After a lazy sprawled-on-the-bed Gandhi Jayanthi, and an equally wierd dream this morning...it was Thiruvanamalai scorpio Vijay who came to my seat after hearing my Hi His in the office around 9:30 am to say that he forgot to get the DD.... oops...i beseeched him... would he get it around 2 pm at least...so that i can apply hurriedly...oct 3rd being the last day to apply online...
he said, he would try.... around 12:55 ...Anusham Nithya and May 22 Sheeba dragged me to lunch... i didn't carry the mobile with me... as usual...cause, every time i carry my mobile with me...i would end up making double trips to retrieve it after i forget it.... Little did i know that Vijay might be trying to call me precisely when i had gone for lunch...i found 7 missed calls when i came back... one of the missed callers was the Don'tAttend number i had stored...i was surprised that these promo callers had tried 7 times... my team member was saying that he heard the kquain kquain...(i had kept it in discreet) n left it at that....
around 2...Vijay came with adequate frustration and told that he had been trying to reach me to check if he could take the dd in hdfc bank...since i had not responded...he had gone to cmh road indira nagar to take the dd...n since 50 odd ppl were standing in the queue...he had returned without taking the dd... god...i was really happy with this turn of affairs... i told him... all i needed was the dd...never mind the bank or branch... we had another of those really useful 1 hour meetings from 2... and vijay was also part of that meeting... so after 3:15 pm... after freeing vijay from those inquisitive after meeting doubtmongers i was relieved when Vijay n Sashi went to get DD from hdfc that was pretty nearby... this time round...i was just looking at what details i might need to fill up the form... but lo...my good luck didn't spare me yet... vijay promptly came around 3:45 to tell that hdfc biz hours got over at 3 pm...
man...i had no other option but to go myself...i could have asked les concierges...but with time ticking...i realized... apna kaam swayam karo is the only way...i barged into the managers meeting...told Ram that i needed to take DD...i somehow samalchified when he asked for what...n pushed off at 4 pm...auto was there even b4 i reached the gate... went to the icici bank after almost a decade (okie last time was in dec to open joint acct for my sis) n pushed some red buttons n got my token number n sat in the queue... i had no pen as usual... the gal next to me gave it... i entered the acct number wrong in the first dd form... the gal next to me...got me 2 other forms...this time round...i entered all details properly n sat ...my number was 693...n the number on the display was 641... n the numbers were rolling at snail pace with a big tong sound every time...
then came a lady dressed in dark dodger blue...she was bulging-spilling all over her in her t-shirt and who ever was accompanying her...never ceased to put hands over her shoulder...every few seconds or so...
then there was a lady with a very big sticker bindi and a cute crew cut boy...think they were speakin in bengali... n then came the treat for eyes...guess 2 air hostess or god knows who...but ravishing beauties...with hair tied in a sexy kondaish hairdo...sleek, figure perfect....stiletto heels...tight black pants n semi formal tops...everything was so gazable...from jyothika like eye makeup to painted lips... they were there...then i got distracted with the announcement one icici guy laughingly made stating all deposits after 5 will be credited only tom morning... it was 4:50 then....
my turn came sometime after 5:10 n the guy at the counter said i had taken the wrong token...i asked him if i had to go back n get the correct token...he said no need n he asked if it was my sal acct...i told yes...then i had to wait close to 5-10 mins...he said the sys was slow...of course the whole world knows icici site is pretty fast.... after all that short time...he said...they don't have a branch at Kharagpur...so he can not get me the dd... wow... i was in cloud 9.... i asked him to name a bank that might give me a dd at this time payable at Kharagpur... he asked the gal in the nxt cubicle...she asked the gal next to her...and she asked the guy who made the laughing announcement... voila...no one knew...so i called up Ram...n he said SBI...the auto guy thought SBT was SBI...i thought why not give it a shot...the svelte middle aged mallu lady told me try South Bank..or i heard so... then i took another auto to SBI...n lo working hours were closed there as well...i tried my Gemini school mate n college mate... n selva was busy n raji was clueless... i took another auto back home...n narrated the whole story to mom ... everything is one janma dhooram from oft...so i guess...i need to make that dreadful trip to Malleswaram...god...hope they work on Sat...else going there to get the form in person is going to be equally wonderful....
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