The ad

After finishing my engineering degree i came home expecting a long vacation. Sadly for me, on campus placements were not written on the timeline. Sitting around the dinner table, my family talks about the whole world, topics change from one to another until they finally reach the future. My future. It's natural for our parents to be anxious about our future. After a few days of difficult conversation, while having dinner one day, i convince my parents not to worry too much about it. Impressed with myself, i take a peek at the TV.

A youngster sits at the breakfast table fully dressed to go out, his dad sitting in the opposite seat having breakfast. The son makes a sound to get his dad's attention and says " err Dad". Without any further notice, the   dad reaches for his wallet and asks his son " how much do you want son ? " and then comes the damaging part. They boy thrusts an envelope into his dad's hand and says "no dad, this is my first salary, it's for you.".

All of a sudden there is silence around the dinner table, every one seemed to be thinking deeply about something and i knew what it was. Just then i realized how an ad that everyone watching knew was staged and  unreal, could ruin your few days hard work and make the dinner with family routine awkward.