Gods must be crazy!!!!
May 6, 2007
Shiv : hey come on in. You anxious or what?
Me : (ahem only so much that the heavens might fall down) No not at all shiv.
Shiv : Its been a great year and I am really proud of your work, I must say
Me : (so bloated up that my head was ten times my body size) Thanks Shiv . That’s great to hear.
Shiv : Some of your developments have proven to be really good. Customer satisfaction is pretty high too.
Me: (Is this for real wow man, I am on a roll,trying to act supremely normal and failing completely in that attempt ) That’s wonderful
Shiv : However..
Me : (There it was. How can a meeting go on without a however, but ,inspite of and many more of these conjunctions. Conjunctions of doom I call them. Why does there have to be a however? It might be wise to mention the head size now. Well lets just say it was on its way becoming normal)
Yeah
Shiv : Its imperative for one to take upon a holistic perspective.
Me : (All I could think was blah blah blah!!! more manangement crap , holistic perspective my .. ok not really the time to tread down the swear path.)
Shiv : …. So I have to look at how well your personal objectives have blended with the organization’s and what little extra you have brought to your work this time around.
Me : Little extra (what an oxymoron) I am sorry shiv I am losing you.
Shiv : Well what innovative or creative have u done this past year that would help me rate you a peg above the others .That’s what i mean.
Me : What ? I mean how can that be the main yardstick . Where is the opportunity to do that shiv. ( Head by now quite the size of a bee )
Shiv : Instead of asking me why ? Ask yourself Why not?
Me
What kind of a reply is that now.. and here I am shooing off the temptation to go down the swear path ) Ahem i am sorry what? (Yeah that sounded pitiable, quite pitiable)
Shiv :Well the thing is Brahma I can give you only a normal rating cause the work you have done is great but nothing really creative , new or extra for me to rate you higher.
Me
anger boiling up like a kettle and had my little speech ready . Was going to give him a piece of my mind. )
Creative indeed. What am i supposed to do ?
Create babies with ten pairs of eyes, 4 pairs of hands and 2 pairs of legs, Give them 2 brains oh wait a minute one seems quite a waste . Hmm maybe i should recycle brains most dont use them anyways. Innovative really… Be ready people for some really different evolution this year..
Oh dont look like that I dint tell him ofcourse. Just removed the brackets so that I could make you think I did.Ahh come on dont judge me now , this was my only fun!!!
” Ok Lord shiva thanks.”(Thanks now why didI say that.. well who am I kidding he is in charge of destruction you know)
Walking back from kailash to my home abode. Sarawasthi isn’t going to be pleased. Well lets just hope her performance appraisal went better.
On reaching home
Me :Hey, Can i have a cup of coffee i have headaches in all my four heads.
Saraswathi :Yeah
Me : So what happened to your appraisal?
Saraswathi : Dont ask . They changed my domain . I have to learn electric guitar now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s :Totally fictitious. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is accidental
( only because it might resemble a zillion people)
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1.
Adarsh | May 6, 2007 at 4:08 pm
tats probably one of the best so far.. very verys keep it comi funny.. jus keep it comin..
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Anu | May 6, 2007 at 7:15 pm
hey amazingly funny!!! literally rolled out laughing
sooooooooo true! esp the one where the guy goes “What am i supposed to do ? Create babies with ten pairs of eyes, 4 pairs of hands and 2 pairs of legs, Give them 2 brains oh wait a minute one seems quite a waste”
all that management jargon just gets to our nerves sometimes…but it is a wonder how they can talk n talk in flowery words abt one topic where u realise at the end of the day none of it made SENSE!!!
Keep them comin!!!
Super title yet again!!! God must be crazy indeed to have created such managers!!
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Harish | May 6, 2007 at 7:59 pm
You made my day.
I laughed out so loud that my roomate in next room had to call 911. I do hope for your goodwill that your poor manager is not reading this. Or else you might receive his obituary note tomorrow.
That too the techie management crap thrown in between with the usual “However” and all that shows how much we all despise it an stil find it inevitable…worse….we would have to practise it in the bloody future.
“They changed my domain . I have to learn electric guitar now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
This line in particular is such that it can set a house on fire…..
Keep them coming girl…..U r just getting better and better..
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sathish | May 7, 2007 at 2:23 am
Sheer talent niviiiiii ….for once ppl who are reading d blog can judge wat it is all abt ,, after reading the 1st few lines …. dint build up any suspense tis time … but still the touch of humour to the post …thts really kool
tat ‘however’ jus made the rating predictable
….. d innovative work and the domain change were really funny ….. so u added yet another new feather tis time .. one with a very differnt colour onto ur cap
kudoss !!!
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Sense in non-sense Aditya | May 7, 2007 at 2:55 am
Did Brahma not create those ten heads, twenty eyes, twenty arms, and did give them one brain tho. I think that he was called RaVan and Vishu the other PM decided that it was too risky to have such a feature and it may become a standard requirement in the new projects decided to SHIFT+DEL it.
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adithya | May 7, 2007 at 4:59 am
Dude u simply had me in splits..this was gr88888.. awesome… SUPER funny.. and is till feel I have not done enough justice to this post.. Looks like u believe in that theory of “Variety is the spice of life” huh?.. Ur blogs now cover every type and style of posts..
And this one was simply fabulous. Especially the way u described the appraisal cycle.. the perons head bloats from a normal size and how it keeps shrinking was just amazingly described.. “ it might be wise to describe the head size now”… and especially how Brahma tried to restrain from swearing..
.. U R ON A ROLL… And btw management is definitely gonna teach u a loooooot of “ conjunctions of doom” and how to sugar coat a green chilli and make the other person chew and eat it and NOT swallow it down.
The best one was obviously “Create babies with ten pairs of eyes, 4 pairs of hands and 2 pairs of legs, Give them 2 brains oh wait a minute one seems quite a waste”.. that had me in splits.. how did u even think of that… I hope Brahma can create something like that.. I am tired of Brahma’s normal creations.. hope he comes out with a bomb shell soon..
.. and dude u just have a way with titles and ending.. I loved the title and the ending.. I would rate this one as the best ending.. when I read the “ electric guitar “ thing I thought that was the best funny ending one could give… and a fraction of a second later when I read.. “ p.s :Totally fictitious. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is accidental ( only because it might resemble a zillion people)” u beat the best ending I have ever read in the same post.. simply FANTABULOUS. What an ending!!!!!!!! Funniest ever!!!.. now I am waiting for your next post.. what other varieties are u gonna bring in..
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bharathan | May 7, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I have some doubts on this one…. (some are really stupid.. i’m a bad reader!!!)
1)sacchu…nick name for saraswathi?
2)why is shiva the appraiser??
3)I thought Brahman had only one head with 4 faces in it!! or is it four heads?? In that case which head weighed ten times the body?? all four of them??
…ok.. i know i’m being a total fault finder here.. but this i thought was the best of all your blogs i have read… blending humour with reality… some creativity.. i had a great laugh!! keep it going!!
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Navien | May 8, 2007 at 7:08 am
Hey ..Its truly fantastic!!!! very creative n funny!!! i jus loved it n cudn stop laughin !!
It is absolutely true tat we have to bear with this word “however” which has bcum mandatory ..Shud find a way to deal wid dis damn thing!!
Highlight here is ofcourse “Dont ask . They changed my domain . I have to learn electric guitar now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Haha..superb stuff!!!!
Gr8 title n fittin finale!!! Keep them comin!!!! master work!! Waitin to c more of dem frm ur bag of creations!!!
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Jagdeep | May 8, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Awesome. Super fun.
One of the funniest apprisal interviews ever! I hope i dont get to work under your PM
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TechieFriends | May 9, 2007 at 10:19 am
Ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaah i cant control my laughter…very funny. I can’t comment more i need to laugh.
PS. U better inform me before writing a funny post(tat also u can’t do all ur post ll have some funny part) so that i will not read it in office
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Princess Banter | May 9, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Hahaha hilarious! That totally made my day man…
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AK | May 11, 2007 at 11:51 am
superfunny…a very good adaptation
@bharathan
brahma has 4 heads and not 4 faces in a single head….if i remember right..its 5 heads of which one was cut-off by lord shiva etc…
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Nivi | May 12, 2007 at 1:44 pm
@adarsh
Thanks man
@anu
Tell me abt it!!!
@harish
glad i did
hehe and i dont think he would really mind it afterall he must be going thru the same thing
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Nivi | May 12, 2007 at 1:52 pm
@sathish
well yeah i dont want you to go like “awww same crap again ”
@sense in…
On sheer techinicality na…And ofcourse vishnu scarpped that off.. it kinda got too personal dint it..esp when it started involvong visnhu’s wife
@aditya
variety well yeah!!! now my head is kinda bloated hehe
and the bombshell.. dont worry man.. its been created already and am sure its on your way
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Nivi | May 12, 2007 at 2:03 pm
@bharathan
rather people…(azhithal kadavul)
To answer the queries man…
1) Duhh!! yeah sachchu is saraswasthi…
2)hmm good q.. simply because of his status… He takes care of getting rid of things
3)ak answered them!! and wats the weight thing?… i dunno da
And no probs with the fault thing cause well hmmm there isnt any
anyways thanks man!!!!
@navien
thanks !!! Deal with however hmmm only way is when u get to appraise them …”your management skills are amazing however since i dont like the color of those spots in your tie i cant give you a better rating”
would be fun wouldnt it ??
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Nivi | May 12, 2007 at 2:05 pm
@jagdeep
thanks man!! i am sure u appreciate it
@techiefriends
hey thanks da.. you spend all your time at work .. how can i tell u sometime else?? Impossible dude
@princess
am so glad i did
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Nivi | May 12, 2007 at 2:06 pm
@ak
thanks!! double for the answer to bharathan
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Srinath | May 13, 2007 at 6:40 pm
How i feel i had the time to comment first on this post… this one is too good lady… and most hilarious ever…
with the “puthu polivu ” to ur blog .. u r getting good esp with the funny write ups…
but if fail to recognize this as a farce then i shud say i dont have a literaray eye in lookin at ur thing.. .a superb satire on the right timing… with appraisal talk in the air jus resembles release of rajini padam atleats 100 days b4 other diwali releases… kewl!!
I infact remember a guy with “french beard” when u talked abt the conjunctions of doom…. the fateful night in the fateful room… however.. inspite… and alotta mgmt jargons… atleast brahma had a sacchu to tell his frustration..
“however” … happy atleast saras got a chance to work with latest technology…
“p.s :Totally fictitious. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is accidental
( only because it might resemble a zillion people)” —> punch lines that reaffirms the hidden sarcasm…
One more adnvancement.. from a arbitary he/she now u hav become u have become brahma— the creator… does this brahma accepts requests for creation of customized products..? r existing system re-modelled as per requests?i wud b ready to place an order!
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Karthik Balasubramanian | May 18, 2007 at 6:50 am
beautiful.. i would have to say that this is the best that i have read in all your articles. That was hilarious . ur growing in leaps and bounds as a blogger. keep it up totle.. am looking forward to reading all ur blogs in the summer.
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NIRMAL | May 20, 2007 at 6:18 am
Nice clean write up!
it just got me reminded me off my confirmatory appraisal which i had an year bad.
Generally from management perspective they always come with terms like innvation,creativity,adding values to customer serivices but the hard part is its already decided no matter how much work you had put in over that year,only few get OS,rest end up with ME.
Anyways we blame our supervisors,some day we are going to be in the same hot seat and we are goign to give the management theories to then Freshers.
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Gopalan | June 8, 2007 at 7:23 am
Good. Quite impressive.