  Yesterday I was going through my booklet on Waiters on Wheels - you know, the meal service that let's you order from any restaurant in the city. And I called a posh restaurant, and asked them the minimum order value, to which they said it was Rs 500. And I was hmm... dude... that's like a WEEK full of Chinese food. So I thought... Reshma, go ahead, outline what you want, list stuff - and I did, and it came to around Rs 225. And so I was like OH NO, that leaves me to order for 275 more bucks. So I listed four more things which brought the total up to 500 bucks. And yes, I ordered. When the food came, I was like ....Mein Gott. BBBIIIIIGGGGG packet!!! There was a WEEK's worth of Chinese in there.
The very thought of having to survive on Schezwan for an entire week just freaked me out. And I did what I normally do when I get freaked out - kept watching TV :-) It's a pity that Indian Chinese joints don't have a fortune cookie thing with them. Fortune cookies are great fun. Once a friend told me - always add "in bed" after what the fortune cookie says.... its improves the message by leaps and bounds ;-) So... then I was dividing up the bill... and... it was not just coming right.
I was over with dinner... was just watching TV... but in my head was... " why why why WHY is it not coming right? It doesn't make sense. I calculated again, and again! How could I have paid more than I was supposed to! " Not that I was concerned about the money... it was just a puzzling concept to me. Just wasn't happening.
And I thought....that's what you get when you've given up maths after your tenth standard - you cannot do the math required to split a bill - and that's a pretty sorry situation! Then later it dawned upon me... the tip... the tip... the tip!!!!!!!!! So THAT is where the extra 20 bucks went!!! Whew. For a moment I was losing confidence in myself there. Hehe. Ok whatever... i was full, and there is like a TON of chinese food in the fridge... i mean a TON. 
