Foolish Things I have Done - The Silver Uncle

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My funniest experience SILVER UNCLE This incident has happened when I was working as a room service cashier in a star hotel. In that hotel, we have restaurants and 24 hours coffee shop & room service. There will be constant food orders and coffee shop guests some times and the night cashier to prepare the bill. So a room service cashier has rarely could sleep if he is on night duty, that is also the case of cooks and room service boys. I rarely have night shift. Mostly I do not feel comfortable with that duty time. At that time, I was a introvert and little reserved type. It takes lot of time for me to get closer with people. Today I have changed a lot. Moreover, I do not like people cracking vulgar jokes to me. It irritates me. However, I rarely has to face it since most of the people I knew, knew that I do not like that. At night duty, people get over social and visiting in to each department, which I was not very comfortable. That day some how the boy who has to do the night duty did took leave and I was called from home to attend the night duty, cancelling my off day. I already a bit tired that day after attending a relative’s marriage so I am damn sure after 12 p.m. in the night I would go to sleep. Hence I have came in whole preparation having double strong tea with lot of milk and sugar and one big magazine it was our regional language Magazine ( we are from Kerala state of India – our language is Malayalam not hindi as most people think India has only hindi language , we have Tamil , Telegu, kannada, Bangali so many languages for so many regional states) It is a special issue based on my favorite super star Mohan Lal ( a very natural actor of our kerala state also one of the best in India also) I thought after 12 o clock there will be a break so by reading and having tea I can stay awake and there will be a chief security officer will come for rounds to check whether people are sleeping on duty or not and if he finds he will surely report. The chief security came to enquire about something at 11 P.M. He is Mr.Sukumaran once we met him we will never forget his face because his hair is very silver and it is not grey but silver grey and it always shine like a silver vessel. The sunshine and tube light all will reflect on his hair. How can I explain it is truly silver and always shone like an armour. So the House keeping naughty boys have got a nick name for him calling him Silver uncle and also they calls him now and then and he shouts at them and say all nasty words . After hearing the nick name silver uncle from the boys now and then, in my mind also his name becomes silver uncle and not sukumaran . I always murmur why this silver uncle is doing this etc. In person I always say hello good morning Mr. sukumaran. But that day my inner mind got me in a very thick hot soup . So as I was saying Mr. Sukumaran (security Officer) came at 11 p.m. before the rounds to talk about something which I can’t recall now and his eyes fell on my special film magazine. He asked ‘ kishore can u borrow me I will return it when I comes for rounds ’. I said ‘ no problem’ . So he took it away. And after 12 o clock I have closed the cash for that day and also written the summary and the room service phone is not ringing the room service steward and Coffee shop steward were also started to have a littlie sleep by sitting in their seats. My eyes are tempting me to sleep. I looked at the clock and now it is 12 .30 a.m. still no sign of Mr.Sukumaran. I got irritated and said myself where did this Silver uncle have gone! and automatically picked up the extension phone and dialled the security office number and somebody picked up the phone oh I was littlie absent minded and without thinking blurt out ‘is that silver uncle’ here I caught my tongue how foolish of me to call him like that and from there I can hear a big hello surely it is Mr. Sukumaran . I silently put down the phone. I stood still there . Even in my wilder dreams I would imagine call anyone by their nick names or bad mouth what a slip that was . it was the house boys when they always makes complain saying silver uncle that silver uncle this .it just registered in to my mind. After some minutes, Mr. sukumaran yes our own very Silver Uncle came for rounds and looks at me littlie suspiciously and said ‘ the house keeping boys are a real nuisance , they kept calling me.’ He hasn’t got a tinier doubt that it was me .If I have said hello where is that film magazine he surely knew it was me but god has prevented me from saying that. I thank god for that, I do not want to hurt his feelings. Because I was such a poor sensitive guy which I think still am I ! I put a sympathetic face but in my mind, I was little worried and also cannot suppress my laugh. After giving the magazine he walks away with other two securities. This is one of the funniest thing in my life and one of the foolish thing I have done. Yes I have done so many foolish things . You can read it soon only if u like this !