Did he say ``get back to the kitchen will you..?
Posted 6th December 2007 at 04:56 AM by sathya
hello..
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I had just finished cooking. The usual kootu, a salad and brown rice. With the children away working in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:City>, I had got used to cooking minimum (?) vegetables. If I have to use more than one vegetable I usually made mixed vegetable koottu or mixed vegetable curry and the salad is usually a mixture of onions, tomato, cucumber, coconut and coriander leaves. Although I did have whole grain batter in the fridge, I wanted to finish my cooking early so that I can have time to read.
Me the great bookworm, loves books no end. I have to read anything from bits of paper, newspaper, especially the magazine sections, books on health, management, society, nature or whatever..!
So just as I was cleaning up to leave there was a knock on the door. It was the fellow who gave us the cable connection. It was the first of the month and he had come to get his monthly payment for cable connection. I hurried up to get his couple of hundreds and almost snatched the receipt from his hands. As I was turning away he called. I turned around with an irritating look. He had a stainless steel dosa ladle in his hand. This is for you he said. I asked him what’s it all about. He said `oh it is a gift from us for making a payment on the first of the month..! because quite a few people send them back asking them to come tomorrow which turns out to be another tomorrow..!
I came back to find DH smiling. Now what was that sly smile all about?. A gift of dosa ladle he asked. Only then did I realise it was a kitchen item as gift. The cable fellow could have got a puja bowl or flower vase, now why did he have to bring a dosa ladle ?. Did he say `` get back to the kitchen will you?’’
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sathya
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I had just finished cooking. The usual kootu, a salad and brown rice. With the children away working in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:City>, I had got used to cooking minimum (?) vegetables. If I have to use more than one vegetable I usually made mixed vegetable koottu or mixed vegetable curry and the salad is usually a mixture of onions, tomato, cucumber, coconut and coriander leaves. Although I did have whole grain batter in the fridge, I wanted to finish my cooking early so that I can have time to read.
Me the great bookworm, loves books no end. I have to read anything from bits of paper, newspaper, especially the magazine sections, books on health, management, society, nature or whatever..!
So just as I was cleaning up to leave there was a knock on the door. It was the fellow who gave us the cable connection. It was the first of the month and he had come to get his monthly payment for cable connection. I hurried up to get his couple of hundreds and almost snatched the receipt from his hands. As I was turning away he called. I turned around with an irritating look. He had a stainless steel dosa ladle in his hand. This is for you he said. I asked him what’s it all about. He said `oh it is a gift from us for making a payment on the first of the month..! because quite a few people send them back asking them to come tomorrow which turns out to be another tomorrow..!
I came back to find DH smiling. Now what was that sly smile all about?. A gift of dosa ladle he asked. Only then did I realise it was a kitchen item as gift. The cable fellow could have got a puja bowl or flower vase, now why did he have to bring a dosa ladle ?. Did he say `` get back to the kitchen will you?’’
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 |  Dear Satya, It was interesting as well as a little bit funny when u expressed that "get back to kitchen will u?"....Its very common to present the girl baby with a kitchen set and a male child with a toy like car...at least wen i was a kid this used to be the case.Also, we have seen umpteen number of times that in all magazines...or any books, a family will be potrayed with dad sitting with paper/mom in kitchen....So i think its pretty common to recive a gift like this  |
Posted 6th December 2007 at 05:35 AM by aishu22  |
| |  hey ask him to come to bangalore we pay online so nothing to worry and if he has other items other than dosa ladle of course..sk |
Posted 6th December 2007 at 06:46 AM by sunkan  |
| |  Very useful gift I will say since I have so much use for ladles..Now what will I do with another pictures, doll, statues or vase or worse still artificial flowers..this to me is the perfect gift.... we have to find fault or so you think of everything that crosses our way so used are we in this way that it never crosses our minds to be delighted with unusual ways of gifting and forget to just smile and say thank you for indeed we are blessed to be able to use this tool so thank you dear friend and God Bless !!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted 6th December 2007 at 11:45 AM by Anandchitra |
| |  hey satya, Hey all these marketing guys, always gift things that are useful in the kitchen..what could be the actual reason...Even one of my medical rep friend was commenting it starts from water bottle,flasks,then tavas, dinner sets...to the higher end of fridge. On a lighter note, maybe he wanted to tell you that you can hit the person who is not allowing you to watch your favourite programme, without searching too much...... |
| Posted 6th December 2007 at 11:33 PM by Shanvy |
| |  hey aishu.... now that you say it...perhaps it is common to gift the same type of things right from childhood....mm...but what if he brings one more the next month too....(they buy by the doz so they get it cheaper...!) sathya |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 02:47 AM by sathya |
| | hey aishu... . now that you say it...perhaps it is common to gift the same type of things right from childhood....mm...but what if he brings one more the next month too....(they buy by the doz so they get it cheaper...!) sathya |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 02:59 AM by sathya |
| | hello akka paying online....they will have adverts on mail ka...giving this and giving that only you have to vote or subscribe or whatever...! sathya |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 03:00 AM by sathya |
| | hello akka paying online....they will have adverts on mail ka...giving this and giving that only you have to vote or subscribe or whatever...! sathya |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 03:04 AM by sathya |
| | hello chitra bless you to see the good side of everything... pm your address will you next time i get another dosa ladle out it goes with your address aha... chumma sollakoodathu... inge ezhudinathukkelllam thalayattikonduvanthaalennu paartha... vase thani pookothillaamal ethanai dosai thiruppi serpathu... iruppinum innonru vanthaal azhaga paint adithu vaikathaan vendum...! sathya |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 03:05 AM by sathya |
| | hello shanvy athane.... marketing everywhere... as it is i love the kitchen trying out this and that esp thokkus.... now this... perhaps some books... i need to give him some ideas..! sathya |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 03:06 AM by sathya |
| |  Hi, All the marketing gimmicks... All these people will only give kitchen items or those things which will attract the ladies... It is mainly because, they know who takes decisions in the house.... or who runs the show...hahahahahaha.. Sathya just tell him next time, you dont cook at home... I bet he will bring something which will attract you and not your DH..... Hahahahaha... Life is to enjoy... enjoy.... |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 04:48 AM by Vysan |
| | Hi Sathya, That was too good. But frankly, why in all these marketing gimmicks , they always hand out dosai thiruppi or karandi or some such. There so many other useful household stuff they can give even if it is lower budget. I am aksing this since, all the ads i see on tv , for every thing it is always a set of karandis or dosai thiruppi or jalli karandi or something similar. I wouldn't have minded if the cable guy gave a rolling pin instead. You know it does double duty!!! |
| Posted 7th December 2007 at 12:53 PM by Vandhana |
| |  Nice blog Sathya. Actually funny to read and had a good laugh just becoz u paid on 1st of the month he brot a dosa ladle. As you said what if he goes on getting it every month?????????? I think you will have to sell it back to him....... hahahhaha.......Just kidding.............Let us know what happens next month. |
| Posted 10th December 2007 at 01:39 AM by Arunarc |
| | hello veda nice idea ya...thanks will try and tell him next time he lands with a dosa ladle....! sathya |
| Posted 10th December 2007 at 03:52 AM by sathya |
| | hello vandana your write up brought smiles or should i say guffaws... a rolling pin indeed i had a good imagination of someone running around with a rolling pin... ........! good one.. sathya |
| Posted 10th December 2007 at 03:54 AM by sathya |
| | hello vandana your write up brought smiles or should i say guffaws... a rolling pin indeed i had a good imagination of someone running around with a rolling pin... ........! good one.. sathya |
| Posted 10th December 2007 at 04:00 AM by sathya |
| | hello aruna if he brings in a dosa ladle next month too...? perhaps ill buy dosa ladles by the dozen and try out some marketing... sathya |
| Posted 10th December 2007 at 04:03 AM by sathya |
| |  Satya, as usual a nice blog! They do give kitchen items because they think that we are the 'queen' of the house, and they do want to 'kakka pidichu' us so that we can support their cable, because it is the 'thaai kulam' who are glued to their TV sets during the day and night serial hours. Moreover, it is we who have the 'spending power' isn't it! hahaha! sriniketan |
| Posted 10th December 2007 at 04:12 PM by Sriniketan |
| | hello srinik mmmhm paarattum karandiyoda varanum.... sathya |
| Posted 11th December 2007 at 04:17 AM by sathya |
| |  How would you have liked a video game or a sport's watch or a men's utility item like lawn mower or a hose for car wash ? Kidding !!! I would have liked if he presented a book. The gift and the situation was amusing and so was the way it's written..I could just imagine the look you had when he handed it to you. |
| Posted 11th December 2007 at 07:03 PM by MeenLoch |
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