ankitadaw16 - Tumblr blog

ankitadaw16 · 3 years ago

Text

the crystal shop

Nick is twenty years old. Looking for a decent job which can get sufficient money for his daily expenses. His family thought him nothing but an useless fellow. Who can do nothing besides eat and sleep. So he searched the whole city. Bad luck. Not a single vacancy is open. Even if he got one, they need a more experienced person than him. When he was about to get in a taxi, saw a crystal shop across the road. Thought he shall take the last chance left.

Entering through the main gate, he found not a single person in the shop. But the shop is authentic as it looks from outside. Filled with Crystals and expensive architects. He shouted “Is anyone here!" An old man, who's age can be around 70s, walked upstairs from his basement and said “The shop is about to get closed, what do you want?" He replied genuinely as much as he could at that time “Sir, My name is Nick, I want a job here, are any vacancies open?" The old man gazed at him for once and said “No go away!" He begged “I can do anything for you!Can you teach me how to create a crystal glass?" “Creating crystal glass is an art, and you are surely an amateur!" “Sir, please sir, I can do anything, Just give me a job!"

“Can you work at the cashier?" “Yeah, sure!" “Then you have to make an agreement with me!" “What about it?" “You have to stay here on the working days, only you can go home on the weekends!" “I can live here forever, let me take up my language by tomorrow, bye uncle, and thanks for believing in me, I am just like your grandson, nah?" “How Stupid, I never got married by the way!"

He came the next day with great enthusiasm. But the old man sees him as none other than a young monkey, who's jumping around. He said “Can't you just be quiet for a while and let me talk first!" He replied “Uncle, what I have to do!" The old man replied “Change your clothes first and then come to the cash counter, I shall give you the responsibilities of your work."

The first customer of the store was an amicable lady, she's wearing an expensive fur coat, a brownish cap on her head, and a pair of luxurious earrings. She had a little puppy, and looked like a well cared for dog. She asked for a marvelous crystal glass, which can be suited to her dining table. Because her relatives are coming along to pay a visit to her house, and she has to maintain the rich class.

He gently said “Mam! What you need is a crystal glass to match your high profile, you surely visited the right place for it". He knew quite well how to win the customers heart. Pick out a sunflower drawn, nice curved glass from the case and said “Look mam! Do you like it." Her eyes shined bright, the moment she saw it. She asked “What's the cost of it?" He replied “Mam! It's fifty dollars!" She thrashes the money in his palm, takes the glass and leaves the store. At the moment, Nick is top of the world. He was jumping with joy. He got thirty dollars more than the actual price. What could be more enjoyable, than getting a bonus in your first sale.

He went down to the basement, where everything works. The creator of fabulous crystal glass is being made by the old man. He works hard on every edge he makes. The old man was busy making a vase design. Nick said “I sold a glass and earned more than the actual price, here it's your share money!" The old man nodded his head and said “This is your first sale so all of the money is yours!"

He came closer to him and sitting down, he said “You're so delicate about your work, aren't you?" The old man replied “did you have your lunch?" “No, not yet!"

The old man took three spoonfuls of brown rice and poured beef stock into a plate and served it to the boy and asked “Do you want more?" He replied “No, it's enough for me!" The old man took a glass bottle and said “You want some beer!" He replied “I am not at the legal drinking age so I don't think I should have!" “C'mon how can you be a man! Huh, if you don't drink!"

“Ah man! I have enough food today!" Nick yawend. “Get back to your work!" The old man replied.

Getting out into the upstairs, Nick saw a strange man around the store. That he can't recall, he ever saw this man in town. His clothes were strange. Wearing a black coat this summer and cap usually cowboys wear. Eyes were covered by sunglasses.

“Sir, do you need anything?" The gentleman replied “Well, I want to know, you made customized glasses or not!" “We will surely do it! But it needed extra money ``''The money is not a fact, but the time is!" “We shall do our best, what is the deadline?" “By tomorrow morning, you will get paid as much as you want!"

He handed over a slip “I want a glass like this design, can you make it!" Nick looked at the picture througouly “Sir, we can but we need much time to make this unique piece!" “If you can't make it by tomorrow, give the picture back to me, I shall go to another shop!" It's a great deal. He could get as much money as he wanted. He can't let this deal go somewhere else. He suddenly refused what he said before and said again “Time will not matter for this kind of work, you can have this piece by tomorrow!" The gentleman handed over a precious and gloomy crystal to Nick and said “You have to make the design on this exact crystal!" Nick looked at it througouly again and said “Oh! I have never seen anything like this before." “This one of the expensive crystals of the world, made with good care" and after telling this, he walked out of the storeas silently as he came in.

Nick ran downstairs to give the surprising news to the old man. He was busy designing glass. “We got a customer, who's ready to give us any amount we want, just have to make this design!" “I see, did he give you any crystal to work on!" “Yes, look at it! But I am really thinking about this because I have never seen something in your store before!" The old man looked at it thoroughly and a serious curve took a place on his forehead. “I can not make it, call the person and tell him to take this right away!" “What don't you want to be rich!" “How many more times I have to tell, go away with this and I cannot do this work!"

“But why! Don't you think it's a great deal!" “No, can you please get out of my sight!" “How can you be this rude to a person your grandson's age!" He made a face to inform the old man he's leaving right away. But at last the old man stopped him by saying “Fine,I shall do the work but you have to keep a promise of mine!" Nick jumped with amusement, “What about it, I am ready for it!" “you have to help me with this work all night, think again!" “I don't have to think, I am the one for this work! But I don't know the procedure of making these glasses!" “What stupid! Just help with things!"

“I heard that old man's are always irritated and yell at people younger than them!" “Don't you dare taunt me like that!" “I didn't mean it was you, I said it for all of the old generation people!" “Don't confuse me! I already have to take a big task down by tomorrow!" “Why are you stressing out, I am helping you out!"

Then he took out the crystal from his chest pocket and put it in the round tea table. The old man gazed at it wearing his round spectacles. The old man murmured “My goodness! How did you find it!" Nick casually answered “Why, the gentleman gave it to me!" “Oh! I see, do you know what kind of crystal this is?" “I have never seen any red coloured crystal in my life before!" “It is considered as the rarest crystal on this planet, only 50 samples found around the earth!"

“What do you mean by that!" he asked. “It's expensive! We have to shape it, maintain every edge, maintain every curve or it will be spoiled, and we don't get a chance left for us!" “So when we shall start the work!" “Now, we have to spend the whole night on this, so we can get it down on the table by tomorrow!"

Nick requested “Spare me a minute! Let me take down the store shutter! I shall get to work!" After he had done what had to be done, he went back to the basement and saw the old man drinking coffee beside beer. Staring at the ceiling continuously.

“What's the matter, he asked. “I have got a sudden terror, I don't think it will go well, leaving this work behind would be the right option!" “C'mon! Don't be stubborn" he replied. The old man sighed softly and said “Huh! But my sense never lies to me!"

“Stop this stubbornness for a while and tell me what you need to start the work!" “Give me the toolbox and the hammer lying beside it!" “Why are you going to break the crystal!" “Don't talk about things! You haven't got a clue about it!"

“I know you're an ace on this! But stop treating me like a child!" Nick replied. “If you aren't my worker! Then I shall break your head with this hammer!" And started laughing at his own joke. It's the first time Nick saw the old man laugh, it filled his heart with tenderness.

Nick replied “It makes me happy seeing you laugh but can you just stop making fun of me for a bit and concentrate on the work!" It takes them four hours of non-stop work to finish the product. It was 5 am when it finished. The sun was just rising. They grew dark circles under their eyes. But that's not matter! Because a masterpiece has been created. It has no single flaws. Not even a flaw on the curves and edges. “We shall take whatever amount of money from him!" “Ah man! I feel so sleepy!"

“Go and place the glass on the top of the showcase!" He took it from the table and moved ahead. The disaster happened. With a slip of his foot. He tried his best to save the glass. But no use in the end. It also slipped down from his palm. Fell on the wooden floor. And broken into pieces. The old man sat down on the armchair suddenly, giving a hand on his own head, he said “What have you done!"

“I..I didn't mean to do it, it just slipped off from my hand all of a sudden!" he cried out. “What could benefit from your apology! It could never go back to its original state!"

“Believe me! I didn't do it intentionally!" he replied. “They could never be relieved, so you can think what we're gonna tell our customer about this mess you have created, besides your drama! the old man said with a sigh.

“We have to make it all together again!" Nick said “Are you out of your mind! the old man replied “We will run out of time!" “We have to find a way out of this! No matter what happens afterwards!"

“We don't have extra material, not plenty of time left in our hands, we are stuck, I don't we shall get a way out of this!" the old man said.

“No, we can't slip away hope from ourselves! Nick replied.

“Go it! We have to make a fake copy!"Nick said “You really are a fool! There's no match for this material! Even if we searched the whole world." the old man replied.

“Think! Old man think! We can do anything only by imaging it! Have to make this! Whatever is left in this store!"

“How many times I have to tell you, there's no material like this left in the store!" the old man shouted.

Nick gestured towards the showcase “Found it! This is the only way out of this mess!"

“Even if we work on your stupidest idea! the old man replied “we shall run out of time!"

“It will be quite alright if we stop thinking about what's going to happen in the future than to work on the present!" Nick said

“How stupid monkey you are! the old man replied.

The work finished by 8 am. Their sweat turns into blood. The old man said, putting hand on his forehead, “This isn't right! We shouldn't have done this!" “The glass didn't get the curve and the edges are shamelessly flat! And didn't even shine and glaze like the first one!"

“We can make it, only just by negotiating with the customer, not giving him a single chance to get suspicious over the glass material!"

“You think the customer is as foolish as he would believe all your nonsense, listen to me, it's gonna be better for the two of us, we should apologize for creating all of the fuss!"

“Our model is finished by the time, and now let me handle the customer! The customer appeared to be at the exact time that he had promised. “Is my glass work done?" he asked. “Yes sir, take a look at this! Nick replied. The customer took it upon his hand and tried to look as thoroughly as he could. Then he looked into Nick's eyes curiously as something was bothering him. Nick's legs were shaking out of fear, his face became pale, because he knew something was actually isn't right. “Sir, is there any problem?" Nick asked.

“I see, the material I gave to you does not match with this one! '' he replied. Nick was blown up and nervous. He thought apologizing to the customer right away would be the best choice. Until, the old man said from behind “Oh! You didn't tell him, what happened in our making process?" “Tell what! Nick said.

“We mixed our own one to the gentleman's material! “I have completely forgotten to tell him!' “It's alright then, tell me what I have to pay!" “It will cost you around 250 dollars, because we didn't sleep last night and worked our hearts into it, so I think it's a bare minimum you can pay us!" “That's alright, he took a wallet from his pocket and paid them and left the store as silently as he came in. “I saved you, be thankful to me!" The old man said. “I just couldn't believe what happened in front of our eyes minutes ago." Returned him. “The credit only goes to you, if you haven't saved me at the right moment, I might have apologized to him soon, it's you who saved us!" Nick returned. “We did it, and now we got the money, yes, yes! He jumped off. “I am going to plan for a vacation trip right now," Nick shouted. “Wait! Don't be overwhelmed, I have to put this money into repairing my shop.' “What! No! I will take this money and propose to my girlfriend!" “You didn't tell me before you got a girlfriend, huh! What's her name, what's her name by the way!" “Man! I am tired, we can talk about this later!" “Damn, you boy, you got a girlfriend and I didn't have a clue about it, you are the one who made the century!" “Talk about that later, let's share the money first!" “You are gonna get 100 dollars and me the rest of it!" “Why, it's cheating, you're getting more of it!" “Who owes the shop, huh!" “Oh! Alright, who brought the customer huh!" “You are at the peak of telling the truth, if I wasn't there, the negotiations would be a failed attempt!" “But you are cheating with me, we should have shared the money equally!" The quarrel lasted over a week. But in the end it all got a happy ending.

0 notes