Employer Etiquette Sheet...

aka what not to do when one employee has put in the papers..

if you are connected to me through any of the other web 2.0 websites then you would know that i resigned recently and am working from home... i had a verbal resignation followed by formal email which at that moment was graciously accepted... what really ensued was a month of pandemonium and total amusement.. amusement, 'cause i was totally amused by the antics of the management, often that left me "like WTH??"

Don't give a we-should-part-happily talk on the first day of the notice period..
--> Who are you lying to? Employee will be spaced out all through the talk and i bet you don't believe in your lie yourself.

Don't increase the targets and deadlines out of blue..
--> The person is in notice period...if you over burden chances are that even your initial targets won't be met..

In my case, i was asked to give 40 articles in an hour.. yeah rite, i am a super girl and have a secret pen which writes at its own will with little instruction from me... #%#^&*

Do your research if you are going to find faults with the employee..
--> After so many months of employment, obviously the employee would have closed down all the project especially when she is planning to leave.. do your research properly...

with me, the Bugger first blurted that i outperform others constantly.. then he bit his tongue and said i should justify my work... well now, seriously what are trying to say dude??

Don't torture the employee, if you are planning to ask the employee to stay back..
 --> Seriously, if you are asking her, she should have a good experience to consider your offer..

i turned off the offer within seconds..

Don't ever play with the payments by stopping them or reducing them without reason..

or you will get to see the BadraKaali in me doing the Rudhrathandavam, which they did..

P.S # This post was in the offing for quite sometime now.. was waiting for the payments to be cleared, just in case :D  

Random Rat...

The mighty mighty CB tagged me... ahem... :( shylu forgive me but your tag was bit too much revealing to take up.. sorry... will do ur next tag, that is if it aint that complicated. :P

so back to CB.. you should visit her blog, folks.. she is one gem of a writer.. mom of my pal Vinnie, the pooh :P her "The L&M and the brats" posts are a laugh riot... try, you 'll adore her blog..

and yes the tag... apparently i have to reveal some 7 random things about me... err as if i hadn't flashed enough on this blog over the last 2 years, or is it more than that.. god knows... yeah the mighty 7... here we go..

 Monday : While crossing the road, I actually notice the tire of the approaching vehicle than the driver... my brain goes into a frenzied calculation of t = v/a ,  v = u + at and such formulas and calculate the speed of approach to cross the road accordingly... believe me i have faired well so far...

Tuesday :  I order only my regulars at CCD and Fruit shop @ Greams road... i experiment at all places but rarely at these two... eight months of regularity earns me special place at both these places :P *the waiter reminded me of the price fall on my regulars today at CCD.. man i was thrilled when the boy remembered to tell me*


Wednesday :  Dunno why but my life and tastes are closely related to Rat or being a Rat.. i love all things that a Rat would love... Cheese, Vadai, Dingy spaces, small hole in the name of house, sleeping on well padded surface i.e. on freshly washed unfolded clothes etc etc.. you name it, i got it..

Thursday :  i love cooking for others.. but i rarely eat what i cook though i may be hungry like an elephant or ermm a Rat.. may be the smells that rise while cooking kills my appetite.. mind you i cook well, my sister is still alive as a testimony to my cooking skills... :D

Friday : Yippee!! Weekend is here :P I have visited a beauty salon for a total of three times only in my life so far.. 2008, 2009 and 2010... first was a laugh riot.. i was standing at the door contemplating the visit, when the lady in charge of the place invited me in for a lemonade.. i blew my money off over a hair cut, hair straighten, manicure, pedicure and a massage.. heavenly!! Second was on my 23rd birthday and third for a hair cut..

Saturday : I collect Paper Tissues... no not the artsy one's... whenever i go out to a restaurant, i make it a point to take a tissue, write the date, names of people who are present and such details... i have a whole box of such papers...

Sunday :  I love Indian and Greek Mythology... its another story that i don't believe them but it is fun reading them and correlating them.. i can blabber on some obscure story, you probably would have no clue about.. i ll even so you the story source and stuff..

Phew thats it... done.... i am tagging no one.. but if you feel like flashing, go on take UP :P

P.S 1 # To all those who feel that my language is obscene, buzz off, i am not paid to please you...
P.S 2 # Seeta Darling so wanted to take your tag but your profile is unfindable and i don't how to reach your blog... pliss to tell your website name...

Mamma Told me "Don't you talk to a Stranger"

it is not a secret that i love working from a CCD near my house... whenever i get bored of sitting alone at home, i move over to this little shop... i have been frequenting ever since i came back to Chennai and these folks are so used to me... they play music of my choice and change whenever i ask them to.. these folks know my orders and never make the mistake of giving me a menu card... i adore this place..

and no, marketing for CCD is not what this post is meant to do...  a couple of days back, i was at CCD again... as i walked in i noticed an uneasy looking couple... i gave them a benefit of doubt and set up my Ideapad at my usual table (see i even have my fixed table :P)... not a min late, the female walked over (for id sake lets call her Sally) and said "umm can you please find if there is a train to Mumbai tonite".. me being the me Googled for it and said that there was a daily CST Mail to Mumbai... suddenly the female started blabbering.. following is the conversation that ensued, from my raw memory...

Sally: I so don't like the guy sitting with me.. we hardly know each other but he wants to get married to me and forcing me.. i want to goto Mumbai ASAP..
Me: Duh??
Sally: you tell me, can you decide whom to marry in a matter of 24 hours... you cant rite.. he is asking me to decide now..
Me: duh, duh??
Sally: *turning around* Kamlesh, i want to leave, there is a train today..Can we?

Saying that she walked back to her table... when she said all these, i hadn't uttered a word and had this incredulous expression on my face...  i went back to my work briefly, when she walked back and said "hey do you mind if i sit here a bit?".. i was still stunned to reply.. never in my life had a stranger barged into my personal space like this.. even the CCD folks maintain distance if i sit alone.. So the female sat and started again.. God, did she give her whole history??  i know more about her than my Closest friend knows about me...

well after giving details about her jobs, her education, her family, where she lives and et al, she started advising not to decide about marriage in a haste and think about my life... yeah rite!!! you reveal all this to a complete stranger?? i don't get it.. in btw the guy and another friend of his came and took her forcefully, while she wanted to talk to me a bit more.. *brain was screaming no no no by now*

a few minutes passed by when ultimately my brain started digesting the whole incident...  this female has come down from Maharashtra to TamilNadu just for this guy and now she is not sure about him... but the guy was hell bent on him... umm what if??? NO!!! i instantly texted Pigsty and said him the whole situation... talking more about it made me harried... we searched for her co-ordinates and found her mobile number.. yup yup thanks to Face-book and Orkut... *Females PLEASE to hide your personal details at these sites*

we couldn't reach through and by now my brain was on an over ride imagining stuff.. In btw Pigsty had pinged a friend of his and we somehow found some friends of Sally over a matter of few hours.. more phone calls and email threads ensued.. but still we were not able to reach her.. call to her family was futile but lets not go there, it is a different story, #sighs...

finally we got thru her after some 18 hrs of the CCD incident.. Now comes the sweet part.. the Female denied the whole story.. she has it that she was at Chennai to attend a marriage.. then she gave another story of being in Chennai to meet this psycho who was troubling her... and what more, She called me a "Strange Lady" who is spreading stories about her... Yes Sirre, i dish out stories about random strangers and give them to National TV... My FOOT, LEFT FOOT!!! @#$%^&! i feel like a bloody prank was played on me...

Seriously, man.... Kick me if i care for a stranger ever again, let alone talk to them in future.. .

P.S # Special Thanks to Pigsty, AG and AS, who were real sweet hearts and did a great James Bond investigation... *ahem hope Pigsty will not kick me for nicknaming him this*

Disclaimer: All names are changed owing to privacy, mine ofcourse :D