This is a confession post for the what I and the Chai Dude are repeatedly doing these days. Since I do enjoy the output so I agree being the partner in this crime. On the contrary we are not at all guilty for doing this and truly enjoy and repeat this act again and again. So let me stop playing with words and get straight with our crime details.
I have this friend - Chai Dude (sorry buddy but this was the first and the best name that came to my mind for a die hard tea fan like you). Now our Chai Dude guy is just too crazy about tea and I am pretty sure even in these recession times if needed he can open up an “Assorted Chai Shop” which will be a sure shot hit with me being an obedient customer everyday. Ok so we were talking about Chai Dude’s talent – he makes varieties of tea, would try adding different flavors each time or will change the sequence in which he adds the ingredients and on top of that would explain what went well and what not each time. Moreover even in office our communicator conversations are mostly around tea!!
Me: hey i m thinking to take off tomorrow, feeling too tired and sleep deprived
Chai Dude: ya and I’ll make you warm tea. Two days u did not drink tea u became sick. So don’t crib abt hot summer just drink tea its good for head ache, skin & complexion. It curbs mental anxiety. If devdas drank tea instead of alcohol he would got himself hooked with Paro instead of dying
Me: I agree
Chai Dude: Tea is Gods own creation, appreciate it!
Me: ok boss
Chai Dude: u know the only time osama doesn’t think of bombing innocent people is when he is drinking tea and smoking his hukka. So lets drink tea to world peace
And the tea benefits saga goes on and on……….
Since he can not make the Indian style tea in office so he came up with a workaround - Why not try ice tea? And he came out with an excellent drink but again his creativity comes in scene and he wants a lemon ice tea now. He could not find any lemonade in the vending machine on his floor, so curiously opened up the fridge and grabbed someone's lemonadebottle.. He couldn’t resist his hyperactive tea taste buds so stole some from it. I was invited to sip the output and trust me the theft was worth it :). This was repeated twice and then he pinged me the third day saying:
Chai Dude: Hey, I think we have to get lemonade, i can’t resist the temptation of ice tea. u know with lemon the best part is even if u make the tea extra strong it will be better. But we’ll have only plain tea today, i am scared to steal more lemonade. it is already half :(
Me: Then buy it from the vending machine
Chai Dude: sold out
Me: go to some other floor n buy
Chai Dude: ok let me do that and see, will call u
(In just another minute he pings back :))
Chai Dude: Hey forget it i am going to steal it. i am making ice tea,c u on my floor.
He has even written a recipe for this Lemon Ice tea, here it goes:
Ingredients:
½ glass of warm water dispensed from office coffee vending machine, 2 tea bags, 2 tsps sugar,
½ glass of stolen lemonade and lots of ice
Recipe:
Mix all the ingredients, have a nice drink and make fun of your lousy room mate and also the guy whom you stole the lemonade from.
Tip: Tastes good only if the lemonade is stolen :)
To our surprise the next day lemonade bottle was gone!! A day after that a new bottle was replaced in the refrigerator. The bottle remained sealed for a day so our Chai Dude became all cautious and started wondering – did the owner got to know about his stealing? what if he wants to find him? So what should he do now?? Neither could he resist the temptation to have lemon Ice tea nor he wanted to be caught. So he comes up with a plan to wait for some time and then steal. And during this time he sends status emails to me like the one below with subject – “Update from Chief Commander”
Crouching Tiger calling Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger calling hidden dragon..krrrrrrrrr (sound of wireless radio static)
There have been recent activities observed in “Project LIT (Lemon Ice Tea)” krrrrrr
Krrrrrr , the lemonade bottle has been used. Looks like the primary suspect has temporary de-activated the radars to get a glass full Krrrrrrr. We are going to execute Plan A after 48 hours. krrrrrrr..
Long live the tea……..
Buwahhaahahahahhaha (Evil laughter followed by sound of thunder and lightening)
PS: Plan A is nothing but stealing half a glass of lemonade.
We did bring lemonade and lemon syrup at home long back so that he takes that to office but he forgets everyday and then ends up stealing :). Finally today he got the lemon syrup to office but things went the other way……..
Chai Dude: Fate played a cruel trick on me. I wanted to change my criminal ways and got my own lemon syrup but when I went there I noticed my lemon syrup was gone
Me: oops !!
Chai Dude: seriously its true, its gone n i dont know if it is stolen or thrown away why would anyone take the whole bottle away? they can use and keep it back just like me :(
By the way at the end of the day he did find his Lemon Syrup back. As per him – “someone stuffed it deep inside the fridge, there is god!! So let me go and have his lemon ice tea now:)
