net indeed is a creepy place. a few days back had some Mr. Sameer presumably giving me a long distance call all the way from Jamshedpur. Such interesting or rather mundane incidents don't occur frequently.
Sameer Enthu 'Hi, nisha how are you doing?'
Nisha 'I'm sorry, i don't recall you. May i know who is speaking please?'
Sameer Dissapointed 'arre, comon nisha what are you saying. we have chated so many times'
Nisha 'Really?(blended wid all d sarcasm in d world) well as far as i can stretch my memory cells i don't know a single sameer in my life'. (keeping apart that annoyingly chivalrous hubby of my best friend - reading in silence)
Sameer Confused 'what is wrong with you? we have chated so many times off recently'
Nisha 'Look, I'm real sorry. i think u've got the wrong person. i really don't know anyone by the name of sameer.'
Sameer Frustrated 'then how do u suppose i got your contact no. and ur name. u r nisha patel, rite?'
Nisha 'wll ya, i'm nisha patel. Well, how would i know that....see, i'm telling you i hardly ever chat. maybe once in 6 months. and i've definitely not ever chated with you, unless your real name is stg else'
Sameer exasperated 'arre nisha itna bhaav kyun kha rahi ho. i sent u so many messages in d last couple of days. n till a week back we chated so many times. n y haven't u been replyin off lately to my offliners?'
Nisha 'God, for heaven's sake i don't really know you. see, i'm in touch with a couple of guys mostly involved in their MBA programs. I don't really have a very good memory. i could be forgetting. help me recall you in that case. is ur name sameer?'
Sameer Excited 'yes, i'm sameer. see nisha we interacted via yahoo messenger. infact we even talked in gujarati. arre bhooli gai tu aapne gujarati maan vaat kari hati. n then u gave me ur contact no n hence i'm calling u up.'
Nisha 'God help me. heavens, gujarati. i never talk with anyone in gujarati.'
Sameer Enthu 'you told me you are from jamshedpur and are living currently in mumbai. u stay at some place near some sanyas ashram, rite?'
Nisha 'god, true, i do stay nearby sanyas ashram. how the hell do you know that???? and heavens!!!jamshedpur, JAMSHEDPUR!! see, i've never been in my entire life to east..bengal, bihar, orissa, etc etc. n u r landing me in jamshedpur. see, i think there is a serious goofup here. i'm not the person u r tryin to get in touch with'
Sameer Curious 'then where are you from, mumbai?'
Nisha evading 'well...west'
Sameer Adamant 'so, u r from mumbai'.
nisha 'west. tell me which ID were u interactin with'
sameer Clarifying 'ur ID. ur name'
nisha 'spell it out'
sameer Anxious 'nisha_patel_05'
nisha 'there. there u r. man, i've never had any ID by the name of nisha_patel_05 ever in my life. but, i don't understand how the hell u've my name, contact no n adress'
sameer Dissapointed 'well then it seems she has been lying to me. u did some project for ICICI Prudential, rite??'
nisha 'hell, ya i did. n now how in the world do u know that. see, stop lying around.'
sameer trying hard 'see, i'm not lying. how do u think i got ur contact no n everything? is this a hostel or what?'
nisha hesitant 'ya, it is.'
sameer Insisting 'what is ur ID?'
nisha 'its nt nisha_patel_05'
sameer Apologetic 'see, i'm sorry. i don't mean to harass you. but, there is a girl with d said ID who gave me ur details. n she hasn't been replyin to me off lately.'
nisha 'ya, perhaps that girl has been givin out my details. that is scary. i mean hardly anyone knows i've done my project at ICICI. get in touch with tht girl, ask her y did she give out my details.'
sameer Friendly 'ya, i wud surely do that. i'm really sorry. i didn't mean to disturb/harass you in the least bit.'
nisha 'wll, that's fine. but just do let me know who the hell that person is. y is she pretendin to be me'
sameer Collected 'sure, i wud let u knw that. but, don't panic. its okie. i won't disturb u again. n i'm once again sorry.'
nisha 'wll, its ok. guess, not ur mistake'.
sameer 'i'm once again sorry.'
well from the way the man spoke he seemed genuinely sorry n perhaps he really was fooled by someone else...or perhaps he was just taking my case. i wud never know that.
nevertheless it was an exasperating yet exciting experience. brings u closer to the virtual reality, its pluses n minuses.
hmmmm....but from every experience there is so much learning and growth apart from the fun.
