"Only in Bangalore" - instructions can be this considerate ;)

In your face - grabbing attention ..

Marketing folks never seize to amuse one. Last week there was a small cheapo gadget, with a photo sensor and a pre-recorded advertisement of a car, was embedded in to the news paper.

When you open the news paper, the device will read out the page long add to the reader ! In a loop, until the reader puts the paper down.

Hmm.... even news paper reading is becoming "listening". I am sure, more functional applications of such simple devices are coming up !!!

The art of empowering .....

One day a street smart, suave man, stops by a restaurant a little past mid-night.
He demands a 25% discount from the restaurant manager, saying he is a friend of the owner of the business.

The poor manager did not know what to do. Whether to acknowledge it or to take his chance and deny it!
And its past mid-night. He did not have guts to wake up the owner by calling his cell / mobile phone. 

After struggling a bit with himself, he decided to call up the owner. The owner heard the story, and took a very prolonged 20 minutes asking him several questions.

- Why do you think a 25% discount is unreasonable at this hour in our hotel ?
- If the manager gives more such discounts post mid night will the business make more money ?

etc.

A lot of such questions, but never asked "who is the guy demanding the discount to validate if he is really a friend".

At the end of this long 20 mins of conversation past midnight, the owner says to the manager - "The reason I spent so much time with you on the call at this time, so that next time you don't wake me up at such time".

"Whining" therapy !

Not everyone enjoys a perfect day, everyday ! No matter how positive, how detached from results, how calm a person is.

And what is worse is external factors or wrong doings, over a period of time create accumulated bitterness internally, until one day it explodes.

When it explodes, if it damages something, the first causality is subjects own day, and more often its a few days and some relations that matter.

Few of these out bursts in a year, can put one substantially down. While on the other hand, staying is control and yet "outburst-ing" at an well rehearsed "act" is always helpful to help one move closer to goal.

Very fine line between them indeed ! Just when medicine becomes poison, just when drinking becomes "not so moderate" - its in the same league indeed !

So here is a proven therapy - it works as long as one has at least one or two trusted friends. Just set up a "whining" session ! Plan it like one would plan a meeting. Friday at 4:00P to 5:00P, - "Whining" Invitees : so and so !

One hour - go loose ! call names. Use four letter words abundantly (for example "life" ;) ! Be personal. Find faults in everything others do.  Say that the system sucks  !

Once the time is up, just switch off. Back to your positive self. Back to being a believer in the process. Polite corporate citizen.

Its like Yoga for the vibes !! Thank Betaal later ..