Lunch with CEO!!!

Yes, by CEO I mean Chief Executive officer! It may be dream of some people in MNC's to share the same table with the CEO, as seldom one gets such oppurtunity. Well this is actually not the case for a person working in a small company. Though it will be a different feeling altogether, getting an exposure to such oppurtunity, what I am trying to focus here is a funny incident which followed at lunch table at office.

We as a team usually have lunch together. It so happened that on this particular day all the cafeteria lunch tables were occupied except for one! When we had a look at that table we found lonely person sitting in one corner of the table. Yes, it was our CEO seated!I don't know how it happened, but the next few minutes turned out to be sad but funny.

Team people including me started filling the chairs from the opposite corner! One of my colleague sad right opposite to CEO, and me beside him. Except for the poisition beside CEO all the other chairs were occupied. Few seconds passed by but no conversation. It's true that people find it difficult to come up with a common topic for discussion when they meet new people. Few smiles were exchanged but no noise heard! I don't know what was going inside mind of people, guess each one was waiting someone else to kick start the show. Slowly we team members started with discussion neglecting the CEO, who continued to have his lunch silently. But, I was pretty sure he was heeding attention to discussion.

The time started ticking, CEO left the table without any indication. At that very moment I was wondering within my mind that something went seriously long. When all these things were running inside my mind I hardly did anything to change the outcome, but I was enjoying the fun part of it!!! I started looking straight across the table, when I realized that people sitting in the other table were laughing. I knew what was going on as part of their lunch discussion. One of the colleague in the other table started saying something when he realized that we were smiling back observing their discussion. And any guesses on what their smiling faces were trying to say......

Yes, you are absolutely right.....!!!  :)