Despite a group of wonderful, caring people in my life, I don't have that friend. You know the one I'm talking about: the friend who is bold (and considerate) enough to tell you when your new outfit really don't match your personality. That friend is the one who will answer honestly when you ask "does this make me look fat." That friend doesn't just passively offer you a kind of stuff,maybe an advice,materials which you like the most,helping hand but tells you when you really need that in your life.
Somehow, I'm not friends with anyone like that right now. And I need to be.
Please don't mistake me--I'm not talking about a "fr-enemy," someone who says things with the secret intent of undermining your self confidence. I'm talking about a person who truly loves you and has your best interests at heart. He/She is someone who would prefer to be undisguisedly honest with you and protect you from yourself rather than letting the world laugh at you. It takes a rare mixture of integrity, love,respect and confidence to make that kind of friend, but if you find one, hold on! They're a rare and invaluable blessing.
I think the last time I had a friend of that kind was when I worked with a lady in my first office. She doesn't hide anything in her heart. She tells it just like that in front of everyone. I remember her telling me when my hair was sticking up funny or teasing me when I was wearing a completely out-of-fashion and weird outfit or even pointing out when my zip was undone on my pant. It was usually slightly embarrassing to hear, but I was always grateful! Better to be told out loud by someone who really likes you than secretly mocked by someone who doesn't. When she moved out of the office, I slowly lost contact with her. Now I really only "see" her through memories, and I really miss her. I don't think I ever truly understood what a valuable friend she was.
So I'm now accepting applications for a new, blunt friend. Interested applicants must have experience in extreme honesty, but should be kind in its delivery. Requirements include a willingness to point out tar in my teeth/dust in my eyes, tell me when my pant is unzipped, and stop me if I ever consider wearing "stretchy pants". The position offers no salary, but includes a generous benefit package and my undying devotion.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Longing for a vacation
I think I had to go for a vacation right now since I've been working for about 4 months without any casual or medical leave. So its necessary for me to take a holiday for least 3-4 days. There is a temple festival in Rasipuram, Namakkal Dt.,Tamilnadu. My roommate Prakash belongs to this village and I'm planning to go with him. I am very sick of sighting city girls lately and I believe it'll be refreshing if I go n check some beautiful village girls...
I feel its a good idea...
Lets see...
I feel its a good idea...
Lets see...
Sick of doing the same job daily
Hi everyone...
Aren't you tired of doing the same job daily...?
I got too frustrated nowadays to getup in the evening (I'm working in the call centre now) and to work all night long that too in a call centre... OMG... I'm kinda feeling weird...
There are too many things we duplicate in our life. Every day we get up at the same time, eat same breakfast, walk on the same street. We take the same buses or trains, arrive at office at the same time, do almost same works say 'hello' to the same people. I know that we do have different and attractive things to do. But do you feel tired of doing such same things? Do you think they are redundant and a waste of time? And what's your everyday-must-do-work?
I used to travel by Electric Train to my office @ Nungambakkam at 9.45 in the Night and 7.00 in the Morning and I meet same persons in the train. Its been a practice now for about 4 months and I don't even receive a smile from them or even a kind of acknowledgment. They will be so busy in their work reading newspapers, mugging up books for their class tests,listening iPods etc... I feel completely weird and I'll be staring @ them as if I'm gonna kidnap.
My job in my office is to receive calls from the US customers regarding the product which our company promotes. I used to get a lot of phone calls and I'' sick of saying "Thank you for calling ----------, How may I help you..?". Call centers have a love/hate relationship with workers everywhere. People either love them, or they hate them; there is really no middle ground. Call centers have many pros, the best of which is that they can prove to be real cash cows. But call centers also have a dark side, the side that the customers would never guess by the cheerful, robotic voices on the other end of the line.
The psychology of an inbound call center customer is completely different from that of the face-to-face customer. The reason is simple. Over the phone, you are not really a person, you are just a voice. Therefore, customers feel more free to lash out in anger, curse, and make threats. When customer's can see your face, they are more prone to treat you like a human being.
I pray to god that I should get a decent job without getting harassment from the customers. May be I had to follow the same kind of routine like getting up early,having breakfast,rushing to catch Train,looking at the passengers in a weird manner,say hello to the same person in the office, but I'll be relieved from working in Nights and from receiving calls from the other end of the world.
Aren't you tired of doing the same job daily...?
I got too frustrated nowadays to getup in the evening (I'm working in the call centre now) and to work all night long that too in a call centre... OMG... I'm kinda feeling weird...
There are too many things we duplicate in our life. Every day we get up at the same time, eat same breakfast, walk on the same street. We take the same buses or trains, arrive at office at the same time, do almost same works say 'hello' to the same people. I know that we do have different and attractive things to do. But do you feel tired of doing such same things? Do you think they are redundant and a waste of time? And what's your everyday-must-do-work?
I used to travel by Electric Train to my office @ Nungambakkam at 9.45 in the Night and 7.00 in the Morning and I meet same persons in the train. Its been a practice now for about 4 months and I don't even receive a smile from them or even a kind of acknowledgment. They will be so busy in their work reading newspapers, mugging up books for their class tests,listening iPods etc... I feel completely weird and I'll be staring @ them as if I'm gonna kidnap.
My job in my office is to receive calls from the US customers regarding the product which our company promotes. I used to get a lot of phone calls and I'' sick of saying "Thank you for calling ----------, How may I help you..?". Call centers have a love/hate relationship with workers everywhere. People either love them, or they hate them; there is really no middle ground. Call centers have many pros, the best of which is that they can prove to be real cash cows. But call centers also have a dark side, the side that the customers would never guess by the cheerful, robotic voices on the other end of the line.
The psychology of an inbound call center customer is completely different from that of the face-to-face customer. The reason is simple. Over the phone, you are not really a person, you are just a voice. Therefore, customers feel more free to lash out in anger, curse, and make threats. When customer's can see your face, they are more prone to treat you like a human being.
I pray to god that I should get a decent job without getting harassment from the customers. May be I had to follow the same kind of routine like getting up early,having breakfast,rushing to catch Train,looking at the passengers in a weird manner,say hello to the same person in the office, but I'll be relieved from working in Nights and from receiving calls from the other end of the world.
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