what goes around, comes around
i’ve said it time and again… and here’s solid proof of bad karma coming back to bite you in the ass. delhi is way too over-run with gypsies, tramps and thieves, and we keep getting conned by them, repeatedly…
and this season’s assholes: the agency responsible for this fiasco had it coming… what were they trying to scrimp on this time? the 5k that it would have cost them to hire a half-assed doctor?
yes.. it’s to do with (yet another) client ripping us off.
someone once mentioned that my bad-mouthing lousy clients on my blog would deter potential clients. i don’t think so. honestly, i don’t give a fuck. we’ve made it ample clear that we’re selective about who we accept as clients. even at the cost of not getting as much work as we’d like to. it’s better that way, than to workfor people who turn heel overnight. and run at a loss in the long run.
and if a “potential client” is threatened by the thought of being written about, there’s definitely a lot of dishonesty lurking in his mind. we don’t need that breed of client, thank you.
there’s no accounting for stupidity
interface designers spend ages trying to design the perfect gui. but some idiot comes along and ruins it all for them…
admittedly, yaari does not cater to the brightest minds in the world.
but seriously… “yes”???
the language of the gods
i’ve been fighting with illiterate delhi-ites for years, and now it’s official: english is not just the international of choice… it’s the universal language of choice. it has been confirmed by my favourite god-in-waiting, dr harry p. or harry p ha ha ha, as he’d have us believe. i don’t.
At the present world no.3 (our world) and world no.5 are most advanced (ours being the Research and Development world). So now Gods all communicate in English as it is most utilized in our world.
who is dr harry p, you ask? is he a god? in the words of his underlings:
NO! At present he is human being only from this world very highly empowered even beyond God levels. All Gods are human beings chosen, given indefinite life and permanent young age between 18 and 24 years and empowered for specific duties assigned to them and living in a specially created world. He has been chosen for a whole spectrum of very high empowerment (not his choice) by UNIVERSE POWER itself.
and that’s just a few lines off one page… there’s a lot more: seven full pages… long ones.
don’t forget to take the harry ha ha test for godness: “if Dr. Harry is a God, Head will come!†and if navigating the site gets difficult, the kind doctor has instructions at the bottom of each page: “PLEASE CHOOSE YELLOW BUTTONS AT TOP FOR VIEWING OTHER ASPECTS.“
in hindsight
this post was originally written way back in may. but i held it back for various reasons. not anymore. so, the person i’m talking about here can stuff it up their crotch, if they have any issues.
i have an issue with speaking hindi. i don’t. not because i can’t… but because i’m not good at it. but i have a bigger issue with people who’ve been speaking it all their lives, and then “forgetting” it as a result of meeting a phirang. and an even bigger issue with people who try to shove hindi down my throat (or pull it out of it?)…
yesterday, i came across both. almost simultaneously.
the first was this person who’s so rude and thick-skinned, it isn’t funny. and on top of that, extremely daft and in denial of the fact. probably grew up in jalandhar or some hick town, didn’t speak a word of english until reaching delhi, and dehaati at the core. but of course working with a bunch of phirangs changes all of that doesn’t it? get a fancy half-accent, learn some posh words, make some others up, and speak hindi like one of them. nam-ass-tay, i say.
and while trying to deal with that one, i get a call from my not-so-favourite company, airtel. well, he said he was from airtel… but was one of those collection agency cons. why don’t they just say they’re calling on behalf of airtel? too demeaning? anyway, this bugger goes on to whine that i should pay the money via him, instead of paying directly to airtel, and he was downright pissing off. i asked for someone who speaks english, and airtel being a big company and all that, someone in the company would speak english. but all i get is a “kaisa aadmi hai tu? hindi nahin aata?” excellent way to keep your customers happy, i think.
riff, online in…
for those of you who are familiar with the indian rock scene, or “the scene” as those who support it proudly call it, you would have heard of rsj, or rock street journal as it used to be known in the god old days of original content. sam lal, who has been the editor since its beginning, recently moved on to other things, and is now working with india today and other places. his wife shivangi, however, is more of a restless type, and started a little something to continue what sam has been doing for years together. it’s called riff.
and that’s what this whole spiel was about. that last link. i did the site. in three days flat. and it shows. but at least my productivity is up. woo-hoo! so go… sign up, login and vote…
