Prologue!

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Numerous vehicles were zooming along

the wide concrete street rapidly. The soft

sound of mild raindrops battering the

footpath and stone sidewalk outside the

twin glass doors of their showroom was

constantly hitting the staff's ears. Hiten

was tapping away on the white keyboard

of the desktop. Brown rimmed glasses

perched on his pointed nose, he was

casting cautious glances at the customers

approaching the reception for paying

their bills either in cash or through

net banking. Few were even paying

through drafts, cheques and pay orders.

Girish and Farhan were explaining the

pleasures of LED television sets to a

young couple. The lady and her partner

seemed to be newly married. They were

being quite careful about setting up their

house. Till now, they had purchased a

new samsung double-door fridge, four

new split air-conditioners, a latest 10kg

Samsung top-loading washing machine

and a large glass-topped 4 burner Faber

cooktop along with a filter chimney of

the same company. The salespersons

were amazed at the lady as she was

truly an intelligent person. She had

selected all the excellent models of

all the appliances. She even managed

to convince the sales manager about

giving them a hefty discount. After

haggling with the guy for almost 30

minutes, the lady got him to agree to a

bill amounting to 300000/- rupees.  Her

husband was a soft mannered and shy

person. He was simply blinking and

nodding his curly head at whatever his

wife said. Finally as the sales manager

agreed to her request, the lady grinned

triumphantly and pulling out wads of

500 rupee notes from her handbag,

walked toward the billing counter. For-

warding her right arm, she handed over

the cash to the cashier. As Hiten got busy

in counting out the notes, another pair

of customers walked in through the

doors. The evening was cold and the

atmosphere inside the showroom had

slowly become quite noisy. The ground

floor had been frequented by less peo-

ple in comparison with the two upper

storeys. After 20 full minutes, the young

couple left the showroom to go home.

Their delivery was scheduled for the

next day around afternoon. A middle

aged couple along with their 2 sons and

some employees were roaming along

the second storey. They were among the

regular customers of the showroom. A

quarter of an hour had passed since they

reached the display corner. Sameer

Joshi was the in-charge of this section.

He was patiently following the little

group, showing them the latest models

of refrigerators. Ranging from LG to

Samsung and Whirlpool, there was a

wide variety of products to choose from.

The sales and delivery along with the

installation and repair services provided

by snehaanjali were highly efficient. All

the people who made purchases from

them were always satisfied with their

work. The owner and staff constantly

went out of their way to ensure that

their customers never had to face any

issues regarding their cooperation.

     Slowly, the showroom emptied out as

the last group of customers went down

the short and broad stairway leading to

the ground storey. The Verma couple

along with their sons Dhiren and Soham

neared the billing counter. Meanwhile,

the helpers accompanying them got busy

with filling out the billing details for the

delivery challan. Having settled the nece-

ssary tasks, the group exited the show-

room after making their payment. A few

minutes after the last customers left, it

was time for the showroom to close for

the day. Puneet and Aslam instructed

the salesboys and receptionist Girish to

wind up everything quickly. Girish was

just packing up after shutting off the

computer when the black beetel phone

placed in the farthest corner of the LED

display unit rang. Turning around, Tarun

raised an eyebrow and sighing in an irri-

tated manner, walked over to the little

Mahogany wood table for answering it.

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⏰ Last updated: Oct 01, 2023 ⏰

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