Why the Indian Way of Running a System Should Go to Hell!!!!!!!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Then past few weeks have been really hectic, working overtime on the project. Past Wednesday, was our hostel farewell theme party which was the most awaited and amazing event for all of us. However, the beautiful hangover of it was neatly shattered yesterday and today it has manifested into an uncontrollable rage where am raring to clobber, thrash or pulverize some damned nerves!!!!
I’m just back home after attending the College Day/Farewell Function….Needless to say it didn’t match the aforementioned farewell’s standard at all. Couple of seniors and juniors spoke from different branches. Folks from Electronics and Communications, Mechanical, Computer Science and Biotechnology spoke really well and actually seemed to relate and build a bond with the audience. The rest just droned on in a soporific state leaving one wondering why the hell they just speak for the heck of it!!! I hate rehearsed and artificial toned speeches where one is not spontaneous and fails to connect with the people.
Anyways coming back to the thing that robbed my peace, my sisters cell phone got stolen in a very very very crowded bus. She immediately went to police station with a friend, the one in Pandeshwar, to lodge an FIR for the lost cell phone and SIM card. However, much to none of our surprise the damned ***********************(feel free to interpret as any horrible bad word…As a personal rule, i don’t really believe in swearing a lot!) police refused to lodge a complain as the both the things are in my mom’s name who is out of country right now. Next, called Vodafone where they said they cannot block the SIM unless and until we get a copy of the filed FIR. On hearing the problem, they said that we can provide my mom’s identity proof and get the FIR filed and in case of any problem, we could just ring them up. However, the police, as usual didn’t cooperated instead those ************* were really really rude and finally sat on his desk with his legs on it. That bloody ************* actually had the nerve to tell my sister and her friend to tell my mom to file a complaint in the country where she is right now!!!!!!! My parents then said not to make any more trips to the police station (2 trips were already made).
Today on the way back from Nitte, I stopped by at Nokia Care to have the cell phone barred and blacklisted. Previously, I had spoken to a Vodafone care center executive who said that blacklisting has to be done by the cell phone provider. The lady at Nokia Care bluntly told me that they can’t do it! What the hell! I’m studying Mobile Communications this semester and I know this can be done and that there are several services on internet which do this. When I mentioned this to her, she added that such a system is not existing in India. Damn!!!I totally lost it then I gave her the yelling of her life, screaming that a global brand like Nokia provides such poor support and so on. She even heard the nerve to retort back which I nipped in the bud by fresh, highly required insults…..then banged the desk…screamed some more and made a loud exit!!!!! I knew that am not going to be able to get them blacklist the phone so screamed thoroughly and left.
Seriously, no matter how seriously we vote or what we do and no matter who comes to power, the fact remains unchanged that the country has gone to the dogs. I watch shows like Call 911 on Discovery Channel and it really saddens me. The difference between a developed and developing country is disheartening. Unlike America, none of our systems work right when we need them. Even if one feels proud to be an Indian, at times like this it melts faster than an ice cream inside a running microwave. To get justice in our country is like kissing your own eye. God damn them all!!!!!
P.S: I’m not giving up so soon. Going to check out some online services now which will blacklist the cell phone. As for that damned thief, I hope our curses don’t spare him till the day he dies! and the Vodafone executives were really polite, considerate and very helpful. They will block the SIM following my mom’s email and identity proof.
Moral of the story: Even if you do dial one of those numbers and get your IMEI number, incase your cell phone is lost, no one will help you out….atleast not Nokia in India. And it’s better to elicit help from the police using some “contacts” as the damned Indian Police Force doesn’t believe in providing service to the common, unimportant people like us!
