Vocab Story 1- The office tour

The day started with an auspicious beginning. Imran came to my office and asked me whether I wanted to go to the Cox’s Bazar tour. I was pretty surprised by this anomalous behavior, as Imran is a very laconic person. Moreover, he is not a very gregarious person who would go on an office tour, let alone organize it. I asked him about the tour plan. The plan seemed a bit amorphous. It was an amalgam of some great and dumb ideas. So, I asked him whether he went to these places before. His response was ambiguous. So, I suspected that he never went there. At first, I was feeling a little ambivalent, but later I decided to help him. I went over the budget plan with him. I knew that Imran is a profligate person. As I am a frugal person, I thought this prodigal colleague of mine needs my help. I chastised him for making an unnecessary expensive budget. But I was never impertinent with him. He knew that I am parsimonious, and he venerated me for my lifestyle. So, he took my advice. Then he intimated that he told nobody about the tour plan except me. So, I will have to announce it to the group. I thought that the amount of enjoyment we had in recent months is wanting. So, it was upon me to galvanize everyone to go on the tour. After I announced it to everyone, the crowd became restive. They were equivocal about their decision. I asked Talha whether he wanted to go. His mercurial mood was driving me crazy. So, I chastised him for not being direct. I upbraided him and said that I don’t like people who prevaricate. Then, I qualified my anger by calmly saying that he should think carefully and decide. He started haranguing me about the dangers that might happen on a sea beach. I maintained that it was innocuous to go to the beach during winter. Then we went to our Boss to see if he was interested. We offered him the proposal of our tour, but he demurred. We already knew that he is not an amenable person, and his view on the enjoyment of life is too parochial. But, we thought that he would not censure our proposal. But his reaction was egregious. He started telling calumny about me that I always undermine his authority. I was so angry. I am not an iconoclast person by nature, but I thought for a moment to be vicarious about his venality. After that, we left his office. I tried to keep a straight face. But the sadness in my eyes betrayed my poker face. Doing these all day left me enervated. So, I went home and took a nap. Then I thought to myself - I was so ingenious to think that I could convince everyone.