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At the risk of getting laughed at...

I must share this incident.

It happened for the second time today, but since I was alone, I was saved of some embarrassment.

So, naturally, I am compelled to share the similar but more embarrassing incident that happened a few weeks ago.

My friend S and I were leaving office together one evening. We started chatting as we walked out and while chatting we signed out of office and came to the elevator. Luckily it was at our floor and we didn’t have to wait at all. So the moment we pressed the elevator button, the doors opened and in we walked, still talking.

The doors closed and the lift started descending. The doors began to slide open as we reached the ground floor and in that very instant both S and I realized at the same time that neither of us had pressed the ground floor button upon entering the elevator ! The lift had descended by itself ! We did a slow-motion double-take like they show in the movies. That was the moment the door opened completely and in front of us, on the ground floor, were a couple of guys waiting for the elevator. Both S and I burst out laughing loudly on seeing them and realizing what might have happened.

We were still laughing when we reached the parking lot, this time recollecting those guys’ bewildered faces on seeing two girls bursting into crazy laughter after one glance at them :)

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