Soft Target

Santosh Tyagi gives Gupta some sage advice

Santosh Tyagi was in for a rude shock when she showed up today. Instead of being welcomed back with open arms, Bijoy Gupta charged at her hammer and tongs: “Where have you been all these days? We were about to call the police!”
Santosh was keeping low for the past few days, obviously due to the uncertain weather conditions. But Gupta was uncaring and relentless: “What do you expect us to do when a member goes missing? We thought you had been abducted by somebody. Or did you run away from home?”
By now Santosh could gather that Gupta was not serious and as is his nature, was pulling her leg. Still, at the end of the exercises, she gave him a piece of sage advice: “At our age we should not entertain such wild thoughts. We ought to focus our minds on the Almighty above.”
This only gave Gupta additional ammunition to chide her further: “Does this mean you are so weak-hearted, Santosh-ji? Why, don’t you have any control over your mind?” And so it went on and on...
Point is, Gupta needs someone to play the fool with every morning. Not everyone is sporting enough to absorb his jokes. So long, Shekhawat was a convenient target. But now that he is indisposed (ref earlier posts) and has not been coming for the past three days, Gupta was on a look out for someone new to let off steam.
Santosh Tyagi today presented herself as a soft target.

Karun Sharma:
Yes, Gupta-ji has enormous energy and enthusiasm to pull people's legs. Today's I thought the Think About It quote was excellent. Thanks for sharing.