My Nokia 3310 alarm blew with a horrible irritating tone at 7 AM! It was so chill that morning also. A typical Bangalore winter morning! I shifted my alarming brick (Nokia 3310) from my left to right and vice versa thus finishing my morning dumbbell training.
Dusted my ass and got up, cursing the times I joined with that software giant! Even though there is no work for me at office, my manager used to shout when he sees me turning up to office a minute late. There were days when I used to believe/wonder that the company will pack up if I resign!! Such was the build up by manager when he does not see me around.
Other than me, three were staying in that so called ‘2BHK’ home at Madiwala. After a 10 min ‘treasure hunt’, I found my toothbrush and paste.Then moved in to the bathroom to start up my ‘morning services’. In ten minutes I ‘cleaned up’ myself; hit myself with axe (deo), packed me in formal wears and went out to ‘Kottaram’ mess! There Shaji served me Kerala special ‘Steamcake’. It is good as it used to be-you can use it to chase away the Bangalore stray dogs. But be careful that it should not fall on our leg, else you gonna hurt yourself!!
My office was in ITPL, exactly an hour’s travel in Volvo bus costing me Rs 45!! I have to walk one KM to Silkboard bus stop to catch my bus. Used to wonder when I see the buses bounded to ITPL coming- what are these many so called ‘IT brains’ doing in their office?? The buses used to be so crowded with people in ‘corporate world’! After an hour’s travel in Volvo with many co-techie brainy storms, I reached my office at 9AM. Perfect!! Punctual!!
Opened my mail box. It was a great shock for me, there was no work!! I leaned back to my revolving cozy chair happily. Then I thought what an exceptional day! After a bit of googling and chatting, I went to cafeteria. I had a tea and a hamburger which was laughing at me! While I was relaxing in cafeteria checking the new girls who joined the firm, Freddy came with a cup of coffee and told me that 6 ‘resources’ in their team were sacked as there is no work for them!
Uffff.!!! OMG!! I too don’t have any work! Are they planning to sack me too? If no job how will I eat pizza, burger, Chicken biriyani, most of all how will I booze at night? Hundreds of thoughts ran to my mind. I ran to my manager’s desk. Seeing me, his face was filled with surprise as things used to happen the other way round-I used to run away when I see manager’s face! Today I’ve voluntary popped up in his front! What else for him to get a shock? He asked me with a curiosity-Any issues, Mr. Sri? I humbly answered “Couldn’t see any work today”! Double shock for my manager!! Prayed that his heart attack should be mild, because I can’t carry him to hospital!! He replied with a smile “Quarter end shut down is going on, so you can relax till next Monday”!
Oh bull shit.. !! From Monday again I’ve to start working! Thinking like this I returned to my desk for browsing! Sorry, for data mining!
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