Monday, August 08, 2005

Corporate world

Everything at these MNC's suck. Lets assume there is a company A. A is taking over M. Now M comes to A's campus for a talk about there company. There is a PA system in A which reminds you of the Big Brother. and the announcement summons you to the talk. And everybody starts moving. Before you ask anyone where they are going they have walked away following the sound of the Big Brother.
The people from M start with their 'presentation'. And they will tell you about how their company has grown. Their profit in 98-99 was 1.2M and then for the past 6 years they have had an exponential growth. The number of their customers is increasing etc etc. I mean can anything be as interesting as hearing the statistics of M's growth. And besides, the gentleman presnting me these wonderful stats has spent all his life in the States (I have no idea why do they call it states, dont we have some f*ing 27-28 states of our own, or are those fifty states the states for all the world). He is indian by coloUr. But he is too modest to speak in the language of his motherland. and why just language. copy all you can, why leave behind the bloody accent. bring it on. 300 F*ing ppl sitting and listening to a F*ing NRI speaking in the F*ing accent.
When I had entered the hall, I knew I had made a mistake. I shouldn'd have come here. I thought I would pay 50 Rs to get out. and then it was 100. and the rates were climbing the charts faster than A+M's growth rates combined. My boss was sitting in front of me. It was a tough decision. should I walk out in front of the whole crowd (which, by the way was totally mesmerised by the sexy NRI boasting about M's growth rates) and my boss. But sitting there, and I would have exploded. I walked out. This was the 12th time I did this. And I have a 100% strike rate. Every talk I have gone into I have walked out.
And everytime its some indian is talking in american accent. Do these ppl think that we like hearing american accent. when we are 400 indians listening why not make a person talk who can talk in indian english and switch to hindi in between.
But I guess there must be reasons. I have not seen the world. One day I will surely learn. And that day I will learn to sit through a complete talk and appreciate the growth rates. I hope I die before that day comes.

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