BON VOYAGE

01 Oct 2017
FIRST BON VOYAGE

First time, Johny is going abroad and preparation for the packing is planned in advance.  Briefed before hand to be careful about the touts and co passengers who are likely to befriend for safe custody of some articles which may land in trouble due to the banned nature of the product or the likely linking of such products to narcotics etc.  Sunday early in the morning his favourite new black formal pants and white shirt is hand washed and ironed and kept ready for packing.  New hand bag which can carry lap top and other travel documents purchased from super market is arranged for packing.  For a three day programme purchases were made to the tune of Rs.30K which is not likely to be reimbursed by the company. Being a new experience of travel these extravagant spending is ignored or excused.

Packing was started only in the afternoon and first thing he enquired about is the new sets of vanhusen underwear purchased for a comfortable journey.  Though it was purchased a week before, two have been kept in the soiled clothing group for washing and the third one still under use.  Have you washed the new underwear for packing?  Queried the bon-voyager.    Previous three days weather being inclement, washing was not undertaken and moreover enough clothes for washing was not in the bin of washing machine. Initial mood of packing itself was upset and the way he questioned made me really angry.  Unloaded from the cub board loads of underwears in good condition which can also be taken for travel.  If he was very particular about the item, he should have made initial arrangement to see whether important items are ready in the inventory.  This could have triggered the need for keeping the item ready after hand washed along with pants and shirt already ironed beforehand.  Two upset guys refusing to face each other!

Before lunch Mom wanted to cajole the swollen faced son, before the voyage and asked ‘are you worried over the travel.  Something wrong?’  No, the underwear, I have specifically bought for this occasion and it is not available.  I recalled an incident narrated by him at office with a section manager, envious of his lavishness in life style using own Honda city car for daily travel and the week end meeting with other colleagues.  He being a Manger could afford only a two-wheeler.  He openly remarked that a person who can afford only ‘tantex’ underwear should not dream about having costly Jockey. It may cause itching initially leading to scabies.  I thought he went a step further in selecting vanhusen underwear to defeat the manager.  However, the situation was brought under control before evening with tempers cooled with a cup of tea and snacks.  Things were packed before time to go to evening mass.

During night dinner, light tiffin was served as usual.  At 8.30 PM Uber car arrived for the trip to airport.  A prayer was made for the safe journey and he departed happily.

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Comments

  1. UnknownOctober 6, 2017 at 12:40 PM

    The Author has edited few scenes for the pleasure of reading and skipped some of the events that led to this.
    The moron manager owns a car not a bike and I would like to punch his throat for those sarcastic comments.

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  2. UnknownOctober 7, 2017 at 12:56 AM

    Bon voyage?! The blog title can be renamed as 'Johny and his superhero underpants'.

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