To add color to a humdrum day one can resort to thinking how conversations might flow if you were henceforth called WHAT.
In America lot of the inane greetings and questions would take on a whole new hue. My barista in the morning takes my tea request and wants to pencil my name on the cup to identify my container for the assembly line mixing the drinks. So what is the name?
To that the response could be - YES. So she comes back with - I'm sorry - what is your name? So you patiently confirm - Yes.
She is now miffed and the line behind me has started growing. So she decides to write YES on the cup, somewhat puzzled that its a name. So being indifferent to the whole exercise I move on and wait to get the beverage.
The orders start getting shunted out at the pick up window. Chai for Yes - he yells. So someone looks at it and asks What? So I say Yes. So he goes - really YES? So I say - No its What.
Still confounded he says - I know it says YES. Can you believe it?
Then I take my chai and go to office. There some random guy goes - So What's Up. I am still on the first floor waiting to get on an elevator so I mumble back that no I am still here. He is confused.
In America lot of the inane greetings and questions would take on a whole new hue. My barista in the morning takes my tea request and wants to pencil my name on the cup to identify my container for the assembly line mixing the drinks. So what is the name?
To that the response could be - YES. So she comes back with - I'm sorry - what is your name? So you patiently confirm - Yes.
She is now miffed and the line behind me has started growing. So she decides to write YES on the cup, somewhat puzzled that its a name. So being indifferent to the whole exercise I move on and wait to get the beverage.
The orders start getting shunted out at the pick up window. Chai for Yes - he yells. So someone looks at it and asks What? So I say Yes. So he goes - really YES? So I say - No its What.
Still confounded he says - I know it says YES. Can you believe it?
Then I take my chai and go to office. There some random guy goes - So What's Up. I am still on the first floor waiting to get on an elevator so I mumble back that no I am still here. He is confused.
What ho, would still be a greeting?
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