Sometimes, we get this sudden urge to do something .... the source of the urge is inexplicable, ... but the urge is so strong .... that the person tends to make life difficult for everybody around oneself.... something similar happened to me a few weeks back.....
I had this sudden desire to play carrom , not that I haven't played this game earlier..... but I just wanted to get a game board and start striking !!!!Hmmm So what was the problem....the problem happened when I discussed this with my family...... now.... my parents know that I usually get these not so infrequent lightning wishes.... and the best way to deal with them is to .....yes you are right ...fulfilll them :) but my father (from henceforth I would call him Pa ) , an eternal planner ...built a plan on how to get a carrom, ..... so my dear Pa surveyed the nearby shops and came to conclusion(not surprisingly) that Carrom Boards are unreasonably priced.... what was the next step.... lo plan B came into the picture .... let us go to the wholesale market and buy it from there...OK ... So off we went to the Bangalore Majestic....searched around 5-10 shops and finally got the "best deal" .... and finally the Carrom (with mind you free Striker and a pack of pebbels!!! ) is in our house..
When will our eternal search for the best deal end.... Is there an end to it.... Wednesdays ... get best deal in Big Bazar.... "a/b/c" travel website get best deals on plane tickets...Search on the yellow pages for seond hand furnitures/exercise equipments.... want the best deal.....
I literally recoil when a salesman tells me we are giving the best deal!!!! In the end I feel this best deal always makes me feel that have been looted .... probably I could have got a better deal ...
The weeked starts with my mother demanding 3 hours of my time ... reaosn: She wants to go "So and so" departmental store to buy groceries ....which is 4 kms from our house ...Why ? THEY OFFER THE BEST DEAL" what happened to our friendly baniya ki dookan next door ? O he cheats.... poor guy on whom we had faith for morethan two decades suddenly becomes a cheat.... only because he does not offer the best deal ?
Now buying anything is not a simple task.... it is a three step process
1) Decide What you want to buy
2) Decide the place from where you can get BEST DEAL
3) After buyig decide did you actually get the best deal.... or there was another salesman giving you a better deal?
This has taken all the fun out of shopping....the addiction of shopping is replaced with Shopping with the Best deal:)...
I got a to and fro ticets for Delhi for 5000RSand was very proud of the fact ..... till my friend told me he managed to get for 4850/- I was robbed of 150 Rs !!!!! I asked him how he managed the feat.... he said he was probably the first one to logon to the site .... but he did this at midnite the moment the ticket window opened online.
All I want to ask is is there any end to this...? When can we stop bothering about the best deal and instead enjoy shopping ?
I had this sudden desire to play carrom , not that I haven't played this game earlier..... but I just wanted to get a game board and start striking !!!!Hmmm So what was the problem....the problem happened when I discussed this with my family...... now.... my parents know that I usually get these not so infrequent lightning wishes.... and the best way to deal with them is to .....yes you are right ...fulfilll them :) but my father (from henceforth I would call him Pa ) , an eternal planner ...built a plan on how to get a carrom, ..... so my dear Pa surveyed the nearby shops and came to conclusion(not surprisingly) that Carrom Boards are unreasonably priced.... what was the next step.... lo plan B came into the picture .... let us go to the wholesale market and buy it from there...OK ... So off we went to the Bangalore Majestic....searched around 5-10 shops and finally got the "best deal" .... and finally the Carrom (with mind you free Striker and a pack of pebbels!!! ) is in our house..
When will our eternal search for the best deal end.... Is there an end to it.... Wednesdays ... get best deal in Big Bazar.... "a/b/c" travel website get best deals on plane tickets...Search on the yellow pages for seond hand furnitures/exercise equipments.... want the best deal.....
I literally recoil when a salesman tells me we are giving the best deal!!!! In the end I feel this best deal always makes me feel that have been looted .... probably I could have got a better deal ...
The weeked starts with my mother demanding 3 hours of my time ... reaosn: She wants to go "So and so" departmental store to buy groceries ....which is 4 kms from our house ...Why ? THEY OFFER THE BEST DEAL" what happened to our friendly baniya ki dookan next door ? O he cheats.... poor guy on whom we had faith for morethan two decades suddenly becomes a cheat.... only because he does not offer the best deal ?
Now buying anything is not a simple task.... it is a three step process
1) Decide What you want to buy
2) Decide the place from where you can get BEST DEAL
3) After buyig decide did you actually get the best deal.... or there was another salesman giving you a better deal?
This has taken all the fun out of shopping....the addiction of shopping is replaced with Shopping with the Best deal:)...
I got a to and fro ticets for Delhi for 5000RSand was very proud of the fact ..... till my friend told me he managed to get for 4850/- I was robbed of 150 Rs !!!!! I asked him how he managed the feat.... he said he was probably the first one to logon to the site .... but he did this at midnite the moment the ticket window opened online.
All I want to ask is is there any end to this...? When can we stop bothering about the best deal and instead enjoy shopping ?
1 comment:
hey, you write really well.Keep it up.
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