Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Lunch

The Lunch
What's there in a lunch? Especially, when its lunch in the office, when people move their bum out of their seats, just to fill the tummy and get back to work. That too in a 'so called' dynamic and fast paced work environment.

No - this lunch is way more than just a lunch. Now don't start bugging me with questions like, if its a multi course meal, and do we have daily sponsors! The lunch is great because of the preparation that goes into it. Even though the standard time for lunch is 1240, the preparation starts something around 1210 almost everyday - with atleast one of the members dying with hunger, wants to have lunch earlier. But ignoring his hunger screams on skype chat, the lunch usually is at the same time. Whether Bama insists on lunch 'at 1 plz', or I am arriving late to the office, lunch must retain its timings. Yeah, you got me wrong. I was talking about this preparation, not the preparation as in 'cooking the lunch'. Who cares, how the lunch is cooked - all we care is its cooked, and its edible, and snatchable too (especially the sweet from Kanchan's plate being snatched by me and Sam).

To add to the food, we have all kinda gossip about specific people. Dracula and Paapi Gudiya topping the charts. There are few more names but I better rename them before using on this public forum.

Whether the soft target Rana, who's legs are pulled for no fault of her, or its chachu who keeps distributing his food amongst us, the lunch hour is the most energetic. Whether Bama's food is being snatched away, or its Sam's yet another fit of weird attitude, laughter is never reduced. Whether its the occasional guest MoJa who will steal the show or its Deepa who is always in a hurry to end the show, The Show Must Go On!