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August 8, 2004
Operator : “Thank you for calling Pizza Hut . May I have your…”
Customer: “Hello, can I order..”
Operator : “Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?”
Customer: “It’s eh…, hold on……98261-020490-4489-006899″
Operator : “OK… you’re… Mr Singh and you’re calling from 17 Jalan Kayu. Your home number is 294 2366, your office 245 2302 and your mobile is 098261-92566. Which number are you calling from now Sir?
Customer: “Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?”
Operator : “We are connected to the system Sir”
Customer: “May I order your Seafood Pizza…”
Operator : “That’s not a good idea Sir”
Customer: “How come?”
Operator : “According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir”
Customer: “What?… What do you recommend then?”
Operator : “Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza.You’ll like it”
Customer: “How do you know for sure?”
Operator : “You borrowed a book entitled “Popular Hokkien Dishes” from the National Library last week Sir”
Customer: “OK I give up… Give me three family sized ones then, how much will that cost?
Operator : “That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is Rs 549.99
Customer: “Can I pay by credit card?”
Operator : “I’m afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you’re owing your bank Rs 2,33,720.55 since October last year”
Operator : “That’s not including the late payment charges on your housing loan Sir.
Customer: “I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood ATM and withdraw Some cash before your guy arrives”
Operator : “You can’t Sir. Based on the records,you’ve reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today”
Customer: “Never mind just send the pizzas, I’ll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?”
Operator : “About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can’t wait you can always come and collect it on your motorcycle…”
Customer: ” What !”
Operator : “According to the details in system, you own a Scooter,…registration number MP-04, E1123…”
Customer: ” *’!^ *%^**%^*”
Customer: [Speechless]
Customer: “Nothing… by the way… aren’t you giving me that 3 free bottles of coca cola as advertised?”
“44 students, about 50 portfolios” and we are fighting
August 7, 2004
I want you to make it a leisure read and not a mandatory one . Though i am focussing on some critical issues my intention is not to hurt anyone’s sentiments or criticize anybody,but to improve on our faults and bridge the lacunas which we have built amongst us.
Yesterday i was going through the number of posts which our batch is holding and i was shocked to see it was as high as half a century and exceeded even our class strength!! The shock was not because of number of posts but the sense of being “one amongst the iifm fraternity” was missing , and one reason what i see was this huge number of portfolios and personal quarrels .
I see following things missing , which if u give a patient read you would realize that each and every bit of it is true.
Ownership : The sense of ownership for responsibilities , may it be related to working within a club or on any other front . Going forward and asking for responsibilities is something that i have seldom seen. With the clubs saying that i will not take the responsibility of this event since i am taking the responsibility of other !! . Well i am really sorry to say that but in REC calicut from where i did my B.Tech , students used to fight to get the ownership of the event. And here it is exactly reverse. And still we want 30kper month jobs. Come on boss if you want something you have to show your worth. I see tremendous potential in terms of extra-curricular activites but personal differences is inhibiting us to show that.
Sense of unity : Please see MRM batch. We can learn 5000 things about unity . Look at our own self and we will see every person is criticizing other on any and every mistakes committed. Let them do mistakes . IT s human to err. And always remember “United we stand” . Give chance for other to correct themselves.
Commitment to cause : Our “raison-de-tre” is our uniqueness and infrastructure . Always remember we have come over here with a cause and ambitions. So make the best out of it. Utilize the available time in something important and constructive, may it be curricular or extra-curricular.
Ability to appreciate feedback : Another important reason what i see not happening in right direction is to take feed back in +eve sense . When somebody is giving feedback “Keep your mouth shut and listen ” no matter you discard it later on . You need to have a deep sense of gratitude to the person giving feedback , coz it is for your own good.
What i see usually happening is that a feedback converting into fight and persons into enemies ! There cannot be anything worse than this.
I know that i have given a lot of suggestions, but i am no exception to all of these . I am also trying to improve on these .
I am also looking forward to become one amongst 44 strong members standing as one.
44 minds with one goal – “to be the best” .
44 brains with one “heart” .
What i believe is that day is not too far……
Cheers to iifm…
Mandar
STORY
August 7, 2004
One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops-a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well.
At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground.
He glared at the driverand said, “Big John doesn’t pay!” and sat down at the back.Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically meek?Well, he was. Naturally, he didn’t argue with Big John, but he wasn’t happy about it.The next day the same thing happened-Big John got on again, made a show ofrefusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the one after that, andso forth. This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him.
Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building courses,karate, judo, and all that good stuff. By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what’s more, he felt really good about himself.
So on the next Monday, when Big John once again got on the bus and said,”Big John doesn’t pay!,” the driver stood up, glared back at the passenger,and screamed, “And why not?”
With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, “Big John has a bus pass.”
Dear Friends , can anybody tell me the moral of this story?
mba -:students and the examinee
August 5, 2004
in a mba institute(not iifm) 4 students just before the exam night partied the whole night and sloshed out. as a result they were not able to reach the exam venue at time and got there after the exams. they cooked up a storythat yesterday night they visited a far off place and while returning they had a flat tyre and they didnt had a spare tyre . they soiled their cloth greased their hand and went to the examiner with this story. the examiner sympathised with them and agreed to take their exam the next day.when the 4 reached the place next day the examiner said that as it is a speacial case so they have to give the exams in seprate room.
when they got the paper the first question was nor mal of 5 marks.
the second question was of 95 marks and the question was” which tyre”.
The Long and Winding Road!!!
August 5, 2004
The road that led us to our destiny when we came here …..recognise it and preserve it!!!!
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Reprieve …
August 5, 2004
hello all,
today was a great day for humanity in general and us in particular as the gods unleashed showers with all fury on our beautiful campus to save us from the “sticky” heat ….in celebration i decided to join our blog… also the iifm 2006 batch got two periods free ….a celebration at post mid term….even though theyll be compensated…but such are the momentary pleasures that guide our lives…
“cheers to iifm”
