Scramble for a highchair - Scene 2

It's afternoon & no sign of another chair. Cha! No one seems bothered. I call up again, and I'm reassured that 'someone' would be sent soon. I continue working, keeping my hopes alive. As the day fades away, so do my hopes. The next morning I walk in, hoping that the chair would have somehow been replaced overnite. Well, it was not. Thoroughly disgusted, I call up again & tell them it's the third time I'm calling for this. I'm told again that 'someone' would come. *sigh* A short while later, I'm in the next cubicle clearing V's doubt when my phone rings. I pick it up from her seat. 'Madam, xxxx?' 'Yes?' 'Neenga chair -' 'Yeah!' '- vendam nu call panneenga illaya?' 'WHAT?' 'Illa, chair seriya irukku, maatha vendam nu marubadiyum call -' 'NOOO!' Ada paavingala! Is this their idea of a joke??? 'Ennoda chair seri illai-nga...', I recite the story again. 'Oh, seri Madam'. I hang up & narrate this story to C & J and they burst out laughing. Instantly. Ellam en neram! A few minutes later, I'm in V's cubicle and someone arrives to take away my chair. I look at him suspiciously - irukara chair-ayum eduthuttu porare? As if on cue, C looks at me, grinning and shaking his head - 'Avlo dhan, pochu!'. 'C! Summa irunga!!!' After a few more mins, the office boy returns with another chair. I ditch V and her doubt and run to my cubicle - well, if you can call it a run. I do the slow-motion, old movies la hero, heroine types of run. (Trust me ppl, I really did this.) The office boy darts glances at me, unable to comprehend why on earth anyone would run like that. I ignore his reaction and thank him for the chair. It seems to work fine. Yipee!!! 'Boohhoooo.... sob...sob...', I try to express my happiness. The office boy stands there just long enough to look at me very weirdly before moving away. C grins and J chuckles. Sniffing, I turn to my monitor and msg D - 'Yeeee!!! I finally got a proper chair!!! sob... sob...' 'Hehe.... loosu ponne... velaya paaru!!' *sigh* She's right. I really need to get to work now - 76 hrs, you know.