It's 11:30 in the night here, and I'm
writing a big mail. Really big. 1927 words and 4 screenshots long mail. J
I admit that I like to write but if it is something geeky,
it somehow grows harder and harder by
every line written. (And then there was a time when I used to think that I
should move to my company’s technical writing team. Thankfully they didn't take
me J). It has taken me good
4-5 hours to write the mail and I also don’t know number of redo, undo, deletes
and pastes it has undergone. Anyhow , it is ready now. I have finally been able
to sum up my emotion (read assumptions and doubts) into a mail. The email is
now beautified with 4 screenshots evenly distributed all over the mail( just to
make sure that 1927 words do not fall short to conveying my struggle,
dilemma, grief & pain J).
All Set. One long breathe. Send Button Clicked. Husss……
By the time I took my hands long and tried to stretch them
by few more inches of their actual size, came the response and it was….
“I'm out of office until 10th-Nov-2013.
In case of emergency. Call 911 J”.
I was broken. This world is for not for me. Whited
Sepulcher, Nazi, Hypercritic blah blah…… and I logged off. But sooner I
realized how cool it was J.
And the thought was soon taken over by what I did when I out-of-office last.
It is the last day before I jail break. Who works on a day
before the leaves, so wasn't I. I quickly handed over all the tasks to others
and jumped back into to my workstation to write my out of office notification.
Like a true programmer, I copied it from somewhere. Name, contact number, start
date, end date, alternate contact customized and it is done.
Wait Wait…
Why contact number? Do I really want someone to bug me in my
priceless afternoon nap with stupid
how-to-do-that things or for matter that make me attend a meeting when I
should be enjoying the surrounding I'm in?
NO NO… Not at all. Contact details is struck out
immediately. Gosh… I saved a deadly mistake. How smart ‘m I.J
Secondly, why would someone be interested in knowing from
when to when ‘m I not visible in the office. Anyhow I’m not running away. I
will be back someday and this someday will come sooner. I really don’t think if
any one comes to office just to see me J
(if there are any, meet me now, I'm at my desk).
Yes.. I think you are right this time too. Start and end
dates are struck out too.
But dude, by now the mail states that you are out-of-office.
Remember, this is not your last mail, it is just for a week’s engagement. I
know you are excited but you have to come back here only. While I can think
more , my right-side brain gently, as it does always, said “Sir, I have an idea
and I promise it will not have all that you don’t want it to have”.
I smiled and said “Shoot”. “Let’s have a cup of chai first”, he said. We broke into a 10
minute tea break and when we returned, I wrote a small note and left for the day.
Here is what I wrote…
