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“Five thousand ONLY, you think you can break lockdown rules?” snaps the man brandishing the municipality badge. Sporting aviators indoors, he struts around with an air of arrogance, while his mask having slipped under his nose, rests on his mustache. Not one of the 54 masked individuals at the wedding venue dare to expose the irony of the situation though.
“But ... we have only 50 guests. Minimal staff for catering also.”
“Give it Saab, you want us to come back and bother you?” murmurs the assistant. I watch as my uncle helplessly dips into his wallet for the cash.
Note: This 100-word micro-fiction is written for the Covid Crazies 2021 Edition of the Blogging from A-Z Challenge. The entire list of 2021 posts can be accessed here.
Hehheheh, so true and so relatable.
ReplyDeleteAnd so dissapointing!
DeleteThis was a fun read :-)
ReplyDeleteP.
Initial so you enjoy a guessing game! :-)
aah, that's a start! Let me try and ping you offline! :)
DeleteWe read such cases in dailies and we aren’t shocked.
ReplyDeleteNothing shocks us anymore does it KPT? Isn't that sad? :(
DeleteGive it Saab...dangerous dip:(
ReplyDeleteCorruption seems to be going from bad to worse now :(
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