Diwali Bonus!

in the last two days, i went to a lot of shops. but i bought stuff from only three of them. the first being crackers from a roadside temporary shop. after that, i got candles from a 'more permanent' shop, in a market. next i bought samosas from a samosa showroom. (Yes, there is a showroom for samosas, here in nagpur!) and guess what- at all the three places, the shopkeeper got distracted while handling my transaction and i ended up getting more than i should have!

it all started with the cracker shop. my brother and i had selected some crackers to buy. the shopkeeper took each of the crackers in his hand one by one and added its cost orally. he didn't keep it back in the bag, instead held them in his hand till he had all the crackers in his hands. then he put them all in a bag and gave it to me. but he had forgotten that earlier he was showing us a pack of rockets that supposedly would go up in the air and shoot a big sphere of colorful sparkles. that pack contained two such rockets and was worth Rs 35. after he had calculated the bill for us, he put that in our bag too, with all the other crackers. and i'm sure that he hadn't added the cost of those fireworks, as i was adding up the numbers myself too! in the evening when we burst the crackers, those rockets performed really well and the show seemed still better(with those free rockets) to me and my brother!

next we went to a shop to buy some candles. there too, the shopkeeper charged us for four packets but packed five! this is called diwali bonus!

then, today, i went to buy samosas. there, i handed over a Rs 50 note to the cashier to give me coupons for three plates of samosas. he got distracted by a sudden noise from the TV. then he handed me the change thinking that i had given him Rs 100!! i quietly accepted the change thinking that at diwali, incoming wealth should not be stopped.

i know that incoming lakshmi at diwali is auspicious. but i don't know whether bragging about is auspicious or not. touchwood.

HAPPY DIWALI !


a late afterthought: i shouldn't have taken that extra Rs 50(from the samosawala). i will donate this Rs 50 in parts whenever possible before next diwali...