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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 10^th-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…