Please Hell Pme

You know how when you extend a finger to help people, they try and eat your whole arm off!?

It just ticks me off enough to write about it.

Recently, a classmate of mine wanted me to help develop an online application for him. Although it's not part of my job here (not unless I am offered unlimited rides on a HD V-Rod), I thought I'll help him out - mistake #1. 

I agreed to develop a skeletal application - using which he could improvise and erect that castle he wanted to. Turned out he wanted a 19th century Scottish castle, fully furnished, with an English butler to cook him some Tiramisu. English butler and Tiramisu? Blasphemy.

I pretended to turn a deaf ear to his expansive requests. I built the skeletal application and gave it to him. Mistake #2. I should have never given it to him. His complaining is so morose - he cribs about trivial things like door knobs. Yeah, right. Door knobs! He doesn't want to turn them to open the door. "It should open automatically", he suggests. I don't think they have that in Scotland even today, forget the 19th century. 

He knocks on my door every now and then demanding some updates to the application. I have lost the peace in my life. If I had all the time in this world and a pinch of 'free' time, I'd give him a James Bond style mansion. But right now, I've got my hands busy with other things. I can't afford to have my hands eaten off by individuals on such trivial pursuits.

For now, I plan to dump the code some place in the South Pole. I plan to dedicate an Igloo to this great soul. 

I just got an email from him. He wants some ice cream too. South Pole, here I come. 

Flavour of the Season

It’s that time of the MBA calendar when grownups wail like new born babies. It’s that earth shattering, rationale defying set of days that everyone has heard about. It’s placement time and the struggle has just begun.

How one can reduce the success or failure of a two year course to imperfect, highly questionable, far from logical placement week is totally debatable. But wait! Is anybody even thinking of these? If you were to reduce your long term goals (rather, ignore them) and shrink them into an attractive acronym, you’d get CTC. It’s that dream everyone is chasing – and they don’t want to bat an eyelid to get there. 

Bin-hurry system

Well, it's a new term and a new professor. But I am surprised at how consistently this place churns out this kinda 'quality' 'facilitators'.

It's another mathematics prof this time. Can't help but quote him.

"I will not tolerate any discipline in this class" - and I thought he wasn't cool.

"You mustn't talk with your neighbour" - just re-emphasized my beliefs.

"Did you understand this? Yes or No?" - how about may be?

"Do you know the binary system? Yes or No?" - still no may be :(