Piquant End to a Week!

I bet there have been times when you must have felt the need to say something and u lost the words or you didn’t know what to say just because you are not acquainted with the other person, maybe partially due to the fact that you may have thought that a wrong word could put your reputation in jeopardy. I too was in such a situation one of these days. I could have come over it pretty easily, but I wished to get going with it. If there’s something I need to say to condemn a person or criticise, it becomes difficult for me, but if it’s something to admire the person or appreciate for an act, deed or just appearance I just cant hold myself back. I simply need to put the word across someway or the other. It’s a requirement for me to make the other person feel good and special, even though I know it may just end the very next moment. I have done something of that kind a couple of times but mostly it was someone close to me or someone whom I had just met and would be away the next moment. There would be just a smile and I would leave no chance for the person to thank me and think that I would try to prop more questions. The only thought in my mind those times was to come out clean. This time it was different, she was from the other office but in the same premises so there would be crossing of the paths some day or the other. Everytime I came across I didn’t want her to think that I would drop some line. Till the time I’m out of the office any female who can carry herself well attracts my attention, but when I’m in uniform every female is a lady and only job is on my mind, hmm…………unless she’s a certain Hurley or Shruti Agarwal I would flinch. This lady in her mid twenties, was always so very decent and suave. She carried herself effortlessly with so much dignity and sophistication I always wondered how she carries herself so well. Yeah, with the other ladies so very constricted in themselves, unsure or boisterous she stood out with an impeccable personality. There was no occasion for us to have a chat ever and so we never talked and we never knew each other, although, I heard her name being mentioned by someone so I knew.

This time around I was just about to leave office after a hectic day and had to get a complaint registered in the Estt office. As I entered the office, I saw the office empty except for her and another lady. I asked them if the concerned person would be back soon, on getting a negative reply I pulled out a complaint register with E&M written boldly on it and scribbled my complaint. As I was leaving the office I realised the compliment was still with me and it had to be given before it was too old for bringing a smile. It was already Friday and she wouldn’t be available the next two days. The next thing I heard was my self asking her, “Was there anything special on Wednesday? Something like your birthday or a cousin’s marriage.” to which she replied in the negative, and then I knew it was now or never and I blurted out, “Must have been, you looked wonderful in a Sari.”

As I walked out of the door catching her conspicuous smile I couldn’t stop but wonder why it had taken me two days to get a good thing done. Well, atleast I did plant a smile for the weekend.