The phone at my desk NEVER rings...Everyone calls me on my mobile..and junta here either mail or walk over to my desk, as we interns are all on the same floor!
So, it was a wonderful feeling, when my phone rang...Loud and clear..Heads from other desks turned..My hand just reached the receiver when the ringing stopped as abruptly as it began..!!
Few seconds later, it rang again..I glanced at the unfamiliar number and let it ring for some more time..People walking past my desk gave me a quizzical look..'Never mind..it's not always that my phone rings..' I said to myself!
This time, I was quick to pick up the receiver...'Hi, this is pavan..' Pavan went on...where he worked, what they had installed, what problems they were having...Whenever I began to say something, he simply ignored me and went on and on...At the end of it, I thought he was facing problems with his refrigerator...such was his clarity!
When he couldnt think of anything more to say, he took a micro-second break..I grabbed the opportunity and told him..'I think you've got the wrong number..Who do you want to talk to?!'..'Oh no'..he almost screamed..'Is it something-systems?'..'Wrong number..' I said.. There was no response for sometime..'It's alright..Now that you've heard my problem, do you think you can help me?!'
'Sorry,I have no idea..' I managed to tell him in my near-dumbstruck state!
Thursday, April 21, 2005
All work and no blogging...
makes life very boring...!! I didnt realize that a month had slipped by, with unfinished drafts piling on...none of it even close to completion and hence unworthy of being called a post!
I tried my hand at topics that, apparently, seemed to interest me...But, continuity and cogency betrayed me and I ended up having unfinished postings on a good number of these 'interesting' topics..!
I dont want to sound boring but the fact was that I HAD work!! Now that is a joke to all my roomies who have, by now, come to the conclusion that being vetti means being me! It was clearly evident that night,when I reached home, too tired to even utter a word..'What's wrong?!' they all screamed in unison...'Work..! pretty tough it was..! my mentor's given me a deadline to meet..' I sounded helpless...'that happens when you work once in a while..you know..' It wasnt imagination..I surely saw a wicked smile lighting their faces..!
Later next morning, I explained to them, HOW I work..little by little everyday, with enough time to do all the things that an intern HAS to do..! The problem comes when you dont do the other things and just your project!!! (Nothing can be more depressing! )
They werent ready to buy my story...'What I do in a day is equal to what you do in a month..' said J..'I have to attend meetings, have to reply to emails, be always at my desk just in case a customer calls and I have to fix bugs in someone else's code..' Well..what J has probably (intentionally) forgotten to mention, is that, J has lots of 'Days' at office..They call it 'Colour Day', this day and that day...and for everything she has to shop..as she comes home late and as her team-mates also have to shop, they all go for shopping during office hours...so, when they are going out..why not have lunch outside?! So, J n J's team will then decide on where to go, when to go and all that...! They're normally given only a 'short notice' for these 'days'..(so what it's one of these 'days' all the time..?!!)
That was 100% utilization of one day to prepare for the next 'day'! On the 'day', obviously, the whole office (am sure it's only J and her team although she never says so..) is in enthu mood...(c'mon,it's 'the day'!) and so work takes a back seat..!
If it's not one of the 'days'...J is either taking out her boss from the US (and his wife) to Commercial Street, or going to that wonderful movie being screened at PVR (Gold Class) or accompanying one(at times all) of us to do our 'petty-shopping'!
I wonder why J's visting card says..'Technical Engineer'....
This post is fully/partly/not at all fiction...not intended to directly/indirectly hurt anybody's (J's in particular) feelings...!!!
I tried my hand at topics that, apparently, seemed to interest me...But, continuity and cogency betrayed me and I ended up having unfinished postings on a good number of these 'interesting' topics..!
I dont want to sound boring but the fact was that I HAD work!! Now that is a joke to all my roomies who have, by now, come to the conclusion that being vetti means being me! It was clearly evident that night,when I reached home, too tired to even utter a word..'What's wrong?!' they all screamed in unison...'Work..! pretty tough it was..! my mentor's given me a deadline to meet..' I sounded helpless...'that happens when you work once in a while..you know..' It wasnt imagination..I surely saw a wicked smile lighting their faces..!
Later next morning, I explained to them, HOW I work..little by little everyday, with enough time to do all the things that an intern HAS to do..! The problem comes when you dont do the other things and just your project!!! (Nothing can be more depressing! )
They werent ready to buy my story...'What I do in a day is equal to what you do in a month..' said J..'I have to attend meetings, have to reply to emails, be always at my desk just in case a customer calls and I have to fix bugs in someone else's code..' Well..what J has probably (intentionally) forgotten to mention, is that, J has lots of 'Days' at office..They call it 'Colour Day', this day and that day...and for everything she has to shop..as she comes home late and as her team-mates also have to shop, they all go for shopping during office hours...so, when they are going out..why not have lunch outside?! So, J n J's team will then decide on where to go, when to go and all that...! They're normally given only a 'short notice' for these 'days'..(so what it's one of these 'days' all the time..?!!)
That was 100% utilization of one day to prepare for the next 'day'! On the 'day', obviously, the whole office (am sure it's only J and her team although she never says so..) is in enthu mood...(c'mon,it's 'the day'!) and so work takes a back seat..!
If it's not one of the 'days'...J is either taking out her boss from the US (and his wife) to Commercial Street, or going to that wonderful movie being screened at PVR (Gold Class) or accompanying one(at times all) of us to do our 'petty-shopping'!
I wonder why J's visting card says..'Technical Engineer'....
This post is fully/partly/not at all fiction...not intended to directly/indirectly hurt anybody's (J's in particular) feelings...!!!
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