Home Alone - Its tough!

A man carrying a big dark blue bag, traveling in his dappa Splendor or a Hero Honda….during the busy hours… have you seen someone like that? Let me give you some more clues. He mostly wears a plain light yellow shirt or a sky blue shirt with a not at all matching brown pant or a dark navy blue pant wearing the ugliest of all ties….. Yes... Am speaking about the Eureka Forbes Man who dutifully does this everyday

I was driving to office this morning. I saw this guy after a long time. During my innocent days (!), I always thought that the best job on earth is selling Vacuum Cleaner. You don’t need to go to office. You can all along travel in your bike. The company pays your petrol bills. You can go to a theatre whenever you want to! Isn’t that a great thought? What made me Yuck is you got to go and clean some one else’s house for a living.

While I was enjoying my summer holidays at my nanny’s place, one evening he came home. He demonstrated how this cleaner could clean everything. After he was through, my Granpa wanted to know if he could come back in a month’s time. That guy was pleased. HE wanted to know if he could do a booking then and so that we could do the purchase a month later. Hearing this my granpa was shocked. He had actually wanted that guy to come the next month for demonstration once again so that he could have a clean place.

I think I was in my 3^rd year. I was alone in my home. No one was there. I mean I was there and the rest of the family were enjoying the day without me…(Did I make you bleed?) coming to the topic…I was reading an interesting fiction.

Pom Pom Pom Pom… that’s how our calling bell sounds … I was but irritated and when I opened the door he barged in. I never invited him in… I wanted to beat him black and blue... Am speaking about that E.F. guy. Even before I could say some thing….even before I could open my mouth I saw him pouring dust all over the carpet in my living room…What the hell are you trying to do? How could you ever do this?

He: Mam, Don’t worry... Here is the new fantastic updated Vacuum Cleaner, from E.F.. If I could not clean this up with the use of this new powerful Vacuum cleaner, I will EAT all this shit!" exclaimed that silly eager salesman.

Normally I don’t speak bad about others. But this was very rude of him. I wanted to slap him for the mess he had created I knew that it’s a sheer waste. But with this statement of his I knew I got him

Me: How do you like it? With Tomato Hot & Sweet sauce are with the left over chutney?

He: HE was embarrassed. I swear my job that I can clean this in five mins. Why do you say so?

ME: There’s been no power since this morning. The power will come only at 6 pm. So, tell me how do you like it?

What happened later….sorry I am at a loss of words to describe how he looked at me then!