Art of Embarassing Others ;-)

Last Saturday just half an hour before the end of the day I & my colleague were onto pulling each other’s leg.

The topic was issuing cheque and all. He was very smartly asking me to issue a cheque on his behalf as he had forgotten his cheque book.
I very smartly asked him; do you even know in what condition my cheque book is (it is in the most wretched condition, folded & torn)?

To prove my point I turned around to pull it out of my bag.

While doing that I was chatting nineteen to dozens, so I pulled the book & as soon as I turned to show it to him I saw that along with the cheque book I had pulled out a sanitary napkin. Without missing a beat I turned back immediately kept it back.

Am not sure the poor guy had seen it or not but he behaved as if nothing had happened.

Later when I narrated this to my friends some were laughing others cringed with embarrassment. As far as I am concerned I felt nothing besides laughing. In fact I had continued talking with the guy without missing a beat.

But then I realised that though times have changed, we have moved ahead but there are certain things about which we prefer to talk behind the curtains or there are certain girly things which should not be discussed with guys.


I still remember those innocent school days & those girly discussions & giggles. “You know that day I was in market & that uncle was asking for sanitary napkins”. Such discussions always happened in hush-hush tone & ended in peals of giggles & ripples of laughter.

I too was one was of them. I too was hesitant in talking about these things in public.

But then my marketing professor in MBA changed things for us. He used to teach us “advertising” & "marketing management”.
Subject was such that he had to quote examples & in a class where the girl boy ratio was 20:40, he used to always quote the example of sanitary napkins.

From cringing with embarrassment we girls moved on to the zone of indifference. And that is the very reason that I still marvel at my act in this super store.

Very diligently stocking my trolley with all my stuff I realised that I have forgotten to pick “them”.
Leaving my trolley where it was I moved few meters back.
Picked ‘whisper’ and (the best part comes now) very smartly did a very good basket ball throw and dhapak it landed in my innocent trolley.

Needless to say I was very proud of my aim but when I saw the faces around me I felt like bursting with laughter.

There was a whole range of emotions on full display, people were embarrassed - glaring - shying away - few ladies smiled back I ignored the reactions stifled my giggle & moved ahead.

I never did that to prove a point neither am I writing this to prove a point. In fact I had to think more than thrice before putting this post but then I realised that sanitary napkins are a vital part of a lady’s life so why cringe with embarrassment in talking about it?

It is just another story from me :-) talking about my silliness ;-)