(Two young office boys wait for the elevator. Their articulation, behavior and accent imply their UP-Bihar origins. Have already waited more than enough for an elevator that has to go two stories both ways)
Youth 1: Dhur saala, itna der mein to hum paanch maala chad lete. (a little bit of annoyance cropping up on his face)
Youth 2: To kaahen nahi gaye. Doosre tak to jaana tha… Ha ha ha (a slow, intermittent laugh that fades away with every ‘ha’)
Youth 1: Aisa baat nahi hai be. Hum dekhe hai aisa lift jo lage hai ki chhat phor ke nikal jaayega. Aur yeh, lagta hai sabzi ka thela hai.
Youth 2: Haan be, paisa to happak ke kharch kiya hai office banane mein, lekin lift lagai hai ekdum lapadjhannu. Chal be aa gayi.
(Both of them bend, lift the carton they were carrying and enter the elevator. One of them presses the button for the second floor and the door closes. Once the lift motions up, a feminine voice very pleasingly declares in English “Going Up”, to which one them blurts out satirically.)
Youth 1: Leov, kar lo baat. Humai dabaye, aur hamai ko batai… Going Up!
Ha..... ha...... ha..... ha ….
(And both of them burst out together in sync with the same loud, slow and intermittent laugh that fades away with every ‘ha’.)
Youth 1: Dhur saala, itna der mein to hum paanch maala chad lete. (a little bit of annoyance cropping up on his face)
Youth 2: To kaahen nahi gaye. Doosre tak to jaana tha… Ha ha ha (a slow, intermittent laugh that fades away with every ‘ha’)
Youth 1: Aisa baat nahi hai be. Hum dekhe hai aisa lift jo lage hai ki chhat phor ke nikal jaayega. Aur yeh, lagta hai sabzi ka thela hai.
Youth 2: Haan be, paisa to happak ke kharch kiya hai office banane mein, lekin lift lagai hai ekdum lapadjhannu. Chal be aa gayi.
(Both of them bend, lift the carton they were carrying and enter the elevator. One of them presses the button for the second floor and the door closes. Once the lift motions up, a feminine voice very pleasingly declares in English “Going Up”, to which one them blurts out satirically.)
Youth 1: Leov, kar lo baat. Humai dabaye, aur hamai ko batai… Going Up!
Ha..... ha...... ha..... ha ….
(And both of them burst out together in sync with the same loud, slow and intermittent laugh that fades away with every ‘ha’.)
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