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The business of Ullu – Banana…

By
Debkumar Bhadra
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Murari Lall needs to build a structure for which he need 10 bamboo poles, neither one more, nor one less.

He finds there is only one company in the town namely BEESYNL selling bamboo poles @ Rs 100/- a piece with the condition that the order has to be placed online and the entire quantity required has to be bought altogether and the company will deliver it at the doorstep and that bill once raised has to be paid.

Finding no other alternative, Murari Lall agrees to the monopolistic company's conditions and buys 10 poles required to build the structure. Company sends them on a truck to his home.

The truck arrives. Against required 10, Murari finds only 5 poles have arrived loaded on an open body truck. Upon asking, the driver said 5 poles might have fallen off the truck hence consider them lost in transit. He then goes on to add, press refresh, the company will resend them.

Since the quantity needed to build the structure has not come, Murari is upset. Figure of 10 starts to rotate, round and round and round in front of his eyes. He thus presses refresh.

The truck arrives again, but this time only 2 poles were there in the truck. Finding the figure of 10 still rotating, Murari press refresh without a second thought.

The truck arrives yet again with only 1 pole on board. By this time Murari have understood it very well that until the required quantity arrives, neither the figure of 10 will stop rotating, nor would he be able to put the structure together. Therefore without wasting time, he presses refresh again.

The truck arrives. But to his utter dismay Murari found nothing in it. After waiting impatiently for a while, he presses refresh in protest.

The truck arrives. Without bothering to see how many have arrived, jubilant Murari takes 2 poles. Hurrah! Murari has the required number. The rotation has stopped and the structure is finally complete.

Later in the following month, Murari received a bill of Rs 5900/- from BEESYNL. Since then a visibly shocked Murari is seen going round the city trying to figure out how could 10 Bamboo poles of Rs 100/- each cost five thousand nine hundred rupees!

Post script :
In putting together this piece, not a single bamboo have been cut, neither an Owl caught or hurt in any way, nor any banana been plucked. Therefore question of throwing banana peel on the road does not arise.

#Dontbookme Disclaimer :
The character and depictions are purely fictional in nature, does not relate to any one dead, alive or in-between. Those who find resemblance to any company or trade entity, kindly note, it is your power of imagination and the author has no say in it.

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