A photo for a photo ?

Hi Guys ,
  Its been a long time since I have written anything besides code, my novel and my application essays .  Yes, i did write quite a few poems , about 62 in all , but I haven't shared them with anyone outside Infosys , so that doesn't count.
    This was supposed to be just another regular weekend, where I would be sitting in front of my laptop and playing a few bouts of CS online,  then go back to TV series mode , and finally sit down to code at the end of the day.
What actually happened was my brother was leaving to IIT Kharagpur  and my family was shifting to a different flat. 2 months ago ,  I had booked a ticket in IRCTC and also ordered an alienware m17x for him . The plans went haywire when the person bringing the laptop from US arrived a day late. I had to battle for tatkal tickets, and finally, after being placed on wait list  no 1  for nearly 12 hrs, his berth was confirmed in the sleeper class by  the Indian railways . 

I just got  a glimpse of the sleek and awesome alienware while I sat beside him to unpack the contents for the first time.  An unruly gentleman (gentle ? not even close ) , scoffing and shifty eyed, sat right in front of my brother.  My father tried to speak to him , to make an acquaintance , but the man grunted something incomprehensible, which later turned to be Howrah ,Calcutta.  My father , quite concerned that my brother was taking valuables with him alone n the journey ( i meant the alienware) , took a pic of  my brother, and then the guy  , just in case. He had an experience long back, when thieves struck in the compartment he was traveling in.  I was watching both the man and my dad with silent amusement , when the man took out his phone as if he were making a call , and clicked my dad's photo.  Nobody except me noticed, and the man quickly started playing songs on his phone . :P  When i came home , I told my mom and dad that the guy had clicked dad's photo in this "tit for tat photo scheme" and we all had a great laugh :P

Later, when i called my bro and brought up this incident, he laughed and told me that the man had spoken to him about my dad taking his photo.  He had also informed my bro that he had no intentions of taking any of his stuff  :P  All of us had a laugh again , and finally I decided to write about this so that  I wont forget such comedy :)