There were days when we (‘YO’ gang members) did every little work of ours together…we enjoyed it that way and we also took a lot of pride in it. Well, one such incident was going underwear shopping with Riki…..
It was the day prior to our take off to goa. Keeping in mind a lot of them were going to get wet out there both of us were in short of underwears. So we went to buy some…together…
Both of us went in…I took lead and bought a pair for myself, I hardly took 2 mins… reacting to this Riki was like “you done with it so soon…”… “ya..I’ve come here to buy a three piece suit for my wedding reception next month”…I chuckled and looked up at him….he was actually serious…he added…”not choosing any colors…?”…I was a bit confused… but then… this was only a sign of what was to come. ”No I’m done” I said…
Then started our man’s shopping…
“Show me some underwears my size…” he said to the shopkeeper who came out with a few. Riki slowly reviewing all of them said “ok…show me colors in this design…”!!!!…I was dumbstruck by what I just heard… Don’t know why the shopkeeper was so excited by this… He went in and got a whole lot. I had seen shopkeepers spread cloths on the table when I’ve gone shopping for shirts and trousers but UNDERWEARS!!!….one by one he took them out, spread it with both hands, threw it up in the air and slowly laid them on the table…”for christ sake will somebody please tell him he’s selling underwears… not bed-sheets for the beds of The Royal Family of The United Kingdom”….
15 mins went past and still counting…I was sitting on a chair leaning over to the table with my chin resting on my palm with my elbow on the table… feeling so bugged and wondering what the hell was happening…staring at my pal shopping for his briefs….
By now there was a whole bunch of them spread out… in all colors and designs…cow dung green, bright flashy yellow, dirty brown, blue one with black dots on them, black one with red stripes on it, maroon one with yellow flowers on it… they were all there. And there I was…helpless…I felt so dizzy up in my head looking at all that…I was surely going to throw up if I stayed there a second longer…so I went walking to some shop near by and bought some stuff for myself for the trip…
I came back…it was 30mins gone…and yeah…you guessed it right…he was still there shopping…only improvement though…. He had chosen one…2 more to go… itseems…
I stood there reluctantly just starting to get frustrated…looking at him and thinking how a guy can be like this…he was lost in deep thought for choice staring at the heap of the 3 holed fabrics spread all over the long board.And then he asked a question which I wish no man shall ever ask another…”macha…how do you think I’ll look in this one..?”!!!. I was speechless…you might have heard these words from Roger Federer when he won Wimbledon for the 5th time in a row…or from Micheal Phelps after his 7th gold…or from M S Dhoni when he won the World Cup, you might have heard of it from someone who’s just won a noble prize…but in my case…this was my moment of honor… in an undergarment shop in 1st block rajajinagar.
But I was too scared to give a negative reply. I made up my mind and said “awesome, take it…”…no.2 done…one more to go…
45 mins and it went on…i lost it….Wtf was happening… “dude just pick one and lets get out of here…” I said…and he goes ”It’s not everyday that we come shopping just wait a few more minutes…” i asked…”you mean a few more hours..??!!”….and wonder why he was all pissed off with that…”you want to go…you go…”…”ok fine…bye…we’ll check out your pretty looking undies in goa..”…and I fled away…what a relief it was…I could finally breath fresh air again…
I wonder what happened to him after that…rumors has it that he’s still in that shop choosing his final piece…
But take one advice from me…if you are a guy don’t ever go shopping with the doc…if you’re a girl…I’d leave it to you…after all you might enjoy the part where he says ”how do you think I’ll look in this one…?” but still I would say it’s not worth taking the risk…
*true name not used due to not so humble request from the true character…
*slightly exaggerated but still….a true story
