Describe a time when efforts to please someone ended in failure.

  It was my birthday so I invited all my schoolmates to the party at my home. All the guests had arrived by the designated time except for Ali. Ali was my best friend and his not coming would have displeased me. While we were waiting for him, my friends decided to pull a prank at him. At first I tried to stop them but they convinced me that it would be fun and Ali would not mind. They filled a bucket with water and placed it on the door so that when it opened, the bucket fell down. At last, we heard the sound of Ali’s and as he opened the door, the bucket fell and the water spilt on Ali covering him from head to toe. At this sight, everybody started laughing and Ali became embarrassed so he immediately called back his driver and went to his home.

  At first, I thought that the matter was not serious and decided to apologize for the happenings of the eve the next day at school. On the next day, I accosted Ali as soon as I saw him and apologized but he gave me an angry look and averted his face. I then knew that he was really upset because of the day before. All day long, I tried to speak to him but he ignored me. When I reached my home, I immediately turned on my laptop and emailed Ali begging his pardon.

  The day after that at school when the English teacher asked about the homework that had to be emailed to her, everyone replied that they have emailed except for Ali who told the teacher that his computer has broken down because of an email sent by me containing a virus. The teacher punished him with double homework for giving, what she thought was, a lame excuse for not doing work. After that while in a class, I sent him a text message saying sorry. Ill-fatedly, Ali’s cell was on general profile and rang out loud when the message was received. The teacher immediately confiscated his cell for a week. By the looks of his face, I could tell that he was extremely angry from me. In the break time, I wrote sorry on a piece of paper and kept it in one of Ali’s notebooks and put that notebook back in his bag. After the break, we had a math quiz and as Ali took out his notebook, the paper I had kept in it fell on the floor. The teacher thinking that Ali was cheating first scolded on him and then gave him a two hour after school detention.

  After failing four times, I tried to give it a one more go. I bought an expensive watch and wrapped it in a colorful sheet. Along with it, I set towards Ali’s home. On arriving, I rang the door bell. Ali opened the door. Without a word, I presented the gift to him. He took it and threw it on the floor and shouted out aloud, “I hate you! Never speak to me ever again!” and with this he closed the door. Thus all my efforts ended in a fiasco.