Kaushik felt he was being an ethical bastard. He had met a guy who was collecting money for an aid organization on his way back from work. Now, Kaushik is the sort of big hearted person who'd let me write about him. He is also the sort of big hearted person who'd donate to charity, so he pledged 20 franks for this chap's cause.
Unfortunately, he realized that he didn't have enough cash to spare. So he asked the guy if he'd be around the next day. This guy said he'd be at the same place at 6.45 the following day, so Kaushik promised to come back and give him the money he pledged.
The problem was, Kaushik had an internet rendezvous planned with his parents the following day at around the same time he told the charity chap that he'd come back. He knew this at the back of his mind, but it didn't strike him when he made his promise.
Kaushik felt disturbed when he realized this and it kept pricking his conscience. Like I said, he felt he was being an ethical bastard. Being the good hearted Kaushik that he was and suffering from the chronic illness of love for mankind and similar things, he could not just shrug off the feeling and let it be.
So he decided to call off the weekly rendezvous with his parents. He figured he'd rather have his parents mad at him than have a bad conscience. The boy decided to stay back after work, so that he could meet the chap and give him the money that he had promised.
After a lot of guilt and obsession over his conscience, Kaushik had a plan and he implemented it. He went to the same place he met the Charity Chap the following day and he waited. He waited and he waited and he waited.
Guess who stood him up!
9 comments:
Irony hitting you in the face is the worst of all feelings
aw, sweet guy. :P
Sounds like a case of supply and demand.. guess the guy who collected donations had met his target and had no need for Kaushik's money. Too much supply of charity :) Is there some moral in the story I missed?
@ Abhi - True, that. Kaushik would agree! Where are you now?
@ Adithya - No moral. Just irony.
thank you for linking this kaushik . i am now going to read his blog and investigate his personality.
Don't bother. That fellow stopped writing light years ago.
I typed a comment. But I felt it deserved to be on my blog. It will make you visit, and all the gullible fools out there too.
I know what this is about and I'm not too happy about it. Oh gawd!
LOL... :D
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