Yesterday, I bunked school because I had a very iffy digestion (let me just leave it at that!). By mid-afternoon, I decided to test the improvement by walking out to find some pillow cases to match new bedspreads we put on Monica’s bed to turn her room into our new TV room.
The spread is floral with a blue and a green flower, so my idea was to get cases for the existing pillows which would enhance the overall look of the place.
I went to the fabric store where we had bought two new pillows the night before. We had already ascertained that he had NO suitable pillowcases (I kept asking for plain blue or green, and the runner kept coming back with hideous, gaudy patterns).
So, I was prepared to by fabric the right colour to have made into pillowcases. Right off, I found the right green.
Store Man, “NO!”
Me, “Why Not?”
Him, “Thin.”
Me, ‘I don’t care.”
Him, “NO!”
SIGH
Well, what do you have then?
This!
It’s PURPLE!!!
No, blue.
It doesn’t match (squawk)!
Take this one (the purple).
I had pretty much decided to insist that he cut me some of the thin, unsuitable green cotton, when I also spied a good blue –at the back of the shop -which would work as my other colour.
Me, “How about this one?”
You guessed it, “NO!”
“Well, why not? It’s perfect!!”
“For TURBANS!”
Me, “Well, does it matter if it’s for turbans?”
“Thin. NO!”
And with that, he went about his business with his two helpers – putting a new shipment of pillows on the shelves, and had nothing more to do with me. So I left.
The other funny thing –
When Rob and I came out to the car this morning (we get picked up first and then Vinod) there were two burly dudes in the backseat. We asked the driver who they were but he had no answer.
Rob asked the Dudes, and one answered, “Bouncers.” Finally, the driver then elaborated, “Bodyguards.”
Turns out that there is a Fresher Party at the Institute today. Not CIIS but one of the other colleges on the property. I guess these Fresher Parties get out of hand. Sheesh! Freshers are first-years, BTW.
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