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Woman: " I hear the milk packets are going at 100."
Shopkeeper: " I am not able to get milk, when I do get it I will not price it anything extra. Do you see any vegetable being sold at extra price"
Woman: " All the prices have gone up they say. Milk is at 200".
Shopkeeper: " Look in this shop, do you see anything priced beyond normal".
Women: " You dont know, people are saying prices are going up and up."
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Customer at medical store: " You should give me 200 rupees, it is after all my money".
Man at counter: " I will ask sir. But right now I dont have any provision to do so".
Customer: " Give me 200 rupees and then work with your management on provision"
Man at customer: " Sir, I will note down your request and ask sir".
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Shop boy to some one else commenting on flood situation at various places: " he( Man at counter) literally swam in the waist deep water and came."
Customer at medical store looked at me for support, I didnt quite get the discussion. LAter I understood, since the customer was paying cash, he wanted to get the credit card commision.
Man at the Medical shop counter gave several customers medicines without money because no ATM was functioning. He didnt even note down their names. He gave my dad the copy of hindu for the day.
Next day shop was closed and people said he fell sick.
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"How many ever blankets they give, are we going to say no?", heard the young woman who was selling flowers say to some one.
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"An NGO came to office distributing relief materials. In my office no one was affected but we still took it. they gave bucket, blanket ...", A woman at the hospital
" Oh we were not affect either, in my area, they gave bucket, rice.."
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" It is going to rain again, there is going to be an earth quake, it will rain till january, Madras will become an Island, It is all there in panchagam.", a maama at the sweet shop.
" Oh apdiya , if it is in panchagam, it must be true." Maami at the counter.
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National news channel which didnt not even have a line on madras rains the previous day," the authorities arent doing anything. inept response.. "
Dei!
Shopkeeper: " I am not able to get milk, when I do get it I will not price it anything extra. Do you see any vegetable being sold at extra price"
Woman: " All the prices have gone up they say. Milk is at 200".
Shopkeeper: " Look in this shop, do you see anything priced beyond normal".
Women: " You dont know, people are saying prices are going up and up."
.....
**
Customer at medical store: " You should give me 200 rupees, it is after all my money".
Man at counter: " I will ask sir. But right now I dont have any provision to do so".
Customer: " Give me 200 rupees and then work with your management on provision"
Man at customer: " Sir, I will note down your request and ask sir".
....
Shop boy to some one else commenting on flood situation at various places: " he( Man at counter) literally swam in the waist deep water and came."
Customer at medical store looked at me for support, I didnt quite get the discussion. LAter I understood, since the customer was paying cash, he wanted to get the credit card commision.
Man at the Medical shop counter gave several customers medicines without money because no ATM was functioning. He didnt even note down their names. He gave my dad the copy of hindu for the day.
Next day shop was closed and people said he fell sick.
***
"How many ever blankets they give, are we going to say no?", heard the young woman who was selling flowers say to some one.
***
"An NGO came to office distributing relief materials. In my office no one was affected but we still took it. they gave bucket, blanket ...", A woman at the hospital
" Oh we were not affect either, in my area, they gave bucket, rice.."
****
" It is going to rain again, there is going to be an earth quake, it will rain till january, Madras will become an Island, It is all there in panchagam.", a maama at the sweet shop.
" Oh apdiya , if it is in panchagam, it must be true." Maami at the counter.
**
National news channel which didnt not even have a line on madras rains the previous day," the authorities arent doing anything. inept response.. "
Dei!
2 comments:
Hey just saw your previous post. Hope you mom is doing better now. Will pray fervently.
Thanks, SK. She is on her path to recovery even as I wrote the post. but couple of more progress towards normal life.
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