So all of you have been wondering where to park your money in these shrinking times? I have the answer to this difficult situation… You can send it all to me 
(reason at the end of the post).. my blessings to you with interest are already on the way
Ok now on a serious note! how are you dealing with the current situation of inflation?
Some observations in the past few days of how people are dealing with it:
The Kirana store uncles have become khadoos… (Used to call them Bhaiya until I decided to be really mean and started calling them Uncle.. read on to know why)
The situations as below:
Me, Anks and Meg at the store opposite our house. 2 uncles greet us with that ever so conspiring smile.
Me: “Hello Bhaiya”
Bhaiya : “Hello, kya doon?”
Meg: Like Shankar Mahdevan in a single breath singing kind of a way: milk, curd, rin coffee,……. fhsfkfjsdfe vjhgifkdskfjerdsfkfrigkdgnrgiergkrfn…. aur kuch yaad aa raha hai kya?”
Me: “Yaar, lets cut down on maggi this month… too much of fat.. may be we can just have the energy rich Parle – G…”
Anks The dietician completely agrees: “Good Idea.. That way we can save money too!” (Anks bette!!! yeh bolna nahi tha)
Me: “Thats besides the point though” (… covering up…)
Bhaiya “Maggi hata do.. Achha ab hisaab jod do”
Bhaiya ji: Grabs his calculator… tick tick tick tick…..Madam – 761
Me: “761 … !@#$%^&*! itna saman hai kya? Thikhai chaliye … Kitna de…? 700 ?
See the catch here is not bargaining… but customer relations.. we give him a business of almost 100 everyday… and in return expect 10% discount… why? cos we dont go to Subhiksha, Big Bazaar etc .. therefore we get the discount when we do wholesale shopping… ie above 500.. that was the established norm until that day…
Bhaiya Ji: Cluck Cluck.
Anks hands out a 1000 rupee note.
Bhaiya ji returns 239. !! My turn to do cluck cluck
Me: Uncle (bhaiya ji turned Uncle in that very moment) 1 rupaiya bhi discount nahi diya…
Uncle: raising his eyebrows at ‘Uncle’ and accepting the change. Beta, Mehengaye badh gayee hai… mehnat ka kaam karte hai…(As if mera paisa toh tree par ugta hai)
Me: Uncle fir bhi 750… oh sorry 760 ho jaata!
Uncle: Beta inflation ke baare mein nahi dekh rahe ho kya akhbar mein… (Guess, the word ‘inflation’ has become as common as aloo pyaaz today…!)
The other Fatty Uncle now gives that look of Over and out…!
Me: Heads down.. give that look of defeat to Meg and Anks! walk in silence.. Thinking – I need a raise
What else have Meghs and Anks done to save themselves of inflation: They have declared themselves FAT :O and therefore the kirana store uncle has one excess bottle of oil and ghee and alot of other eateries that i dont want to go in to detail here.
My Bais come on foot instead of rickshaw.. and are late everyday!
Barista switches of AC in peak hours (9pm). The landlady switches off our Electricity Mains ( even though we pay the bills)
The neighbour has cut down on her foreign holiday and er beauty parlour trips!
Bonuses dont seem to be getting credited in the BANK any soon!
As for myself.. I am thinking I’ll postpone my shaadi until ‘Hope’ (read money) resurfaces.
Someone, (read Govt) Please do something!!!
