“Sir, I have checked all your Emails & compiled them in categories as you had instructed me. You can review them. You have to visit the client’s site on Friday. I just need your confirmation before booking the flight. I just need a minute.” Deepa bit her pen as she pushed the door & dared to look into her Boss’s eyes.

There was a pause for two minutes.

“You could have just messaged me on WhatsApp! Why did you have to intervene now?”

“Sir…. But I already messaged you yesterday night. You have seen it but forgot to reply!” Deepa said, hesitating a bit.

“Come in, Deepa. Why do you trouble this young girl? She just joined last month, & yet she has been managing it flawlessly until now. Otherwise, we all know how it is !” A middle-aged man sitting across the table said.

“You mean to say, I am the one to blame? You think I really forgot to reply to her message? I mean, who sends WhatsApp messages instead of an official Email to the boss? I saw it last night but decided not to reply. She should understand how it all works here!” A dashing young man, seated at the corner of the room, replied, adjusting his spectacles.

” Sir… I mean …. I have already sent the Email the day before yesterday, which you had not responded to, and I had to make the hotel reservations for your stay as well. ” Deepa said with a hint of fear in her voice!

” Hahahahaha… this girl is something, Arvind. I tell you. She gets you every time.”

“Ok, I just replied to your WhatsApp message. Now, let me finish the meeting with Mr. Subramanium. Will you?”Arvind impatiently remarked.

Deepa nodded.

“PODA,” She murmured beneath her breath before opening the door to leave.

Mr. Subramanium burst out laughing.

” What did she say? She said something about me, right?”, Arvind asked.

“No, no, young man, nothing, let us get to the numbers now. This is what our market share looks like”.

And both Arvind & Mr. Subramanium engaged themselves in the Excel sheet in front of them.

( To be Continued)

Glossary: ‘Poda’ is a Malayalam/ Tamil word that literally means ” go away”/ “get lost”/”get out” & is directed to a male

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Disclaimer: All the names & events in this are fictitious & any resemblance to any person or incident is purely Coincidental

Love,

Chinmayee

This post is a part of Blogchatter Half Marathon 2025