It was Aug 5th 2010, the first week after I was deployed to a project in IBM. Some of the instances I witnessed were really funny. Today I was excited, scared, embarrassed, happy, sad, all in one day.
The day was just as any other day till noon but all the drama started it after lunch. It was 1 hour post lunch and I’ll hardly sit for more than an hour at one place so I needed a break. At the same time my colleague also asked me if I can join him to go to cafeteria outside the building. Seizing the opportunity, I went as soon as he asked. We came out of the office and scanned my ID card watching my mobile just to bang the door because the door did not open after I scanned my card. Only when I saw my card case I realized that only the card case was there and my id card was missing.
WHAT THE HELLLLL!!!. It was the most disgusting thing, a nightmare to lose one and for that moment I went totally blank. My colleague understood the seriousness of the situation and started searching for it. I tried to tail pass with him but the security came running saying I have to scan my card to enter the office which I did not have. Then I went out to access center for a temporary id and got one. I went searching for it all the way, dispatch section, lift lobby, inside lift, way to my cubicle, workroom and so on. Finally I found it out with my colleague who got it in my workplace. I just felt awesome at that moment, thanked him. I felt like getting my life back.
After the day was over, I left the office and boarded a city bus which was crowded like hell, so I was made to stand at the door itself. Within minutes I heard some mobile ringing and was irritated because no one was picking the call. The person standing next to me yelled “hey where is the sound coming from???”. I didn’t understood why was he asking so but within a second I realized it was his phone that was ringing and it was stolen in that bus. Everyone understood that and started searching it. That thief, pretty intelligent one, dropped it inside the bus as soon as he heard the mobile ringing, so the owner got the mobile on the bus floor. But one of the passenger started saying “there is some *********** in this bus and we shouldn’t let him go today” in local language, he asked the owner to spot everyone who was standing around him.
And don’t know if it was my bad luck because even I was one of the people standing around him :@. For one moment everyone were staring at me. I thought “dude today you are gone…” and to divert them I joined them saying “yes today we should not let that thief go without some punches” so everyone turned to some other guy and started interrogating him. I thanked god and stepped out of bus in my stop and went home thinking what would have happened if I’d have caught in that act even though I’m innocent.
So what do you call it, a bad day for getting so many tensions or a good day because nothing became so serious it would otherwise be. I say whatever it is, a good day or a bad day, I enjoyed it.
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