You Are Fired !!!

(This is a very old unpublished post. And now I know that nobody reads my blog, am publishing it with a few names changed)

India was really doing bad on the 2nd day of test at Chinnaswami stadium, Bangalore. But it dint really matter much as the opponents were Australia. It was going to happen, atleast after a happening 150 from Clarke and the quick 100 from Gilchrist, that led Aussies to score 474 in the first innings. And as usual, McGra had eaten up all the stars from Indian side leaving India to 150/6 at the end of the day...

We finished watching highlights on the TV kept at the reception of the hotel we stayed in which for our two months training. Cursing at the Indian batsmen, we went to our rooms on the third floor. The only good thing on that day (I am hiding one more from you, but will write about it some other time) was that we returned from the office before the highlights acually started. I was going upstairs and I saw Jyotika sitting on the stairs, keeping her head on her knees, looking at the floor...she seemed to be very upset...but it least mattered to me...so I ignored her and went to my room. I took a shower and changed my clothes, got into my 3/4th and T-shirt. BBoy...i was really hungry, more hungry than my fat, glutton room mate, Abhinav. Pathetic habbit he had of relaxing for hours after returing from the training. I kicked his @$$ and asked him to get prepared to go for dinner.

"Hey man, i am feeling like having Grilled Chicken today...are you ready to spend again?", I asked him.

"Dude, I am always open for such luring options, although we had Grilled Chicken almost three times in this week", He replied. This offer was so tempting for my lecherous fatty roomie Abhinav that he got ready within a minute and stepped out even before me.

Those days we had found a good restaurant, Food Mahal, that served some really good North Indian chicken dishes. We had gone PURE NON VEGGIE those days. We used to have chicken even at the lunches. It was really a strategic decision to eat non veg at lunches, considering that the queue would go a mile long to get Veg lunch.

We returned back to the hotel after contributing once more to the poultry industry.

"Delicious it was", Abhinav sounded really satisfied.

"As usual, but I loved it more today...did you see that girl sitting at the table next to us?", I said.
"Oh that one...she is in our company man...our next batch of joinees, I noticed her on the very first day she joined", he said as if he had climbed up the Mount Everest and was looking down at me just to ridicule.

"!@!#!@#", I am intelligent enough to give a quick reply to such statements.

We reached the third floor.

"So much of noise here, what has happened?", I said.

"I dont care, I want to sleep now...", Abhinav said carelessly and went to our room. He was so indifferent about the surrounding world that he deserves a special post from me on this blog.

I went to room no. 302, from where the noise was coming.

The same girl who was sitting on the stairs, was lying unconscious in her room. People were trying to wake her up. After 5-10 minutes, she showed some movement. After some vomiting she was able to utter few words....."doctor...".

"What happened to her", I asked Rahul(her JUST friend).

"I dont know....lets take her to hospital....please quickly....", said he.

"Alright, We will go together. I will call Ritesh too", Rahul, Ritesh and I had developed very good friedship in a very short period of a month.

I went to Ritesh's room and told him about all the matter.

"Pankaj, I dont want to go to the hospital", Ritesh.

"What?? Are you mad?"

"You dont have any idea what happened here, thats why you are saying so...I am not mad...that girl is mad"

"What happened dude? tell me...I think its kinda food poisoning and there is no reason to make a fuss outta it"

"She had an overdose of sleeping pills..."

"@#@#$!@!..why?"

..........We ran to 302 and decided to take her to the hospital...

I went a few meters ahead and brought back an auto....two girls sat with the unconscious lady...

"Take her to the hospital next to the chowk ahead", I said.

"Yea, its open 24x7", Ritesh added.

Auto went ahead and we decided to walk towards the hospital, as in Trivandrum it is very difficult to get an auto after 8 in the evening. Useless city!!!!


Our plan was to just admit her and come back. Her roommate was going to stay in the hospital. We reached the hospital after ten minutes or so.


"Why is she still in the auto?????"


I decided to keep quiet and let the senior people handle the drama. Yes, drama!!! Doctors were not ready to take the case without notifying the police. Sounds like bollywood??? It was happening right in front of our eyes. She definitely needed medical assistance, doctors knew it. Anything could happen if not given any, doctors knew it and we too.


An unconscious girl in the auto, her two roommates and we three guys....the rainy night...had nothing to do but simply looking at each other...


"We have no choice."


We again looked at each other...helplessly.


"Ok. Who would call him???"


Col. Nayar was the head of the admin staff at our company. He was extremely strict and very rude. We knew that if we talk to him about this incidence he would take us left and right.


"I will call him." It was Chandrika, Jyotika's roommate.


We stood near the auto and she went inside to make The Call. We were just standing in the rain and watching her talking on the phone. She was noting down something.


"We need to take her to Mediplus hospital. Our company has some tie up with them. Col. Nayar is going to call them and make sure that they admit her. I have the address."


We asked Chandrika to take the auto to Mediplus. We also easily got an auto as it was a 24x7 hospital.


"It is going to be late, we need to get up at 6:30 in the morning", I said.


Noone responded. I kept quiet throughout our journey to Mediplus. Prakash called Chandrika and asked which room she was admitted to. Doctors were really helpful. Hospital was also well equipped. Must be one of the biggest in the city, I thought.


Jyotika was given preliminary medical assistance and was asked to be kept under the observation for the whole night. She was out of danger, we got the word from the doctors.


"What a silly girl", I said.


Everyone stared at me. I again went quiet. I went to the canteen and brought some coffee for all.


"Stupid coffee", I said.


"Yea...pathetic", Ritesh agreed. Finally...the silence was broken. Everyone was smiling. There was nothing to worry about now.


"Do we have to make any payment? I have collected some cash", I asked.


"No, our insurance covers it all", Chandrika answered.


All done. We were happy that she was out of danger and we saved her life. Now, it was time to go back and sleep. Catching the shuttle at 7:15 in the morning was a tough job.


"I have an idea", Prakash said.


"And what's that?"


"Lets bunk the office tomorrow".


"Bunk??? We don't get any leaves during our learning period, you know that", I said.


"Arey, see it is 2 A.M. now, right?", he continued, "So, we could stay here for some more time and then go back and tell our CR(class representative, we were in "Initial Learning Period". It was just like a school.) that we got late because of all this scene and just could not get up and missed all shuttles."


"Useless story. We still have the option to reach the office by auto.", I said.


It was really late. Even, I was not feeling like going to the hotel and sleep just for 2 hours and then get up and go the office to attend those boring lectures. But, officeeeee...was so beautiful...those beautiful girls...


After some time my lazy mind took over my flirtious one and I agreed to bunk the office. We stayed there until 4 AM and then went down to catch an auto to go back. No one was there!!!...crap...we had to wait until the morning to get an auto. We slept on a bench in the hospital.


In the morning we made sure that we don't reach our hotel until all the shuttles are gone. We called our CR and told her that we got late in the hospital and that's why missed all shuttles. CR agreed to talk to Col. Nayar about it.


"Great man, finally we are not going to the office...".


We went back to the hotel at around 830 AM. Everyone had left to the office. We just wanted to relax, as we had a really bad night while sleeping on a bench.


.....


"Get up Prakash...., your phone is ringing...".


.....


"Who was that"...


"Our CR..."


.....


We immediately dressed up and caught an auto and went to the office. Office?...yea we were told to report immediately...not by our CR....but by Col. Nayar....


"It's all your fault", I said.


"$#$%#$%", Prakash replied.


"We are screwed, why the hell has he called us", Ritesh.


....


In just half n hour, we were standing in a line in front of Col. Nayar.


We tried to explain what happened at night.


"You could have called me immediately when you found her unconscious in hotel. We and hotel people could have arranged everything...", Col. Nayar said.


"But, we were scared and so thought of taking her to the hospital rather than wasting time in anything else", Ritesh said.


"You guys don't understand. Your parents have sent you here and you are our responsibility. No one would like it if you get into some legal problems. It will be very difficult for us to get you out of that. You are here to learn, you should just do that and let us handle everything else. And why do you need so many guys ? You just want to be a hero whenever you see any girl in trouble."


"Excuse me? Even if it was a guy we would have done the same thing. You have misjudged our intentions", I said.


"We don't need people like you...I can fire you right now", Nayar got furious after my statement ( Yeah, just Nayar, not Col. Nayar...he ws talking rubbish and we were ready to argue).


"We are sorry sir. Next time we shall call you and wait when someone is about to die...", Ritesh tried to be sarcastic.


"Yes sir, we are really very sorry. Not for taking her to the hospital, but for trying to bunk the office. Can we go and attend our classes?", I and Prakash tried to pacify him.


"Your leave is already sanctioned...do you want to cancel it?", Col. Nayar smiled.


What the ..... what was that drama all about if the leave was already sanctioned ...


"Yea, cancel our leaves, we will attend the classes".


"Remember, it is our job to take care of you guys. I simply don't want anyone getting into any sort of legal problems. You did the right thing, but you should have come here in the morning. You guys are matured enough to understand what I am trying to say. Have some break fast and go to the classroom.", he went back to his desk.


We did the right thing, but by intentionally not attending the office it was going hamper the sole purpose of helping someone selflessly. That is what Col. Nayar tried to say, after all we were in our ILP (Initial "Learning" Period).