Of Crazy IT peolpe, Cockroaches and Cakes

Today was crazy. I mean, crazier.

In office, I could see people running everywhere like in Mumbai metro railway stations. Couldn’t understand what happened to all of them. No. No fire drill was going on. The shrill noise that they make on such situations, like my room mate singing was not there. That was certain. I have heard that generally people tend to be weird in IT companies. Poor guys! They fail to understand that money is not everything. I became all philosophical, thinking and all…

Later, I was with my boss in a meeting. There was a client on the phone. At a very crucial moment when the client wanted some serious pointers about our services, my boss started fidgeting with his eye brows. A warning sign of “we are gonna lose this bugger”. I watched with horror as his facial expression changed into something which more or less resembled Himesh Reshamiya. All of a sudden he took off. He ran outside the meeting cubicle and then told me, "Naveen, India will criticize the cockroach families for attacking the Mars". Or that’s what I understood from his sign language. Well… Anyway bosses never made any sense.

It was useless continuing the conversation with out boss on the line. So I decide to catch up on some lost sleep. I dreamed about me chasing a BIG cockroach which was trying to break the fire extinguisher with a broom. After 15 min or so, the cockroach turned in to a maintenance guy and he was poking me with his broom to wake me up. The client was still rambling about Indians not being communicative enough. I thanked him politely for his patience & time and cut the line.

I came out of the cubicle and Gosh!! No one in the bay.. The clock showed 10.30.. Shit.. I slept for 6 hours in office??? Nooo.. Cant be that bad.. Aaahh.. Its 10.45GMT.. so Its 4.30IST only . Damn the clocks. Then where is everyone? Shit.. Today must be someone’s birthday. All the pot bellies must have gone to cut.. shit shit shit.. I mean cut the cake.. I ran to the food court.. Up the stairs.. 3 steps at a time. Not time to wait for the lift.. up up and awwwayayyyy.. err.. to my utter curiosity and pleasure and dismay, I found no body out there.. then WHERE the hell is everyone??

Then I saw it. I lost my balance.. I couldn’t see anything. Everything became black (or white.. don’t remember exactly) I was about to fall down.. I held on to a chair.. A small notice on a white board saying, “Hi people, today is the last day to submit investment proofs. Thanks for your cooperation”

THAT’S the reason. THAT’S the reason why all were so busy. Thats why my boss ran out on me. They were saving money when I was sleeping. So I have managed to miss the deadline! Again!! Wonderful!!!

Recently I had managed to conjure some money out of thin air (guess I should compete for the 2007, Best Swamiji Award) and invested in some godforsaken funds. I was waiting for their account statements so that I can submit it to the finance dept. Now what to do?

I will end up paying tax after all I think..

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