“a lot can actually happen over a cup of coffee”

This was an incident that happened few years ago in Mumbai, in a Cafe Coffee Day out let. After work I had gone to a nearby coffee day, I just wanted catch myself snack and coffee before I head back to my room. The outlet was nearly empty, It was just me and a couples sitting at far end on couch to be precise; It was just another humdrum evening. Suddenly a huge group barges in to the outlet. All of a sudden the outlets serene atmosphere had been overtaken by their overexcited group. They were very noisy, It was little disturbing to say the least. Meanwhile my coffee & and a multi grain just arrived.

Then I saw this young bloke, who was actually throwing a party to them. a tag hanging around his neck with the company badge. The guy had lean structure, thinking about it he could have easily convinced me that he was yet to pass her Xth. Anyway he was well dressed and Looked like he was pretty happy about something may be his birthday I thought or something else. He was splurging money treating more than a half a dozen of his friends.

All of a sudden he stands up on the stool he was sitting, “I am really happy today, on the house for all of them” he told seeing all of our faces. I was feeling little awkward at someone else paying my bill & even the unexpected generosity shown by an unknown stranger. Although I felt really happy for her for reasons yet unknown to me, I was just a passerby.

I went and congratulated him and I said my fussiness about him paying my bill, somehow he & his friends convinced me that it was cool with them. I had a small conversation with the group & I was about to leave, I couldn’t control my curiosity to know the reason for the celebration; I went ahead and asked him for the reason. All his friends started laughing I thought I had done something wrong, he turns towards me & in mellow voice he said “I lost a lottery”.

What!!!???? I thought to myself that was strangest reason I have heard to throw a party. But what could I say, I just smiled at them and left for my room. On the way I was thinking about the same thing. I somehow felt that people have become so busy and muddled in their work and other complexities that it hardly mattered, they just wanted to have a good time and they had theirs & off course I had mine!