Customer Care in 2020

Customer: "Hello, can I order...."

Operator: "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your order please"

Operator: "Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?"

Customer: "It's eh, hold on....8898613561 02049998- 45-54610"

Operator: "OK... you're....Mr Singh and you're calling from 17 Jalan Kayu. Your home number is 4094 2366, your office no. is 7645 2302 and your mobile no. is 0142662566. Which number are you calling from now Sir?"

Customer: "Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?"

Operator: "We are connected to the system Sir"

Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza"

Operator: "That's not a good idea Sir"

Customer: "How come?"

Operator: "According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and high cholesterol sir"

Customer: "What? What do you recommend then?"

Operator: "Try our Low Fat Hokkien Mee Pizza. You'll like it"

Customer: "How do you know for sure?"

Operator: "You borrowed a book entitled "Popular Hokkien Dishes" from the National Library last week Sir"

Customer: "OK I give up....Give me three family size ones then, how much will that cost?"

Operator: "That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is $49.99"

Customer: "Can I pay by credit card?"

Operator: "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank $3,720.55 since October last year.That's not including the late payment charges on your housing loan, Sir."

Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives"

Operator: "You can't Sir. Based on the records,you've reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today"

Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?"

Operator: "By 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always come and collect it on your motorcycle"

Customer: " What!"

Operator: "According to the details in our system, you own a scooter, registration number 1123..."

Customer: " ????"

Operator: "Is there anything else Sir?"

Customer: "Nothing! By the way....aren't you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?"

Operator: "We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're also diabetic"

Customer: "**%&$%%##, you $##$%%@"

Operator: Better watch your language, Sir. Remember on 15th July 1987 you were convicted of using abusive language on a policeman!!"

Customer: *Faints*

Tip Tip Barsa Paani

Yesterday brought back sweet memories of childhood to my mind.....Its been raining like anything here in Mumbai from the past two days. And like always everything around has gone for a toss. The roads, the railway tracks, the localities and the lakes are all flooded causing trouble for the Mumbaikars.

Yesterday nobody worked much in office coz everybody was busy watching the news for updates on the rain. Post lunch all the school children were sent back home, and just when i was missing being a school kid, i was asked to leave coz everybody around was fearing for the worse....So off i went and i reached back home by 5.30 p.m! (a real luxury for somebody who doesn't reach home before 7.45 p.m)

And then i did what i love doing the most, i curled up on my bed with a cup of hot coffee and the laptop in front. I hopped, skipped and jumped thru all my favourite blogs and watched the rain from my balcony. :) I just love watching it rain, and i so missed being wrapped up in the tight embrace of my lover's arms. How i wish i had my bf with me, it would have been so amazing coz when i am with him time just flies by!

Anyways, Harry Potter: The Half blood Prince is releasing tomorrow and i like any other Harry Potter fan would not like to miss it for sure. I am gonna go and watch it on Saturday with my love. I hope it turns out to be good coz i hadn't liked "The Order of the Phoenix" that much. Till then cya people and have a gr8 week ahead!! :)

And Here Goes Monday....

Phew!! I somehow managed to wade thru Monday....it felt like an exam, although it wasn't as difficult as one! :) It took me a while to settle down though, since i was gone for 2 weeks my inbox had been bombarded by tonnes of mails (1100 to be precise!). One can very well imagine the amount of time it must have taken for me to sort them out, delete the unnecessary stuff and save the relevant ones.

Inevitably i had got a couple of forwards too and when i got the time to go thru them i found some of them to be really nice and interesting. This is one such forward which touched my heart:

Aren't all of them just wonderful!! Simple quotes which are worth remembering for life! If u ask me i can't jus pick one coz i loved all of them. But u can tell me which one did u like the most and why?

Lord Save the Soul

It's over!! My block leave is over....and i will be going back to work on this Monday after 2 blissful weeks, which disappeared in no time. :( I hav never been so blue on a weekend!!

I think i need a time machine, so that i can go back in time, or perhaps i need something that can help me pause the time!! No, on 2nd thoughts i think a time machine would be better, who wants to be stuck in time!? Not me at least!

Anyways, all of u hav a gr8 fun filled weekend!! While i try to figure out as to how to get over the weekend blues, will listening to "I am blue" by Eiffel 65 help?? :|

Know Your Body

-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream.




-The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.




-You use 200 muscles to take one step.




-The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.




-Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.




-A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.




-A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.




-The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.




-The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.




-It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.




-The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.




-At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.




-There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.




-Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.




-The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.




-Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.




-When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.




-Your thumb is the same length of your nose.


At this very moment I know that you are putting this last fact to test, just like i did!! :P

Return to the Basics....

I was tagged by AD on Facebook and since i dint have anything better to do, i thought of taking this up here on my blog. To do this tag, paste these instructions and type your 'ABC's of Me', click publish then tag people (if u want to!). Remember, I didn't come up with these, but I am just answering them.


A - Age: Sorry i am really poor in Maths!! :P

B - Bed size: Enuff for me to roll over from one end to the other :)

C - Chore you hate: Cleaning the toilet (not that i hav done that till date!!)

D - Dog's name: Marley/Shingi (future pet's name)

E - Essential start your day item: Brushing my teeth

F - Favorite color(s): Black, Blue and Deep Red

G - Gold or Silver: Silver and/or any other white metal

H - Height: 5'5'' precisely

I - Instruments you play: None that i can think of!

J - Job title: Banker

K - Kids: Ask me 4 yrs from now :)

L - Living arrangements: With mommy & daddy dearest!

M - Mom's name: Mama & Mom

N - Nicknames: Official one is Pinky, can't mention the unofficial ones here! ;)

O - Can't think of anything as of now!! :P

P - Pet Peeve: Fake behavior & Inflated egos

Q - Quote: "Live like there's no tomorrow"

R - Right or Left-handed: Mostly right-handed

S - Siblings: One elder brother who i call Big B! :)

T - Time you wake up: 8 a.m. on working days only

U - Underwear: Umm....several brands and colors :P

V - Vegetable you dislike: Bitter Gourd (Karela) in particular

W - Workout style: Circuit Training/Power Yoga

X - X-rays you've had: Teeth, Ear & Chest

Y - Yesterday's best moment: When he held me close....really close

Z - Zoo favorite: Tiger

Hmm...I am done, anyone game for it go for it and lemme know as well. :)

I am back after a brief hiatus!! The trip was good but very hectic at the same time. Squeezed in a lot of things in this short trip, read on to know more.


27th June, 2009:

Reached Bhubaneswar and rushed to meet my grand mom in the hospital. She recently went thru a surgery for a broken hip coz she fell a couple of days back while doing puja. Its been two months since, and the docs are still not sure how long is it goin to take for the bone to heal. So till then she is goin to be bed ridden. I hope she recovers soon!!


28th June, 2009:

There were a whole lot of pre-wedding activities, and this included long hours of puja and havan. Don't ask me about it, coz i dint get a thing of it!! Pardon me, coz i m really bad at these customs and traditions....dunno wht will i do when the time comes for my wedding...I m not even thinking about it now. I tried to help my sister in packing a whole lot of things which she was supposed to take to her in-law's place. If u ask me, all of this looked so scary to me tht i m thinking of stalling my wedding next year!! :P


29th June, 2009:

The wedding went well, but the time for the pheras was 2 a.m. in the morning!! So imagine my plight in a heavy ghagra running from one end to the other with a handy cam...it was tiresome, and i was awake the whole night of 29th as everything ended only at 6.30 in the morning. I was going back to sleep at a time when everybody around was waking up!!


30th June, 2009:

Still recovering from the wedding hangover....woke up at 12.15 p.m!! Wanted to sleep the whole day but cudnt do so coz i had other commitments too. The most important one was lunch at my future mother-in-law's place. So i went their with my parents and i can't even begin to tell u what a spread of dishes had she prepared for us. And since i hadn't had breakfast in the morning, i was more than willing to hog (don't remind me of the calories consumed). The food was delectable and i had a gr7 time with my mil and Varun, my future brother-in-law. :) I have literally seen him grow up and i can't imagine that he's doing his engineering now. He's quite unlike his brother (Kartik), and i often tell Kartik tht, i wonder how on earth is he ur brother....trust me guys they aren't even remotely alike!!

The last 3 days, (read 1st,2nd and 3rd July) were nothing but trips to the hospital to see grand mom and a couple of more meals here and there. Last but definitely not the least i met Anwesa and her equally cute sister on 2nd evening, had a gr8 time with the two sisters as we chatted continuously over coffee at Cafe Coffee Day (read her post to know more). And before i cud even realise the trip had come to an end! Mom stayed back to spend some more time with here mother (grand mom). So here i am back in Mumbai sans my mom, i m missing her already.... :( :(



In the meantime, things that i missed were Keshi's b'day (although i had wished her thru an e-card). And the biggest of all, MJ's sad demise from this world!! I know, quite a few posts have been written on him already. But i guess its still not enough, he's left a gaping hole in the music industry and he will always be remembered for the person he was and for the wonderful music that he created. His music touched millions of souls and it will always remind us of him....


Love,