Doctor in the night

The other day, rather night, when I was returning from office, around 11.45 pm, I was in my own thoughts. As is normally the case, there were very few people on the road at that time. Suddenly I saw a familiar face approaching from a distance. I was trying to recollect the name of this familiar face. But I was not able to hit the bulls eye. Thankfully this gentleman was at a distance when I saw him, so I had time to think... And he too had not noticed me, which gave me all the more time to wake up my sleepy mind and get my thoughts together. By the time we were 5 feet away from each other, I realized that he is my dentist. How often do you find your doctor dressed casually and walking equally casually on the road in the middle of the night??? He still hadn't seen me because there was a group of 3 guys between him and me.

As we reached closer, I said - "Good evening Doctor."

He was startled and said "Hey, hi, good evening. Do you come so late?"

I said, "Yes".

He said, "And you go at 8 in the morning?"

I said, "No. I leave around 10 or 10.30 in the morning. It becomes difficult to go at 8 in the morning and come this late in the night."

He said, "Yeah. Its good that you go a littl late."

I said, "What are you doing at this hour? Taking a stroll?"

He said, "No man. I forgot my dabba in the clinic. And my wife was shouting at me like anything. So I decided to come and take my dabba."

I smiled... It was difficult for me to control my laughter. I smiled, wished him good night and we went our respective ways. After walking a few feet, I couldn't control my laughter. Even a doctor is scared when his wife shouts... :))

Ghar ghar ki yahi kahani...