Wednesday, December 9, 2009

New Slide, Old Presentation


Ram Babu wept. He had failed to produce ‘something substantial’ in the presentation (read pee pee tea) that he gave to the Sharma’s. They had never been so harsh with any of their servants, until this day. Credit goes to Akhilesh. He has changed things. Ever since he finished his 2 year full time diploma in management, there have been some serious changes in the house. Veervati has to wear formals (heels optional) while cleaning utensils and sewing some torn Mr Sharma-vests. She has adapted well to these changes. But Ram Babu hasn’t. They had just asked him to give a five minute presentation on various processes, tools & techniques involved in cleaning the house. He did it. Only if he could have memorized the mission of the Sharma house (1st slide), he would have not been shown the pink slip. But Veervati did. In fact, she spoke it more energetically than Mrs Sharma had once demonstrated. Now, she can come in casuals on Sunday’s.

Last heard from Santosh, a regular jobless at Guptaji tea stall, Ram Babu had decided to start ‘something of his own’ and was looking for funding. Guptaji on the other hand has recently benefitted a lot from Akhilesh’s IT implementation. Now the poor guy doesn’t have to keep that small little damp diary for accounting purposes. Every time his customer leaves saying ‘likh lena’, he just has to press a few buttons on his mobile phone to update the excel sheet. And yes, even he can’t figure out why the entry goes into the ‘credit’ side. Have to wind up soon. Need to copy group 8’s assignment from the server, rename it, and paste it in my group’s folder. And after morphing a pic on Photoshop for my Facebook account, have to find the best laptop deal for Veervati. Maybe, I don’t have time for the latter. Anyone? CR?

3 comments:

  1. dude you have a hilarious way of saying the most serious things and expressing your critical views without sounding cynical or judgmental...tats the mark of a great writer.....brilliant...brilliantly simple....simply brilliant

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  2. ok so u found that mission statement so disgusting dat it made way to this blog... good wokr btw...
    Minal

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  3. excellent piece of writing.

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