Thursday, October 14, 2004

Visa woes

See, the guys at office have been trying to get me a US visa by the 21st, so that I can attend a conference at San Jose, right? The problem is that my interview date for the visa is scheduled for the 27th, a week after I need to fly out. So I kept trying to advance my interview date by going to the TT services website and checking if an earlier date was available.

My manager hits upon the bright idea of trying this round the clock, so sets up the security guard with a laptop and gives him instructions on how to change dates. Sure enough, the security guy calls me at 1:30 am and informs me that he managed to get me a slot for the 20th. I thank him for a job well done.

I arrive today morning and the guard greets me with a happy smile. He says that he kept trying the whole night and just before I got to work today, he saw another vacant slot and changed my date again, back to the 27th.
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  1. veenvenOctober 13, 2004 at 5:05 PM

    *rotfl*

    This has to go to Readers Digest.

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  2. harish_anOctober 13, 2004 at 5:36 PM

    you guys forgot to put in the "endif" part of the code i guess.

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  3. sigmundfloydOctober 13, 2004 at 6:30 PM

    I think your HR got your Manager's and Guard's profiles mixed up.

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  4. poocha9October 13, 2004 at 6:53 PM

    Now that's what being dilberted is all about:).
    Please promote security guard to CEO position immediately

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  5. poocha9October 13, 2004 at 6:53 PM

    yo u alive?

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  6. scherazadeOctober 13, 2004 at 6:57 PM

    oh. my. god.
    i would have killed the guard. and THEN explained to him why he is dead.

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  7. radhika74October 13, 2004 at 9:10 PM

    this is HILARIOUS!! guess the guard owes his life to your sense of humour.

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  8. vinodkumarvcOctober 13, 2004 at 9:18 PM

    Goodness god!!!! not to rub more salt, but this is among the best *jokes* i've read! absolutely hilarious!!

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  9. jogeOctober 13, 2004 at 9:31 PM

    LOL:)

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  10. dhempeOctober 13, 2004 at 10:07 PM

    This rocks !! :))

    ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!! :P

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  11. dhempeOctober 13, 2004 at 10:15 PM

    Seriously, didn't the manager inform the guard not to get any slot after 20th?

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  12. birdonthewireOctober 13, 2004 at 10:17 PM

    :-) you are kidding right?

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  13. chetanOctober 13, 2004 at 11:09 PM

    Haha. Woke me up from my late afternoon blues!

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  14. gotjanxOctober 14, 2004 at 3:27 AM

    This is a joke right ? Life can't be that cruel :D

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  15. powellOctober 14, 2004 at 7:03 AM

    oh dude, its gets more sick when it comes to H1B!!!.

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  16. harish_anOctober 14, 2004 at 3:42 PM

    yo live and kicking mash... just waiting to get some time to get on my own post. u doing well i see... losing phones and all :)

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  17. themadmanOctober 18, 2004 at 8:22 AM

    Well, security guards are usually paid around Rs. 3K or less. You don't expect high-level analysis for them. WYSIWYG.

    I blame the HR dude squarely for this fuck-up.

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  18. themadmanOctober 18, 2004 at 8:23 AM

    "for them" = "from them"

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