iPod Video

Finally, I got my iPod video yesterday. One would never have to explain the meaning of KLPL after going thru' what I had to (Don't go asking for meaning if you don't know it laready ;-)). First of all, I had to wait for almost 1 month (which seemd like a year!) longer than other employees to get the annual gift as I had changed my location recently. So after going through hassles of mailing/calling the most busy persons in the organization (there are a lot of them, everybody in support functions like HR,NSS considers himself to be one), I went to TCO to collect my iPod. Finding the ERT (Employee Relationship Team, ahh...dont go by the words - relationship would be the last thing an employee will think of after meeting the snorty bi!@hes there!) desk was made easy with Bhau's help. The lady there, as if they were cutting the cost of iPod from her salary, started giving me glares. There I was, explaining her that the Pune HR gal had mailed her the day before and I was supposed to collect it today. After running a search in outlook with the gal's name and taking 5 long minutes, she declared victoriously that there was no such mail and she could not give me my gift! How I wish if people had Google Desktop on their systems. It gives the list of what you are looking for even before you finish typing! Okay...ye thoda jyada ho gaya...but fir bhi ;-).
Poor me :( , had to go back to my desk and confirm with the concerned person. So after making sure once again, I went to have a second encounter with the same lady. This time around she was able to find the mail & suddenly the glares turned into apologetic looks :). Then as I was signing on the paper, I could catch her throwing a 'glance of admiration' at my trendy wrist watch. (Thanks to my bro ;-) It's not that I have been target of such 'glances of admiration' very often in past....that too from such snorty bi!@hes! ) I came out truimphant...holding the iPod in my hands & shooting a sarcastical "Thanks" at her.
Of course, it goes without saying ;-), I left office by 3.30 PM shuttle thinking of loading loads of songs and.... well...videos ;-) in my iPod. So I reached home, carefully opened the box & connected it to the PC. It was then that I realized that the piece was faulty and woudn't charge or get listed on iTunes :(. After going throgh all the troublshoting steps on Apple's award winning support site & asking myself a tenth time "Why me of all ??", I'm ready to deal with the same lady a third time in two days for it's replacement. Pray! - may the force be with me ;-)