20 Double Standards (1/2)
”What's up, my man!” Gibli patted on the back of surprised Thankappan.
”Huh? I'm fine. What about you?” He asked.
”Yea, I'm good too.” Gibli smiled. Meanwhile, everyone else entered the fray as well. ”So, shall we go?” Gibli stepped his foot out of the Holy Land.
”Wait.” Someone called them. It was Lonappan. ”I hope you remember what happened yesterday, right?” He asked.
”Geez, that was literally a day ago. There's no way we'd forget.” Gibli shrugged. It wasn't like he was lying, though.
”Great! Then, I hope nothing like yesterday happens ever again. Understood?” Lonappan pierced into their souls with his gaze.
”Yes, sir!” They yelled simultaneously.
”Good, you're dispersed.” Lonappan ordered as if he was a military general.
#
Since the last gig was done the day before, they were obviously on a new construction site today. This time, they had to renovate two or three rooms of a fairly huge mansion. The guys started their 'hard work' just like before.
”What are you doing?” Francis, their boss, asked.
”Crap! Did I do it too fast?” Gibli thought and readjusted his pace yet again to a much slower rate.
”Again, what are you doing?” Francis asked, with a disgusted look on his face.
”Fuck, does he want me to go even slower? Is that possible? Well, might as well.” With much difficulty, Gibli slowed his pace into one of a snail.
”Do you think this is a joke?” Francis asked furiously this time.
Gibli had enough of this. ”Look, I can't any slower. I don't get what you want me to do!” He cried. The other three looked confused as well.
”Why the hell are you slowing down? Who asked you to do that shit?” Francis screamed to his face.
However, Gibli wasn't one to back down. ”You did, remember? We were doing it fast, and you asked us to slow the fuck down.” He screamed back.
”You numbnut! That was the other one! Do you even know whose this mansion is?” Francis shouted.
”Do I have to know?” Gibli asked.
”Well, if you'd have known, you wouldn't have talked shit like this.” Francis sighed. ”It's RKD's.”
”RK Dutta of the Koma Mall. He's super rich! So, we do this perfectly, we get paid handsomely and we might be called upon yet again. Get that in your thick skull and work hard.” Francis explained.
”But!”
”No ifs or buts. Get back to work and do it fast.” Francis ordered.
Gibli clicked his tongue. ”Okay.” He got back to his work. ”I hate this!”
#
Unlike last time, RKD's gig was completed that same day, without any delay. Taro and the other three were allowed to showcase their power this time, and it vastly helped in cutting down the workload for the others. And this time, their boss was pleasantly surprised by this development, since this benefited him too.
”Boys, we did it! One day for a one week renovation. This has to be some sort of record!” Francis, similar to the day before, stood in front of his handiwork and gloated. However, this time he had valid reasons to gloat about it. ”Hmm, isn't anyone gonna get embarrassed this time?” Francis broke out into laughter.
However, no one laughed. They had no idea what Francis was talking about, since they did not have a clear recollection of the last day. Hell, they wouldn't have even known that the construction over the other place was over if Francis hadn't called them.
Francis gave out an awkward cough. ”Never mind. Here are your wages.” He gave it to the nearby one and quietly walked away.
Meanwhile, Vineeth yet again took it upon himself to distribute the cash. ”Here you go, guys! Your share.” Vineeth handed them a bit extra since they were of great help that day.
”Thanks.” Kunjan smiled back as well; however, Vineeth had no way of knowing that.
”Damn, I hate it.” Gibli muttered.
”Shoot, if you hate money so much, gimme that! I'll make use of it.” Thankappan tried grabbing the money out of Gibli's hand.
”Wait, why do you even need that money, anyway?” Kunjan took the money off Thankappan and handed it back to Gibli. ”Now, what is bothering you?” He asked.
”These crazy double standards! I can't handle it.” Gibli sighed.
”What are you talking about?” Kunjan asked.
”Can't you see what's happening? When it's an uber rich guy, they do stuff fast, and when it's a poor guy, they leech every single dime out of him. What's up with this?” Gibli asked.