Intermission
Foreword: Guys, thisis first-person narration Its the thoughts running in the mind of thecharacter. I feel, it will be helpful if you can get into the 'seat'. :)
How much more desperate can you get;for that 15 mins of escape from the crap movie which you end up watching nextto a big-fat-irritating kid who laughs his hell out for those cheap, idiotic‘jokes’? And to top it off, your bladder is on the damn verge of adebacle! It cant get any worse; right?
Gosh Iam looking at my watch for what, 648th time in onehour! Damn! Now I understand why Einstein chose that example to explainrelativity. Come on…. Come on… Come on…. 650th ….Come on…. Put that damn word on the screen…............. YES! Thereit is! God! Now I know how that Shawshank guy would have felt and yeah, I couldhear my heart yelling Braveheart’s “FREEDOM”!!!
Ok now where is it…. Where isit…. Where is the damn restroom? Oh yeah… there. Great! Now I haveto find a way through this human-labyrinth! Excuse me… excuse me….Please… thank you… excuse me… phew! Destination reached. Now,Which one…. Which one… there.
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Oh! God! Heaven is in restrooms!!
Cinema halls are synonymous withcrowd and queues. There is a queue for getting the ticket, queue for gettinginto the hall, queue for the restrooms and rather a mob at the food counters!Well, you cant do anything about the restroom part but don’t these guysknow anything about online ticketing and pre-ordering the interval snacks? Youjust have to order it with your ticket and they deliver it to your seat. Its assimple as that! Okay, everyone cant be smart; right? My Medium bucket Caramelpopcorn will be waiting for me at my seat. I have to bear the rest of themovie. How on earth do they… What the hell!! What the damn is thatbig-fat idiot doing! He is eating my popcorn and eew that too with his lefthand! Holy fish!
Ok let me settle down and calmlyanalyze it. The food stand is to my right and that’s where it is supposedto be. My popcorn is in it and that’s where it is supposed to be. Thatkid’s left hand is in my popcorn and that’s where it is notsupposed to be! Its mine for god’s sakes! I have paid for it! I will eatmy popcorn. Who will stop me?
Why do look at me like that dumbo? Iam eating my popcorn from my bucket. I am not stealing other man’s food;like you. Cheap brat! Ok lets see who gets the most of it huh! You play dirty,I will play dirtier. You take five, I will take ten. Don’t…. don’tgive me that look with your mouth stuffed with – MY popcorn!
“Laddu, how many times have Itold you not to eat food with your left hand?”
Was that his mom in that hushedvoice? Excusez madame, you saw right that your dear son is eating food withhis left hand, but did you see that he is eating mine? And what do you callthis Cyclops – Laddu!!
Come on laddu, bring your hand againand see what I do.
There you go… *phat* That slapshould teach you and your hand some manners.
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Its been a while and yes! He has nottouched it since! There is almost half of it left and he has not touched it!Yes! I have won! I have won my food! How can people be so idiotic? I just cantfathom how such people….
“Excuse me, sir. Here is yourmedium bucket Caramel popcorn. We are extremely sorry for the delay. Technicalsnag. Enjoy your movie, sir. Thank you.”
PS: I know the multipleexclamations, gramatically incorrect lines, ellipses etc are not supposed to bethere. But, since its a first-person narrative i felt it was appropriate toconvey the inside-mind of the character. English teachers excuse :)
How much more desperate can you get;for that 15 mins of escape from the crap movie which you end up watching nextto a big-fat-irritating kid who laughs his hell out for those cheap, idiotic‘jokes’? And to top it off, your bladder is on the damn verge of adebacle! It cant get any worse; right?
Gosh Iam looking at my watch for what, 648th time in onehour! Damn! Now I understand why Einstein chose that example to explainrelativity. Come on…. Come on… Come on…. 650th ….Come on…. Put that damn word on the screen…............. YES! Thereit is! God! Now I know how that Shawshank guy would have felt and yeah, I couldhear my heart yelling Braveheart’s “FREEDOM”!!!
Ok now where is it…. Where isit…. Where is the damn restroom? Oh yeah… there. Great! Now I haveto find a way through this human-labyrinth! Excuse me… excuse me….Please… thank you… excuse me… phew! Destination reached. Now,Which one…. Which one… there.
...........
Oh! God! Heaven is in restrooms!!
Cinema halls are synonymous withcrowd and queues. There is a queue for getting the ticket, queue for gettinginto the hall, queue for the restrooms and rather a mob at the food counters!Well, you cant do anything about the restroom part but don’t these guysknow anything about online ticketing and pre-ordering the interval snacks? Youjust have to order it with your ticket and they deliver it to your seat. Its assimple as that! Okay, everyone cant be smart; right? My Medium bucket Caramelpopcorn will be waiting for me at my seat. I have to bear the rest of themovie. How on earth do they… What the hell!! What the damn is thatbig-fat idiot doing! He is eating my popcorn and eew that too with his lefthand! Holy fish!
Ok let me settle down and calmlyanalyze it. The food stand is to my right and that’s where it is supposedto be. My popcorn is in it and that’s where it is supposed to be. Thatkid’s left hand is in my popcorn and that’s where it is notsupposed to be! Its mine for god’s sakes! I have paid for it! I will eatmy popcorn. Who will stop me?
Why do look at me like that dumbo? Iam eating my popcorn from my bucket. I am not stealing other man’s food;like you. Cheap brat! Ok lets see who gets the most of it huh! You play dirty,I will play dirtier. You take five, I will take ten. Don’t…. don’tgive me that look with your mouth stuffed with – MY popcorn!
“Laddu, how many times have Itold you not to eat food with your left hand?”
Was that his mom in that hushedvoice? Excusez madame, you saw right that your dear son is eating food withhis left hand, but did you see that he is eating mine? And what do you callthis Cyclops – Laddu!!
Come on laddu, bring your hand againand see what I do.
There you go… *phat* That slapshould teach you and your hand some manners.
.........
Its been a while and yes! He has nottouched it since! There is almost half of it left and he has not touched it!Yes! I have won! I have won my food! How can people be so idiotic? I just cantfathom how such people….
“Excuse me, sir. Here is yourmedium bucket Caramel popcorn. We are extremely sorry for the delay. Technicalsnag. Enjoy your movie, sir. Thank you.”
PS: I know the multipleexclamations, gramatically incorrect lines, ellipses etc are not supposed to bethere. But, since its a first-person narrative i felt it was appropriate toconvey the inside-mind of the character. English teachers excuse :)
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