Around Mumbai in 100 bucks- The Sequel

Much as I did not want to write about the not-so-paavam dude, his histrionics compel me to write a few more stories about him. We left him with the perception that the number 6 house must have brought him all the luck and laurels in life. One would have thought him to get a salary hike, to set up a nice house with his wife and do all the 'lived-happily-ever-after"-like activities. But fate had other plans for him.

He had paid whatever was due for the house-fixing like the deposit of the house, brokerage, rent and all such transactions and decided to move in last Wednesday.(Auspicious day and all of that!). On Wednesday, he knocks the broker's place at 7:00 AM. Now the broker usually opens his office only at 10:00 AM and was quite startled to find customers knocking his door at such 'unearthly' hours. On top of it, this dude gives him some incongruous reasoning.

Dude: Good Morning, I have come to collect keys because its Wednesday.
Broker: *Yawn* The keys are with the landlord.
Dude: *irritated* Since I said I will be moving on Wednesday, why did you not collect the keys from the landlord?
Broker: No sir! It doesn't work that ways. *Yawn yawn* I agree you said wednesday but its too early in the morning. I have to collect the keys from the landlord who'd be sleeping right now. *some more yawn*
Dude: This is not early in the morning!?! I have come in at 7:00 AM only, not at 5:00 AM. I have to go to office and this is the only good time of the day and from 9:00AM 'rahu kaalam' starts.....*some more rants*

Next thing, the dude arrives at our place and waits on until 8-8:30 until the broker gets back to him. After a futile wait, the broker announced that he'd be able to collect the keys only at 10. So this dude had no choice but to cancel his shifting plans. On friday morning, the dude shifts to that house and at night, he arrives home with a list of complaints. The traffic noise is a bit loud, the flush in the bathroom doesn't work, he has an upset stomach because of hotel food, water supply is erratic. He spent an hour talking about this, that and otherwise. And just when we would have expected him to leave, he sheepishly says he doesn't have a bed to sleep and wants a bedsheet and a pillow. All we could manage was exchange glances..:-)

Next day, the dude arrives at 6:30 in the morning, waking my poor MIL up. I woke a little late, and I saw the same silhouette in the hall *Oh no! not again..!* The crib of the day was that he could not sleep in that house because of the traffic noise. He managed to get only 2 hours of sleep. And lamented on how his lack of sleep could affect his productivity and eventually, render him jobless. *What foresight!* And because of this, he wanted to move out of that place. He had come early again to talk to the broker. Broker, a smarter man now, told his servant not to disturb him. So this dude waited on at our place until 10:00 AM. When he was told that if he leaves the house, he'll lose out on the brokerage and 1 month's rent besides the interest of the deposit, the dude looked visibly devastated. The look of horror on his face clearly indicated that the whole world was out to swindle him. Well what can anyone do if he did not realize that houses need to be evaluated before fixing the deal and numerology cannot help him achieve that? Now with a heavy heart and a disappointed mind, he continues to stay in that house and sleeps with cotton plugs in his ears.