𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

Today I went to Homagama Tele Shop to pay my telephone bill. A long queue has already formed there and I had to join the queue after going through the cleaning up process. The instructions at the clean up station were all written only in English and graphics too were bit confusing to say the least. Then, I heard someone telling that to pay at the Kiosks, one needs not to queue up. Just go and feed the machine. Those machines were lined up near the entrance in the corridor. The body temperature was checked before I was allowed in to that area. My attempts to pay at the Kiosk were not successful and then the lady who was trying to do the same at the other Kiosk told “these Machines do not accept any notes”. So, I stopped feeding process and decided to join the queue again. At the entrance, the lady security was yelling at everyone to “Remove Footwear” before enter the carpeted office. My first impression was that, it was because of the last rain and the puddles left ...