Last morning was hilarious. We got back from Hyderabad, and I wanted to rush the kids to school. After getting them ready, Gurdev left to drop them to school. I was busy around the house when I noticed that Gautam’s schoolbag was left behind. I also saw that Gurdev, my husband, left his cellphone behind. So, I thought that I would quickly drop Gautam’s schoolbag and save Gurdev time from making an additional trip. I took the car and went to the school and dropped off Gautam’s schoolbag there. When I came back, I saw Gurdev standing outside the house with Gautam !!
He had thought that he would save a trip and decided not to send Gautam to school. Oh, and I left his schoolbag in school. After sometime, we got a call from school saying that the schoolbag had arrived, but the child was missing :).
Gurdev sheepishly explained that it was miscommunication between him and me that had caused all the confusion. The only saving grace — the school is only a distance of 1.5 km from home. I ended up making two additional futile trips to school.
Moral of the story — Don’t take decisions without discussion.

11 responses to “Comedy of Errors!”

  1. gayatri Avatar

    Another Possible Moral: Before leaving the house…make sure nobody is home. 🙂

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  2. BK Chowla, Avatar

    Another one–one hell of a caring family

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  3. wise donkey Avatar

    but how can you have a discussion when the cellphone has been left behind

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  4. Rachna Avatar

    @Gayatri That’s not always possible :).@BKChowla Nice way of looking at the faux pas.@wisedonkey Yep, you are right. But maybe, I should have waited 10 minutes for him to get back.@Manika 🙂

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  5. Girish Avatar

    These kind of things happened when I was studying in school..!I know more than 25 friends who had a similar experience!!Mobiles were not as accessible back then, they were just getting popular (I’m 21, don’t think it was too long back :D)Funny post & relatable..:)

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  6. SUFFIX Avatar

    These kind of errors are common in such mushy errands:)

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  7. R. Ramesh Avatar

    haha comedy of errors indeed..but fun after everythign is over…:)

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  8. Rachna Avatar

    @Girish yep, we all face these funny situations. Though, they don’t seem very funny when they are happening to you :).@Suffix I guess :)@Ramesh All izz well that ends well!!

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  9. Unknown!!! Avatar

    wah! forgot schoolbag at home :)ya with mobile at home..no chance of discussion..unless he calls from some other num..nice experience to laugh out loud..:)

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  10. Rachna Avatar

    @Unknown Sure, it is 🙂

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