Marooned

This is exactly what I feel without the internet to connect my lappie to. Thanks to the Reliance guys who won't accept the address proof printed on the company letterhead. They require a phone bill or ration card or electricity bill from me who has barely been a month in Mumbai. Browsing in office is one harrowing experience. Nothing compares to the awesome secuirity policy here which blocks 98% of the sites after 9:30 am. Imgaine even the news site getting blocked!. I can understand the need to block any distraction for developers working their ass off on projects but seriously, there ought to be some concession for out-of-work-poor-developers like me. Maybe I should hold dharna to get the managements attention. I should hold a placard with "Meri Maangein Poori Karo" slogans and all. Or maybe I should write a threatening letter to the management demanding fulfillment of my rights or to face dire consequences.

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To whomsoever it concerns

Dear Sir,

As an useless-out-of-work-poor-developer warming the chair who have nothing else to do other than documentation, I demand the right to browse and download and copy stuffs to my USB. You will appreciate the fact that I don't visit any po.. ahem.. objectionable sites whatsoever in office. I also assure you that I don't visit any obscure sites waiting to infect the machine with virus and spywares which anyway in all eventuality will surely by detected by the state of art bloated antivirus software you have invested in. I also give you my word that I shall download only open-source free softwares for my linux lappie and nothing else and won't ever install anything on this machine. In keeping in mind the economic downturn we are facing I am also ready to leave the monitor powered off and save valuable power and thus utilizing the time to take powernaps to recharge myself after a sumptuous meal. I consider it as my duty to warn you that in case my demands are not met I will resort to one extra cup of cappuccino in addition to the two I have daily in the morning and evening and thus depleting the coffee beans faster and depriving one of your developers from that coffee which indirectly will reduce his productivity.

Thanking you,

Yours Truly,

an useless-out-of-work-poor-developer

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The upside of NOT having an Internet at the PG is that all of us in the PG can communicate face to face instead of the IM. And our owner being a very nice and considerate human decided that we should communicate even more and stuffed one more person in the already congested room of mine. Now I don't have any place to keep my bag but its ok I can communicate more. It doesn't matter that I have to bend like a gymnast to get to my cloths now but its ok I can communicate more. Imagine the level of communication the seven of us will be having after 17th of this month when my previous roomie whom I have never seen will be coming back after a business trip to France. The communication dam might overflow when he finds that he doesn't have a bed anymore and no place to keep his bags too. Such fun!!.

PS: Bless the person who developed the Blogger Gadget through which I am posting this.