A Black Coffee Date

"There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at flood leads on to fortune, omitted all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries".... On such a tide was this guy afloat  and made good use of it but still lost his venture! 

A handsome guy, a beautiful girl, a deserted coffee shop, a perfect setting. The guy came first walked up to the counter and asked me what all would be available from the menu as it was only 10 AM. I told him all that was available but then he insisted on Croissants. I told him they would be ready in another half an hour.

He was anxious, cracking his knuckles, looking at his phone and watch repeatedly to make sure he was on time. His phone rang and he replied "she could be here any moment, she should be in a yellow top".  He kept peeking from the window from all sides restlessly. 

A few minutes later a beautiful girl in a yellow top entered from the main door and scanned the place for that one most important person she was here to meet. Our guy hesitated at first but then went on to introduce himself and it turned out she was the one he has been waiting for. They occupied the corner most booth and got comfortable. Black Coffee was ordered and as i went to their booth with their order i noticed the girl. 

She had petite features, with the saccharine sweet lips and the midnight black hair that flowed over her shoulder she was a natural beauty...the kind you get without makeup. They giggled, laughed, smiled  and paid attention to what each of them had to tell about themselves. It was clear that this was their first date.I wish they had ordered Latte, i would have made a beautiful heart on their coffee. But it was not required as it seemed they had already fell for each other.

Soon their Croissants were ready and as i moved towards their booth i saw that our hero went down on his knees held her hand lightly like a gentleman and bent forward to place a kiss on those slender hands. The girl blushed, her cheeks turned rosy pink and her nebulous eyes glowed with love. As he planted the kiss the expression on her face changed as if something bothered her. She withdrew her hand still smiling and looked at him. I placed the croissants on the table and walked away when i heard her saying "Dude, i can see you were in such a hurry to see me that you could not catch all the hair from your mustache when you shaved, i just felt them" and she giggled.  

Oooooh....what the hell ..... 

The dude was suddenly taken aback. Maybe he felt that she mocked him, his confidence had dwindled and finding his macho image and gentlemanly manners in jeopardy out came from his mouth the following words:

"You know it is that salon boy's mistake. In-fact it is the salon owner's mistake, they gave me a newcomer... my regular guy would not have done it like that. I pay them such a lot of money and i am a regular customer moreover i also always leave them tips. I think i will stop going to that salon forever." 

The girl listened in shock and the smile faded from her face slowly. There was silence an oddly long one and then she smiled again, got up excusing herself for washroom. She walked towards me quietly handed over her card and asked me to swipe it for the bill. I did that with shaky hands. She went back to him whispered something in the ear and walked out of that door at lightning speed. Me and my fellow workers stood their dumbstruck and we saw the guy still sitting on the sofa with both his hands on his head, with a red face and red eyes. He got up and walked out without looking at any of us.

What the girl had whispered to him is anybody's guess. But that was clearly the lamest excuse ever, one that revealed a lot about his nature, and one that he was about to repent for the rest of his life. A lot could have happened over a cup of coffee! It could have turned into so much more, a friendship, a relationship, may be a lasting one, or something more like marriage, but none of that happened. Grabbing an opportunity is important but doing it right by paying attention to detail is even more important. 

The detail that was ignored here was the proper shave. The improper one cost this guy his love. If he had used a Gillette product he could have been in a different situation today.

This post is a part of #WillYouShave activity at BlogAdda in association with Gillette