The "Key" to a Sardonic Evening!!!

None of us is perfect, and neither are our memories. Every now and then, we forget trifle things, but once in a blue moon, we forget or lose important stuff, like a key for instance. And it may lead to a catastrophe of sorts at times…..

One Key Lost, the Other Left Inside the Locked Room!!!
This was the situation at hand. Mr. Aeshverya Jain (called Ash for short) goes and loses off his key. Not a very rare thing to happen, but in most cases you manage to open the room with your roomy’s key. Not to be – his roomy Yatish had left his key inside the room…. Room locked and the key locked inside it – a scene befitting a detective movie I presume. Anyways, we had no choice. Actually we had one – break the lock or break the door!!! (Mind, it was a Godrej six levers lock – I personally thought the door would give away before the lock did). And it was quite late in the evening – past 7 pm I guess. So calling anyone from the hostel office was not plausible (might even say it was not possible). So we had to take matters into our own hand….

“A Brick!? Are Ya Nuts???”
Our electronics engineer Shoaib has a brainwave and he grabs hold of a brick (This shows that electronics people are so lost in their own studies that their brains cease to function at critical times). Can anyone really expect a brick to break a steel lock – beats me! Anyways, he goes ahead with this weird theory. As expected, two hits and the brick crumbles to a fine red powder. All he succeeded was in dirtying the corridor.

“A Rock?! Might Do the Trick!!!”
Then it was Sameep’s turn. He goes scouting in the college campus and comes back with a rock (it was a little too large to be called a stone). He sure had some exercise trying to bring it to the second floor. Then the more troublesome part – lifting it and striking it with accuracy. Shoaib takes the first try, and notably fails miserably – the aim going haywire!

My turn – my aim was relatively better but instead of hitting the lock, I hit the latch and it gets detached off partly from the door. Now something is better than nothing nay… But still the door remains locked – the other part of the latch refuses to give in.

“A Hammer!? Don’t Underestimate a Godrej Lock!!!”
We finally manage to get hold of a hammer. That was good news – or so we thought. So this guy Rohit (a friend of Ash’s roomy who brought the hammer) volunteers to break the lock. Bang!!! The first hit and the handle of the hammer breaks off. It seemed we were plagued by ill luck – the third ‘tool’ notwithstanding. Now Ash really gets impatient and proposes a treat – for breaking the lock! Anyone who has first-hand experience of the messes at NIT Warangal would love to get away from the prospect of eating dinners there. So a new burst of enthusiasm – but will we escape the inevitable fate of dining in the mess, at least for one day?

The Decisive Hit!!!
Everyone literally gave up hope, but Sameep and me. Two of our three ‘tools’ had been defeated but one still kept standing – the rock. So we decide to go with it (mind, lifting it and landing it with a crash right on the lock was not an easy task). And after numerous tiring attempts, one hit lands on the target and the lock is finally demolished. From then onwards I made a mental note to buy only Godrej locks – they sure live up to their reputation. It was a heck of a trouble breaking one small one….

Then we were faced with the prospect of the Engineering Drawing exam the next day – Ash and I. One trouble ends and another one creeps in – maybe the day had misfortune written all over it.


But the aim was achieved – we managed to avoid the mess for a day. And nothing else matters!!!