The Shower Cubicle Incident

This happened during our 10th grade, during a tour from the school to the Hill Stations in Kerala, South India. This particular incident happened when we stayed over at Idukki at a place called Greenland lodge. We had to stay over for the night because we had seen enough sites for the day, and were to head for our next destination the coming morning. 

 It was a fun night, I tell you. We had a huge dormitory. Some guys were lucky enough to get rooms (which was shared among four of them). But it was more fun in the dorms. There was the occasional trying out new stuff (like – “hey who’s smoking in here?”). 

We never knew when the sun shone on our faces. It was freezing cold out there, being a hill-station and all. We were asked to get ready by the two teachers who accompanied us. The teacher accompanying the boys was our moral studies’ teacher. Now, the girls were provided with well to do wash facilities, and most importantly, bathrooms with doors and latches on them. While the boys were shown the imperial bath suites – a gym washroom setup, but instead of doors, just curtains in its place.

There were 5 shower outlets, and so five of us took our baths at the same time. There was this one friend of ours, who was a complete laugh riot. You wouldn’t even know when time passes by when he is around. This friend of ours went into the shower cubicle. He turned on the shower, that is when it hit him – he’d forgotten to take the soap. He ran (obviously with a towel around his waist) and made it to the dorm, rummaged through his luggage, got the thing that he was looking for, and made it back to the shower cubicle. 

But alas, the cubicle was occupied. The curtains were closed. And somebody was taking a shower. Now Shinaan had been waiting in queue for long to take a bath. And when by chance he got it to himself, somebody took it over. This couldn’t happen. Our friend went ballistic. He shouted to the person inside the shower cubicle – “Hey asshole! Get the <beep> out of the <beep> shower. I’ve been waiting in here for <beep> time, and you <beep> take it all away. <beep> you!!! <beeper beep beeping beeper>!!!”

The person inside turns the shower off. And then a familiar voice came from inside – “If you have finished, you can please move aside. You might not want to face me when I come out.” 

It was our moral studies teacher.