Monday
May 26, 2008.
9 am
'Hmm I've told you to put on the uniform so many times, but you don't seem to be listening.'
Bhatia had spotted me as I was ambling towards the coffee machine, early in the morning. I was clad in a low waist denim jeans with a white shirt, shabbily tucked in. Bhatia was very strict for the dress code.
' Sir, my trousers have gone for shortening.'
' Since TWO weeks?'
'No sir I gave it on Friday. But the tailor didn't show ..'
'But what about the entire last week? I had given explicit instructions on the very first day as far as I remember.'
He was bang on. All three of us had been asked to adhere to the dress code from the first day. I had known this all along but I guess I was hoping that it would slip off his mind and I'd be saved from having to buy a brand new shirt-trouser combination. That too, just for a two month period. Anyhow I had to come up with an excuse. Fast.
'Sir my family had been out of station for the last week. So I didn't have enough money then. Anyways I'll surely collect my trousers today.'
Bhatia nodded casually and signalled me to go away. He was engrossed in typing an e-mail or something.
In the hindsight, I admit it wasn't my best excuse but atleast my ass was saved for that day.
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6 comments:
to khareed le be...
and u r right abt me
after all only a few know abt the b-list... :P
and pushkin was right no fgowh on the b-list
waise some1 on ur side??
waise at my intern ek hr waali mujhpe line maar rahi thi on first day...
but uske baad woh dikhi hi nahi :P
I wish he asks you to comb your hair too, i bet you'd rather pull them out if he does ask :D
I'm sure it must have been more like TU USSE NAHI DIKHA!
saala :P
lol
by the way, I'm in jeans again ;)
Had to hide behind chairs the whole fuckin day :D
oh my god.... i'm wondering how in the world will you survive in a work place.... i can very nicely conjure a scene in my mind...goes like this:
UR BOSS: Mr Sagar Singh,Why are you late today and why are you in your very low waist jeans AGAIN???
SAGAR: Sir actually there was traffic and i had to fight all the traffic to reach
UR BOSS: and yu did not explain why you are in jeans
SAGAR: Opening your mouth to say another briliantly conjured up story
UR BOSS: No NO, I wont listen to any of your nonsensical excuses enough, YOU ARE FIRED!!!!!!!!
Now thats a likely story u knw.... u better start doin smthin about it.... take my advice....:)
I can not only imagine the scene - but predict the future also ...
Things are going to continue in the same fashion for the rest of Mr. Sagar Singh's intern !!!
Cheers
:P
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