Signs you've been in the Indian IT industry for too long

Discussion in 'The ChitChat Lounge' started by slashboyin, May 25, 2006.

  1. slashboyin

    slashboyin New Member

    Another Fwd:

    1.) U use phrases like "No issues" and "Value addition" in everyday
    parlance. For e.g. When talking about your doodhwalla, U say, "His
    milk does zero value addition to my health but he is the only guy
    around so no issues"

    2.) Ur prime source of entertainment is the forwards send to U by
    friends whose faces U cant remember.

    3.) U drink more tea or coffee than water.

    4.) When a half-day at work means leaving at 7:30 in the evening (and
    U actually feel guilty about it).

    5.) U keep trying to shut down ur home computer by pressing
    Ctrl+Alt+Del (used to lock office comps)

    6.) After U switch on your TV, U spend some time looking for a mouse.

    7.) U send Microsoft Office mails with voting buttons to fix the time
    for a meeting with friends.

    8.) When ur mobile rings at home, U rush outside to receive the call.

    9.) When U make calls at home, U accidentally dial "9" to get an outside
    line.

    10.) U havent played Solitaire with real cards in years.

    11.) U tell everyone your favourite book is "Who Moved my Cheese?"
    when in reality U couldnt even finish that. Ur real favourite book is
    the Oracle manual for PL/SQL.

    12.) Ur last crush was a girl in HR, ur current crush is the new girl
    in HR and all ur crushes in the future will be girls in HR.

    13.) U secretly visit sites like jeevansathi.com and shaadi.com and
    hope no one is watching, especially that girl in HR.

    14.) U dont go abroad anymore, but go 'on site'. And when U go 'on
    site' your mama, chacha and l'il cousin Chintu come to see u off.

    15.) U spend the entire day reading forwards, smoking cigarettes,
    drinking tea/coffee and playing T.T. and then complain about the late
    working hours.

    16.) Ur important 'meetings' usually comprise two or three people max,
    including yourself.

    17.) U keep pressing Ctrl+Enter wondering why your gmail is not going.

    20.) U substitute bad words like MC, BC with ML & PL (Module Leader &
    Project Leader).

    21.) U secretly prepare for CAT only to find ur PL sitting behind you
    at the exam.

    22.) Ur criteria for visiting a restaurant is whether it accepts
    'Ticket restaurant' coupons or 'Sodhexo' passes.

    23.) U email ur mate who works at the desk next to U.

    24.) U read this list and kept nodding & smiling.

    25.) As U read this list, U r thinking of sending it to ur friends who
    are also in IT.
     
  2. alpha1

    alpha1 I BLUES!

    Another Fwd:

    1.) U use phrases like "No issues" and "Value addition" in everyday
    parlance. For e.g. When talking about your doodhwalla, U say, "His
    milk does zero value addition to my health but he is the only guy
    around so no issues"​

    I dont.
    Milk does huge value addition to my health btw.



    2.) Ur prime source of entertainment is the forwards send to U by
    friends whose faces U cant remember.​

    Nope.
    My prime sources are playing guitar while watching Tom n Jerry


    3.) U drink more tea or coffee than water.​

    Sorry.
    Lassi, Badam Milk, Fr00t juice.


    4.) When a half-day at work means leaving at 7:30 in the evening (and
    U actually feel guilty about it).​

    Full day = leaving office at 1800

    5.) U keep trying to shut down ur home computer by pressing
    Ctrl+Alt+Del (used to lock office comps)​

    I keep my office and home PC switched on indefinitly. Its only when there is a power failure or software installation, I do a reboot.

    6.) After U switch on your TV, U spend some time looking for a mouse. ​

    I do that coz my comp has TV tuner card.

    7.) U send Microsoft Office mails with voting buttons to fix the time
    for a meeting with friends.​

    Nope. I prefer hotmail or yahoo or gmail.

    8.) When ur mobile rings at home, U rush outside to receive the call.​

    I prefer handling my calls, lying/lazying on the bed, while passively listengin to some instrumental stuff.

    9.) When U make calls at home, U accidentally dial "9" to get an outside
    line.​

    Neh. I use zero (0). Thats coz all STD calls require prefix 0.

    10.) U havent played Solitaire with real cards in years.​

    I haven't played otherwise too. Solitaire is BORING!

    11.) U tell everyone your favourite book is "Who Moved my Cheese?"
    when in reality U couldnt even finish that. Ur real favourite book is
    the Oracle manual for PL/SQL.​

    Read the cheese and liked it too.
    Dunno about Orcale. :think: You talking about Matrix right?


    12.) Ur last crush was a girl in HR, ur current crush is the new girl
    in HR and all ur crushes in the future will be girls in HR.​

    Aha! My crushes were the girls coming to call centers just next to my office.


    13.) U secretly visit sites like jeevansathi.com and shaadi.com and
    hope no one is watching, especially that girl in HR.​

    Cannot tell which sites I visit, everything wil be censored, but yeah I do visit IGT (pls donot censor that)

    14.) U dont go abroad anymore, but go 'on site'. And when U go 'on
    site' your mama, chacha and l'il cousin Chintu come to see u off.​

    Never been abroad. :shock:

    15.) U spend the entire day reading forwards, smoking cigarettes,
    drinking tea/coffee and playing T.T. and then complain about the late
    working hours. ​

    I dont smoke, drink tea/coffee or play TT.
    I dont stay late.


    16.) Ur important 'meetings' usually comprise two or three people max,
    including yourself.​

    Usually important meeting are with US clients and product / marketing managers there. Such meeting have attendence about 10-20.

    17.) U keep pressing Ctrl+Enter wondering why your gmail is not going.​

    Eh, didnt get you at all there. I thought Control Enter is used to open links in new tabs in Firefox.

    20.) U substitute bad words like MC, BC with ML & PL (Module Leader &
    Project Leader).

    No. MC and BC are for the people who deserve it.

    21.) U secretly prepare for CAT only to find ur PL sitting behind you
    at the exam.​

    LOL, though I must've donated ample number of times to IIMs (via CAT). I haven't prepared in that cryptic way till now.

    22.) Ur criteria for visiting a restaurant is whether it accepts
    'Ticket restaurant' coupons or 'Sodhexo' passes. ​

    Not exactly.
    It is - Sasta Sundar Tikau. (SST Criteria)
    Sasta khana
    Sundar Ladkiyan
    Tikau furniture


    23.) U email ur mate who works at the desk next to U.​

    Hehe, and I talk too.
    How else should I send her/him the changed code, which has not been checked in yet?
    Via sms?


    24.) U read this list and kept nodding & smiling.​

    No.
    :annoyed:
    You can see am not smiling, and am not nodding.


    25.) As U read this list, U r thinking of sending it to ur friends who
    are also in IT.​

    Is it?
    :mad:





    Though, I must say, if you reply to such posts, you must be in IT ;)
     
  3. d_ist_urb_ed

    d_ist_urb_ed Genuflect b*tches!

    ^D00D :shock: *solemn promise to stay away from IT*
     
  4. alpha1

    alpha1 I BLUES!

    Errr, why?
     
  5. paati

    paati New Member

    u get a job in US

    then
    1> show up to work on a saturday or sunday
    2> take permission from your boss to use the toilet
    3> feel uncomfortable that no has a phone headset
    4> get terrified that u actually have to design software, and not just code
     
  6. alpha1

    alpha1 I BLUES!

    Seems like you've had some experience.
    LOL
     
  7. CrYpTiC_angel

    CrYpTiC_angel Rebelle!

    too late for me :eek::
     
  8. walk_alone

    walk_alone **~~| An Atheist |~~**

    true, its so damn true.

    Now i have starting my letters also on Excel.
     
  9. CrYpTiC_angel

    CrYpTiC_angel Rebelle!

    What? ?
     
  10. alpha1

    alpha1 I BLUES!

    You got MS Word for that.
    If you didn't realize that.
     
  11. oh no, you spoilt the whole joke by giving ur safaai :annoyed:
     
  12. alpha1

    alpha1 I BLUES!

    ^ But I had great fun. :annoyed:
     
  13. the_wizard

    the_wizard Omega == God

    Im happy to be quitting IT :grin:
     
  14. d_ist_urb_ed

    d_ist_urb_ed Genuflect b*tches!

    Awww, dont worry, i'll be yer free counselor for life.
     
  15. walk_alone

    walk_alone **~~| An Atheist |~~**

    Yea...I spend almost half my day on excel working on diff calculation and stuff.Find myself at ease with the program.


     
  16. walk_alone

    walk_alone **~~| An Atheist |~~**

    Really, do we have that in computers.
    Thxs alpha for enlightning me with this valuable information.



     

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