Monday, July 1, 2019

Earning the Pleasantries

Auto drivers are some of the friendliest lot. They remember you and one fine day, when you are feeling all alone in the middle of a traffic jam and looking out despondent, they flash a bright smile and ask you how you are doing. Makes you feel so much better. Oh, there may be a small price to pay, I don't know. Twenty Rupees above the meter.

Thinking of it, doctors seem to feel that "How are you?" is only a one-way traffic. I was sitting on the sofa and the dentist guy came out and said, "How are you?", all smiles. The smile was infectious, I was feeling pretty well and I said, "I'm fine! How are you?" The guy was taken aback and it took him some seconds to reply that he was fine too. Then I realized he actually meant how my teeth were doing. That's pretty disappointing actually. When will they stop seeing us as organs instead of a whole body?

My tooth hurts. Anaesthesia didn't do much today either. I'm beginning to get seriously worried. 

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