I am bored @ TCS

My short stint at TCS has taught me 2 major things...

1. Meril is a KID
2. A Consultant doesnt have much to do.

Doing the project, i have found that this creature called Meril, is a "KID". She is always so excited about the project that she believes, she cuold change the way TCS functions, by doing a 'process-map'. And me a sad soul, as usual, hate doing things untill, it is right above your head, eating ur brain. So till then am trying to enjoy the AC and the US timings of working, which majorly SUCKS. It has been almost 3-4 days now, since i had a decent lunch, and i dont remember when was the last time i had my breakfast. If Ramadorai, was here, I would hit on his bald head and ask him to give me another project. The reason is not because the project is bad, but the reason being, i have been asked to do the project on a subject i hated most during the NITIE days, And i still remember those golden words of Atul, who said, " Saale, pad le, NITIE waale jahaan bhi jaayenge, isse Zyaada kuch nahi karenge". High hopes has given me the taste of ground realities now. Now I know, Ganapathi is God, and Hiremath is Bakwaas. All i can wish for now, is that, he is not in my project presentation panel, and scream at me saying. "You have been doing the job of a peon".

Even just as i am typing this sad story of mine, the kid beside me got excited once again, and says," Lets give our project to Muthu". Now i guess you must be able to understand my spate adnd state of mind at TCS. Looking at what i would be doing in my future, that is a short term goal, which does not extend to more than 3 months, i see myself, getting a few bucks richer, with my stipend. Poor guys, they almost paid us 750/- per day, for doing nothing. Now I know how consultants get richer, and still manage to stay fat and stout.

the few things that i am ought to enjoy at this corner sided cubicle of mine, are

1. Nice isolated place as all the other people on the same floor are in the morning shift, so there are very few people around.
2. The internet access, which is not as fast as in NITIE, but comparitively OK. Sad part being i cannot check my Gmail acount from here.
3. The pick-up & Drop cab, the proper BPO style Maharajah.
4. And ofcourse the 25/- quota at the Sodex-Ho caterers at the Digital-Zone Office.

So am here, enjoying free transportation, free food, sick timings, few pretty girls, Free Local calls, and a kid beside me to keep bugging. Alex, hope u are reading this. Buddy, things have not turned as i imagined, (Am sure u understand ;) ).

Meanwhile the KID has managed to find some resource on the net, for JIT in a service industry, and taken a print out of it, to study. and is all busy reading it. And she looks at the screen and says, " Thats too much, Huh???". and as she sees me type she even manages to add another sentence, "I wont say anything". But not controlling herself, says, "Exclamation!!", seeing a mistake in the punctuation, that i have committed. Followed by a few nail scratches and pen-pierces, over me. Poor me.... Do u feel pity yet??

Just as i was thinking what else to add, enters a pretty girl, thru the door, and is talking with some other chap. i could give her a rating of 6.5/10. What say, KID? Oh the kid wants to rate her for more.. I guess that would be enuf for her. Looking at the screen the KID cant stop falling into a laugh, but this time is smart enuf not to say anything.

I rise my head above my cubicle, to see Karthikeyan, the Group Leader, the sweet chap, who thinks we myself and Meril are people from another planet, who have come to rescue him from the deep tunnel, he has fallen into. And along with him, is the fake smile hero, of the ACNielsen Project, Ganesa Subramanian, the program Manager. Sitting in the opposite corner of the same section as ourselves, is an another depressed soul, from Lucknow, called Neeraj, Am sure his wife, who incidentally is expecting, is more depressed, than any of us. She keeps calling him everyday atleast 5 times, but never actually gets to speak to the busy chap.

Guess that will do for this session. I have missed out an important part of my NITIE life, the Placement Season, which i shall continue in the next issue of "I am bored @ TCS".

Tataaa and cha cha cha