These trivial things make my days at office fun...

Long back, I wrote about an old lady who cleans my workplace. She continues to manage the place with her laughter and age. Today, she was cleaning the hall. There is an evening tea session at our office, where the tea comes to a lounge and we carry our glasses to fetch the tea. The tea has come early today, so I asked her to drink tea and then, continue the work.

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“Here people (office staff) have asked me not to take tea. Hence, I stopped drinking tea from this office,” she replied angrily. I tried consoling her saying they may not have meant anything by that, rather would have made fun of her. But, she presented more arguments of her co-workers always getting preferences in trivial matters.

In between, she also blamed me for not heeding her. Last week, she was on leave for five days and I didn’t notice her absence. For almost 15 minutes, she continued to share her grievances, every time highlighting the ‘tea’ issue. In a nutshell, unless the Dean tells her, she has decided not to take tea from the office. Finally, I decided to give up and offered her a cup of tea. She lowered her voice and said, “I will drink because you give me.” 

I smiled looking at her cute face and nodded the head. She reminded me of a 6-year-old kid, and I silently thought 'old age is a second childhood.'