The one where I resigned the day I joined!

Let me take you back in time to August 2016.

I was livin' la Vida Loca in New Panvel. I had only two things constant in my daily routine. Cad Course in the day and 11 pm show in the night. 

One day after my daily session at 4 pm I went to chill out at Inorbit mall along with Vinay. We were enrolled in the New Panvel Branch. But had to visit the Vashi Branch for one of the software training in the combo package.

Being a bookworm I couldn't resist entering Crosswords. On one shelf few were discovering the song of ice and fire series. While a few 11-year-olds were picking up the book taking them to Hogwarts for the first time. 

I went to peek at the best sellers column. Just then I couldn't hear eavesdrop one of the managers speaking with a 17-year-old boy. 

He was looking for a job but couldn't meet the eligibility criteria of education. As the boy went out of the store I approached the manager with whom he was having the conversation.

I was supposed to tell the manager to give the boy a chance. Instead, I asked him if I was meeting the eligibility criteria for the job. 

That's how life is sometimes. Survival of the fittest. 

Although I had flunked my final semester of engineering I qualified basic requirements for the job. The manager knew me very well as an old customer of the shop. He was surprised when I showed interest in the job.

It was a part-time job. From 4 pm to 8 pm daily. No holidays. The salary was 5000 per month. 

There was no necessity for me to take a job. I came from a well-to-do family. I didn't ask anybody's advice before saying yes. And was told to join from September post-Ganesh Chaturthi.

I was not going to be there for the money. At least that was the plan. I thought after fours of software training I could spend the next few hours working in a place surrounded by books joyfully. I could pick any book I want and read in between chores. Help people buy books by recommending them. That's just like Rachel Green meets Hermione Granger. 

I thought it could help me find my way back to writing. Stories, poems, or whatever I found my heart in. I thought I could understand the mechanism involved in book launches and all and all.

But then just before the commencement of Ganesh Chaturthi, I was asked to shift back to my hometown. And then I was back to square one.

On the day of joining, I texted the manager that I had to resign on the day I was supposed to join. A new plan was set in the motion.