The Night he chose ChatGPT over Romance.

 

Wake Up, Get Ready, Book a Cab

The morning rush was the same. Gaurav woke up, got ready half-heartedly, and booked a cab. "Welcome to the office," he muttered to himself sarcastically. A typical 9-to-5 job that didn’t excite him anymore. But what could he do? Responsibilities demanded compliance.

By the end of the day, Gaurav was drained, heading home in his cab. Tiredness clung to him like a shadow, yet his thoughts wandered. "What if I could hire someone to do my work?" he mused. He pictured someone taking over his tasks, especially the tedious coding and report generation. But then reality hit — his salary couldn’t afford such luxuries.

As if to shake him out of his daydream, his iPhone rang. Avantika Calling.

"Hi Gaurav, I’ll be at your apartment in 10 minutes," she said, her voice laced with excitement.

A smile lit up his face. "Wow, Avi! What a surprise. I’ll be there in five minutes!" he replied eagerly.

His cab pulled up near his apartment. He spotted Avantika waiting at the gate, her smile making his day instantly better. Gaurav jumped out of the car, ran to her, hugged her from behind, and kissed her cheek. They locked eyes, lost in the moment, when the frustrated Uber driver broke the spell.

“Bhaiya, pehle payment kar dete,” the driver complained.

They laughed it off, paid the fare, and went inside.

 Romance Meets Reality

Together, they cooked dinner, their laughter filling the kitchen. Gaurav felt alive, but in the back of his mind, he couldn’t shake off the lingering thought of unfinished tasks.

"Let’s watch a movie, Gaurav?" Avantika suggested as they settled on the couch.

"Uh, sorry, I was thinking about something," he said absently.

Avantika leaned in closer, a mischievous look in her eyes. "What could possibly distract you from me?" she teased.

Before he could respond, his iPhone buzzed again. Rajat Calling.

"Hi, sir," Gaurav said, his tone betraying his frustration.

"Gaurav, about the latest project — the client wants the manual reporting in Excel automated into Power BI. Can you brainstorm on this over the weekend?"

Gaurav muttered curses under his breath but kept his voice steady. "Sure, Rajat. I’ll think about it and let you know next week."

As he hung up, Avantika noticed his expression. “What happened?”

"Nothing, just work stuff," he replied, trying to shrug it off.

 

Discovering ChatGPT

Avantika randomly put on the movie Her — a 2013 romantic drama about a man falling for an operating system. Gaurav half-watched, his mind still juggling work stress.

Meanwhile, Avantika was texting someone on her phone. Curious, Gaurav asked, "What’s that?"

"Oh, nothing. My manager told me to use ChatGPT. I make mistakes in my emails, so I write them here, and it fixes everything," she said casually.

"Is it?" Gaurav’s suddenly sound interested . "I wish I could ask it to solve my work problems."

"Why don’t you try?" Avantika handed him her phone.

"Hi, Chatty," he typed jokingly, "my manager is asking me to automate manual reporting from Excel to Power BI."

The response surprised him. It provided steps like:

Import Excel data into Power BI.

Clean the data using Power Query for duplicates and errors.

Use DAX queries like: SUM(Sales[Revenue]) to calculate total revenue, or CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Profit]), Sales[Region] = "West") for filtering specific regions.

Create visuals like bar charts or KPIs to highlight trends.

For Gaurav, these were just words before. Now, they felt like solutions.

 

The Bathroom Revelation

Midway through the movie, Gaurav excused himself, claiming he needed the bathroom. Locking the door, he pulled out his phone and searched for ChatGPT.

Thirty minutes passed. Avantika, annoyed by his absence, knocked on the door. "Gaurav, what are you doing in there?"

"Just a minute!" he yelled back, too engrossed in experimenting with DAX functions like:

AVERAGE(Sales[UnitsSold]) to find average units sold.

IF(Sales[Revenue] > 10000, "High", "Low") to create dynamic labels.

When he finally returned, Avantika was gone, leaving behind a message: "Next time, prioritize me over your stupid things you were doing in Bathroom."

 The Weekend of Discovery

Gaurav spent the rest of the weekend glued to his laptop, experimenting with ChatGPT. By Sunday evening, he had a polished Power BI dashboard ready. It included:

A sales summary using line charts.

Regional comparisons using maps.

Automated insights with filters and slicers for drill-down reports.

For the first time in months, he felt confident and ahead of schedule.

 The Secret Weapon

On Monday, Gaurav presented the solution to his team without mentioning ChatGPT. His colleagues were impressed.

"How did you manage to do this over the weekend?" one of them asked.

"Just brainstormed and worked hard," Gaurav said with a sly smile.

Quietly, he kept ChatGPT as his secret weapon, using it to streamline his tasks and excel at work. While his colleagues struggled, he thrived, delivering results faster than ever.

Little did they know, the tool they dismissed as a grammar corrector was now Gaurav’s silent ally in his journey to outshine them all and make tasks very easy.