafeteria was already overflowing with employees.

Arjun: “Guys, we are 11 people in all, hence there is no way we can settle on a single table, so lets split and sit”

Suma: “No way! we always sit together, all we have to do is join 2 tables next each other and we can settle down comfortably”

Arjun(almost screaming): “Getting 2 tables at this peak hour? That too next to each other, is impossible!”

Suma: “You just wait, and let me have a look around” and she started searching for possible availability of consecutive tables. Arjun gave up as he knew (from previous experiences) there is no use of arguing with Suma.

Sheetal: “Seriously? Suma? Seriously you want to do this at the peak hour!”

Sunil:”Areh you don’t worry! I am there na?” Looking here and there “See! There is a table! The next table is completely occupied, but this one has only 2 people eating there! We will go and stand right next to them, which will force them to eat fast.“

The gang moved towards that table. They were seeing here and there and were waiting for them to finish eating.

 Sunil(Whispers): “Hey guys! don’t see here and there; stare right on their plate. They will understand that we are hungry and will leave soon, right?”

Sheetal: “Are you serious? No way! We are not going to do that!”

Suma: “Hey guys,he is right! In this competitive corporate world, we can win, only this way!”

Both Sunil and Suma started staring at those people’s food! They felt uncomfortable, but still they kept eating slowly, just to irritate Sunil and Suma.

Karan arrives; he saw Arjun was smiling continuously. Arjun just turned away from Karan. Sheetal noticed this.

Sheetal: “What is it? Why are you smiling for so long?”

Arjun (whispering Immediately): “Don’t believe him”

Karan: “You know someone said that he plays very well? that he is an All-Rounder!”

Arjun(feeling a bit uneasy): “Listen Mister! I never told that I am an All-Rounder!”

Karan: “Well, I heard it!,” turning to Sheetal “He was bowled out on the first ball by a 10 year old boy in a practice match“

Raj: “What? Really? I thought you play well!”

Arjun: “Arey! No Raj, You see, in my native place, the first ball is always a trial ball, so i thought it that way and didnt play seriously!”

Raj: “Oh! I know Re! Sorry for doubting you!” Arjun thought to himself, “Why can’t others also be like Raj, believing whatever I say?”.

Karan: “Oh? then what about the second ball? caught and bowled by the same 10 year old!”

Arjun (raises his voice): “Arey!! In my place,back in my native, the grounds are very small; it is surrounded by houses; if the ball goes into any of the houses, the batsman is out! In that habit, I played the slow ball lightly and the boy caught; As simple as that.”

Karan: “What about getting out for the third time, by the same boy LBW?”

Pooja (Interrupting): “Wait a minute! How come he gets to face the ball again and again after getting out twice?”

Arjun: “It was a practice match and each batsman is allowed 3 lives. Anyway, I have never heard LBWs in practice match; that was cheating!” Arjun just wanted to divert the topic somehow (feeling deep inside that his well-kept secrets might get divulged by the ever increasing curiosity of Karan)  “Hey see there, those 2 tables are about to be cleared, these people are not gonna finish eating, it seems.“

They started moving towards the table, suggested by Arjun. But as soon as they moved, the guys eating there stood up and left, it was like as if they were waitng for Suma and Sunil to leave, Immediately after that, the table was occupied by another gang! Everyone stared at Arjun

Karan: “So what about your fielding? You missed a straight and simple catch, your hands were nowhere near the ball”

Arjun (thought to himself  “why the hell is this guy not stopping! God make him stop, Please!’ ): “Ball? what ball? oh the ball which i didn’t see?”

Karan: “Yeah! The ball which you didn’t see. It was not your fault at all. We were playing cricket, we usually play cricket with the ‘BALL’, and you were a fielder and the main job of the fielder to see the ‘BALL’ and catch it, which you didn’t see!”

Arjun: “Hey! what about the ball, which I caught, standing so close to the batsman? why are you not talking about that?”

Karan: “Oh that one? I still don’t know whether you brought your hands up, to catch the ball or to block the ball from hitting your face! It felt like you didn’t catch the ball, the ball just got stuck in your hand; Like the famous Tamil movie dialogue from Chennai 28 ‘Pandhu dhaan avarai pidithadhu’ (meaning the ball only caught him, he didnt catch the ball) ”

All started laughing,

Arjun was about to say something, suddenly he heard a voice…

“Hey wait”

“Yeah! Who is this?”

“I am You!”

“You are me? You mean my conscience?”

“Well, sort of ! It’s not important now! I know you are planning to say about the 2 back to back wickets right?”

“Yeah!”

“Don’t do that! he will find some other way to turn it against you! and these people are just waiting to laugh at you”

“You are right! Thanks me!”

Arjun: “Enough! I have work to do, I am eating alone!” Arjun got a single seat, where he sat and started his lunch. The 2 batch mates of Sunil and Raj, also had some work, besides they were standing for the past 30minutes. They too went and sat separately

Suma (with an angry tone):”Don’t ever call these traitors for lunch again!”

Pradeep (to Pooja): “Please tell Suma, that we would love to stay, but our manager is calling, so we have to finish the lunch and go soon!” Pradeep and Sumesh didn’t wait for suma’s response, they just left immediately

Sheetal: “Who else wants to eat together? I am already late, just sit somewhere and eat!” Saying that Sheetal sat on a chair nearby. In few minutes, the other people on Sheetal’s table finished their lunch and went away. Sheetal signaled the gang, and they all joined her, except Arjun. They were all staring at Arjun. He finally stood up and joined the gang.

Arjun: “On my defence! I didn’t come here for you people! Sweets was sitting opposite to my table, so I couldn’t sit there and have my lunch” (Sweets is a girl working in Arjun’s office, who resembles his girlfriend)

Pooja: “Why?”

Arjun: “You see, I got Gulab jamuns! and eating sweets in front of Sweets, is like eating chicken in front of a live Chicken, right?”

Pooja: “Eeww…”

Arjun (with an awkward smile): “Blush! Blush!”

They all just laughed on and Off…

Untill another session of Lunch

Artistic Ryter

Lets Go 4 Lunch 2

Any similarity to reality is merely coincidental

Well I do have to give an intro, about whatever I am going to write, if  i expect it to be a story, because “No story starts exactly from the beginning, just like dreams. Eventually we have to assume the beginning and start from somewhere in the middle.” So let me help with that assuming part, so that our story can also start right from the middle.

Corporate life is quite boring in most session. But there is one session, which almost everyone enjoy and await, the Lunch session. Well a few await it, because they worked hard in the morning session, and their hunger level is boosted up to the red zone, but most of them awaits it because of the Group of people called as their ‘Lunch Gang’ whom they meet every day during the lunch session. Almost everyone in corporate life, will be a member of a Lunch Gang, if they are not, It’s very bad as they don’t know what they are missing. Anyways about the introduction of the story, Its just a day to day happenings in the lunch sessions of one such Lunch Gang. As simple and short as that.

Suma, Raj, Sheetal and Pooja waiting for the Lift in the lobby…. Arjun just arrived

Suma: “Compliance breaker!”

Arjun: “What?”

Suma: “You are not following the dress code!”

Arjun: “Isn’t it Friday today, what? Am I not allowed to wear T-Shirts, teacher?”

Suma: “T-Shirts are allowed, Agreed! But don’t you know, you shouldn’t wear Round neck T shirts?, only collared ones are allowed”

Arjun: “Then why the hell are you wearing a round neck T-Shirt?” Arjun pointed at Pooja

Pooja: “I am a girl, I am allowed to wear them!”

Arjun: “C’mon! You girls can wear anything on any day, and still call it casual, formal, or any other name you want, and still they call this a male chauvinist world, Pity though! ”

Sheetal: “Don’t change the topic, why are you wearing round neck?”

Arjun: “Whats wrong with you people? Nobody in our office follows this rule, if nobody follows it, then I am nobody!”

Raj: “So have you messaged everyone to come for lunch? Its already peak hour! It will be difficult to get the table, so ask them to come fast”

Pooja: “Look who is speaking about coming fast, I think your girlfriend’s phone is switched off, thats why you are here at the right time”

Raj: “She is having college today!”

Pooja: “That’s better!”

The Gang members got into the lift and are about to reach the cafeteria,  the rest of the gang Karan and Sunil were waiting there.

Suma: “So what about helmet?”

Arjun: “What’s wrong with helmet?”

Suma: “I hope you know that there is a Helmet rule in the office. That one should wear a helmet if they are to park their bike inside the office compound?”

Arjun: “Yeah!…  and for your kind information, I wear my helmet everyday!”

Suma: “So, since nobody follows that rule either, we too don’t have to follow it, right?”

Arjun: “How can you say that nobody follows it, when I just said, I wear my helmet every day? Besides, don’t you see so many helmets here?” Arjun pointed on the helmets hanging on the bikes (They have just reached the bike stand, opposite to the cafeteria)

(Meanwhile…)

Karan: “What’s wrong with these two? Looks like they are arguing over something.”

Sheetal: “No re! It’s just the typical Suma thing! Arjun just denied something she said, and now she HAS to prove herself correct failing which she won’t be able to digest her food!!”

Karan: “Ha ha ha!! Poor Arjun! I hope he knows, eventually he has to give up!” Both laughed, as they know that Karan’s prediction is inevitable in this regard. That’s a typical ‘Suma’ thing.

(Back to the “Suma Vs Arjun” conversation…)

Suma: “You know, most of them never wear helmet on the road while driving; they just wear it when they reach the main gate of the office, just to gain entrance”

Arjun: “Well I have the brain that knows its should be protected out there on the road more , and not inside the 20kmph speed limited office road”

Suma: “So do you agree, even if nobody follows the rules… You should?”

Arjun:”Sorry Mam! You said most of them don’t follow that rule, and as far as I know ‘nobody’ should include all of them”

Suma: “But…”

Arjun: Interrupts and Turns to the rest of the gang “C’mon guys can somebody talk about anything other than helmets”

Karan(Totally confused): “What’s wrong with helmet?”

Arjun: “I know what’s wrong with helmet, its name!”

Karan: (looking at Arjun curiously) “What’s wrong with the name?”

Arjun (whenever Arjun doesn’t get a single word PJ, he tries deliberately to make one, which is followed by a detailed explanation, and this is one such example): ”I think should be called ‘Earth-Met’, or at least anti-‘Hell-Met’ rather than ‘Hell-Met’, Besides the sole purpose of we wearing it is for, us to not meet Hell right? ”

Karan:”Wow!! What a load of crap! The worst wasted  one minute in my life!”

Arjun(Grinning): “Thank you, Thank you!” Arjun always considers people getting irritated on his PJs as his success.

Suma: “I am not going to speak to you, until you agree that all rules are laid with purpose, and should be followed!” Suma kept her right thumb behind her upper Incisor teeth, and forced the thumb out. This is how she signals not speaking to someone(She calls it “The Katti”)

Arjun:” Seriously? Ok, you follow all the rules, and guess what? Next year, they will give you the ‘Nobel Prize’ for following all the Rules”

Suma: “Ha ha ha.. Very funny!” Turns to the rest of the gang and.. “Can someone tell this guy, that I am not speaking to him?”

Arjun:”So which rule do you think I should follow?”

Suma: “All the rules!”

Arjun: “Aha!! Guys, look who is speaking to me now!” Suma gets angry and folds her hand.

Everybody got their lunch, and settled down around a table

Arjun: “So Raj, have you sent the approval mail to the client, yesterday from my system?”

Suma: “Looks like someone doesn’t know that password sharing is also against compliance?”

Arjun(Trying for a victory smile): “Looks like someone forgot, that nobody follows that rule either.”

Raj(Waiting for them to finish their conversation): “Yeah re! In fact, I sent the mail today also.”

Arjun(Shocked about what he just heard ):“What? Why did you send the mail today? ”

Raj: “Well I saw the manager asking you to mail the client today too, and just like yesterday you were busy with the Testing guys, I had your password, so I sent the mail”

Arjun: “OMG!! I was supposed to send approval, only if it was possible. Do you know what you have done? Since you have sent the approval mail, I have to finish all the requirements by today, which is next to impossible”

Everyone was staring at Raj; and Suma laughed loudly to irritate Arjun

Suma: “Looks like someone learned their lesson!”

Arjun(with a pissed off look): “Ok! I agree, rules are laid with purpose, and we must follow it!”

Suma was Happy that Arjun agreed to her point

Karan(turning towards Sheetal): “I told you, he will have to give in”

Sheetal: “We all know, he would”

They all finished their lunch, and started towards their corresponding work location

Suma: “Hey I am going to Mumbai tonight, can you take the printout of my ticket? I don’t have printer access”

Arjun (thought for a while)“Well guess what Suma? Taking personal printouts are also against the company rules, so… I am sorry I can’t do that and I also hope that you won’t ask anybody else for this either, I know you care for the rules so much and you will go out and get it printed!!”

This silenced Suma as she couldn’t say anything in response, and Arjun( and the others too) just kept on laughing and Off….

Untill another session of Lunch

Artistic Ryter

Let's Go 4 Lunch 1

any similarity to reality is merely coincidental

Well I do have to give an intro, about whatever I am going to write, if  i expect it to be a story, because “No story starts exactly from the beginning, just like dreams. Eventually we have to assume the beginning and start from somewhere in the middle." So let me help with that assuming part, so that our story can also start right from the middle.

Corporate life is quite boring in most session. But there is one session, which almost everyone enjoy and await, the Lunch session. Well a few await it, because they worked hard in the morning session, and their hunger level is boosted up to the red zone, but most of them awaits it because of the Group of people called as their ‘Lunch Gang’ whom they meet every day during the lunch session. Almost everyone in corporate life, will be a member of a Lunch Gang, if they are not, It’s very bad as they don’t know what they are missing. Anyways about the introduction of the story, Its just a day to day happenings in the lunch sessions of one such Lunch Gang. As simple and short as that.

Arjun, along with his friends Raj and Sheetal, was waiting in the Lift Lobby for the rest of his Lunch gang to join him.

Arjun: "So what was I saying? Yeah! the functioning of the brain, directly depends on the food we take, and the new studies in management says that in order to use his resources efficiently, a manager should try fixing the diet of his subordinates"

Sheetal: "No way! I can't even imagine my manager choosing my lunch. He will choose curd rice since he is a south Indian Brahmin"

Arjun: "It doesnt work like that madam. He is not supposed to choose what he likes, he has to select such foods that will keep your brain active, instead of making you sleepy"

Raj: "So what will you choose, if you were my Manager?"

Arjun: "If it was anybody else, i would say 3 chappathis and a glass of Juice, fresh and Not Soda!!!. But for your condition I prefer you being alive..... than you performing, so I suggest a Full meal " (Raj is a bit skinny)

Raj: Stares at Arjun and turns back to Sheetal "Why are these people taking so much time, i called Suma to come for lunch about 30 minutes ago, and at that time she said to wait for 5 minutes "

Arjun: "I guess her watch is not working may be, try giving her a call again. and ask her to bring Pooja too".

Sheetal calling Suma,...

Suma: "Hey 5 minutes!!!"

Sheetal:"Again?? Is your watch really not working?"

Suma: "One small problem re! will come in 5 minutes! Pakka! "

Sheetal: "Bring Pooja too!! I dont know what she is doing!!"

Suma Hangs up the call

Arjun: "So what was I saying? Yeah! about the manager choosing our diet..."

Sheetal: "Are you not done with that yet? " turns toward Raj "So Raj how is the gym going on?"

Raj: "It was going on fine, but I am not going for the past 2 weeks!"

Sheetal: "Then how do you call it going fine?"

Raj: "Ssshh.. Silence!" and whispers "Look who is coming!"

A girl was coming towards the lift lobby along with her colleagues, It was complete silence all around. None of the guys spoke a word. Both Raj and Sheetal were continuously looking at Arjun, who had just lifted his closed right fist and hit on his left chest. The girl and her lunch gang, got into the Lift and...

"Heart throb passing!!" shouted Arjun

Sheetal: looked at him sarcastically "Gosh Arjun you have a girl friend".

Arjun: "Yeah! and she looks exactly like my sweets who just went now". (Arjun calls the girl sweets)

Raj: "Yeah and also your girl friend lives very far, and hence you would like to do some home work here, 

before meeting her".

Both the guys smiled at each other, Hi5d each other. Sheetal gave a disgusting look at Arjun, and…

Arjun:"Pervert! I never even think about any other girl, than my Girlfriend, its just that whenever I see 

sweets, it reminds me of my Girlfriend and I feel happy.... You know why I call her sweets?".

Both(Together): "Yeah! We all know, because she is not just sweet, but too sweet, hence sweets "

Arjun: smiles in a awkward way and..."Blush Blush!"

Sheetal: "Seriously? Arjun? Seriously? You call this romantic?"

Arjun: "Well technically, I am an Indian, and not a Roman, so i prefer to say Indiantic?" and he waits for people to laugh, he always does that, though there is no way anybody is going to laugh for his PJ.

Sheetal: with a 'can't believe I am alive' look and...."We should call you Mr. PJ".

Arjun: "Well in college days they use to call me Mr. AJ, you know the short form of...."

"Awkward Joke??" Raj Interrupted quickly, he never wants to miss anything against Arjun.

Sheetal and Raj hi5d each other...

Arjun: Changing the topic immediately "Hey guys look who are all here?" Suma and Pooja arived "Looks like someone's watch started working after all!"

Suma: "Sorry guys, some defects showed up, fixing took my time"

Arjun: "To be frank, it took our time as well!"

Sheetal: "What about the rest of the gang in the other building?"

Pooja: "Messaged them all, they all will be on their way to the cafeteria".

Arjun: "So What was I saying, Yeah.... guys do you know the functioning of the brain, directly depends on the food we take,  and the managers....."

Sheetal: "Seriously? Arjun? Seriously.. I thought we are over with that topic, dont bore us like that.."

Arjun: "Aha? Guess what? Let's just go for Lunch, and not talk at all, what say?"

Sheetal:"Fine by me" Pooja: "Fine", Suma and Raj: "Ok!"

And they all got into the lift for a silent lunch session and.....

Pooja: "So Raj, whats for lunch?"

Raj: "Chappathi, sabji!!"

Sheetal: "Ufff the Usual!!"...... and this went on and on and Off...

Untill another session of Lunch

Artistic wRiter