So the date was 05/14/2010 .I had gone with Gafoor to watch Ironman 2 at the nearby theatre.The ticket fellow informed us that the English movie will be in Hindi. So instead of wasting our time inside we decide to waste some time outside the theatre before heading for home.while we were wasting time sitting and watching the nightwalkers , good intentioned Gafoor started playing songs on his cell.After close to 30 minutes' we headed back home and the tragedy strikes or rather i purposefully hit the tragedy by starting the song Hare Rama Hare Krishna from the movie Bhool Bhulaiya. And this song brings out the devil inside Gafooor who starts dancing.as the lifts door opens one kid comes out who also joins Gafoor in his dance. As me and Gafoor enter the lift,the music stops. With no music ,I thought Gafoor will also now logically stop his dance. But then Gafooor always had a very uncomfortable relation with logic. And so Mr Gafoor continues with his dance while the lift tries to rockets itself towards the 14th floor.
As the lift shook with Gafoor's dance maneuvers,I tried to impress upon Gafoor the risk of indulging in such earth shattering dance inside a moving lift when suddenly, somewhere close to 4th floor, the lift stops. Some "tearsome" incidents over the past year has robbed me of creativity in dealing with the unexpected and has sapped my mind of enjoying the thrills a adventure can bring. various images and news items of lift crashes went through my mind.but in spite of all my doubts I was optimistic about Gafoor's optimism. Supremely confident Gafoor represses the button for 14th floor , nothing happens. The reasonable person inside gafoor takes over and this time 4th floor is attempted.Again nothing happens.Now Gafoor presses alarm key inside the lift, again nothing happens. Bit shaken up, Gafoor now presses all buttons expecting something to happen.Again the lift repeats its earlier behavior of not reacting to stimulus Gafoor has beeen applying.With all the buttons now lit up , Gafoor with a glint in eyes shows me how good it looks when all buttons on lifts dashboard are lit.
With no indication of any help coming , i stared at the stupid cell the origin of all trouble and saw that one bar on the cell was still there to give us some support.I called up SG hoping he will come rushing to help us i found his cell engaged.after several minutes Gafoor was successful in disengaging him. In spite of best attempts by Gafoor, SG understood the seriousness of the situation and we heard him talking to the security fellow over the phone. Seeing the control completely going out of Gafoor's grasp my optimism made a renewed comeback however i being aware of Gafoor's reputation of positively screwing any positive situation, instead of showing my sense of relief i threatened him with a sms complaint to Lady Gafoor. Suddenly there were bangings on the lift door indicating the presence of rescue team on other side of the door.
So after close to 30 min inside a stuck lift I experienced first contact with the intelligence. As me and Gafoor waited patently for the door to open , There was some arguments on the other side of the door and suddenly all sound ceased. With nothing left for Gafoor to do he again starts twiddling with the lift controls. With nothing left for me to do , i again threatened Gafoor with a sms complaint to lady Gafoor. I threateningly opened my cell and type in the name of Lady Gafoor, an excited babble comes from the other side of the door. Finally the door opens, there is a crowd of ignorants waiting for us on the other side complaining bout the lack of maintenance of the lift. Gafoor is kind enuff to let me go out first. As gafoor climbs out of lift, his cell rings. It is the Lady Gafoor.
As Gafoor looks at me , I stare towards the ceiling.
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