April is the season when spring has completely set in. The weather is pleasant and the heart feels light with the cool breeze blowing around. Maybe this is the reason that 1st April has been designated as the April Fools’ Day to add to the fun of the season. It is on this day that you officially play prank on others, irrespective of the age. And once somebody plays a prank on you, you instantly rise up to take revenge as if to satisfy your ego, as if this is your way of saying that: “Hey!! I too am smart… I too can make a fool out of others.” This feeling is very contagious and keeping yourself safe from the pranksters really gets challenging.
This year I was determined that I would not let anyone play any prank on me on 1st April. I was extremely cautious since morning. So when my husband made the morning tea, I let him have the first few sips to ensure that he did not add salt into it instead of sugar. While in office, when my colleague told me that my boss was calling me in the meeting room, I built up my courage and called my boss directly to check with her. Everything was going on fine and the situation was extremely under control, where I was making a fool out of others, but nobody could gather a reason to laugh at me. It was like that day I had some “Suraksha Kawach” on me.
But as fate would have it…
I had just finished my lunch when my phone tinkled, hinting that I had received an email. Curious by nature, I checked my mail, and there it was. Sitting in my mailbox was a letter from my friend. This year she had forgotten my birthday (which had passed just two days back), and hence she had written an apologetic mail, and along with that, as a gift, had sent a printed coupon stating 51% discount on tickets to city’s best funpark. In an instant I knew that something was fishy. A lucrative discount coupon… and that too on 1st April…aha…so this was her plan to fool me. Determined to outsmart her, I mailed those fake coupons to Anita, a colleague of mine, and my heart leaped with dual joy – one I had not fallen prey to my friends prank, second I had fooled Anita who planned to visit the park with her boyfriend on Sunday.
The whole week passed, and on next Monday, Anita came to me beaming with joy. She started thanking me profusely. When I asked her the reason for the same, she said “Thanks for those discount coupons… We had a wonderful Sunday”
Oh no!!! This can’t be true…I made a fool of myself by not believing on those coupons…Till that day I had never believed that such kind of online deals are true or anything like discount coupons ever existed. This was the price I had to pay for being ignorant of the online shopping world.
Now before shopping I make sure that I have explored the online shopping websites, and checked for coupons to get the best deal in the market.
