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Dear Mausam,
In my hunt for a job I am not letting go any opportunity (Itz another matter that I am not really trying to find opportunities on my own!) The other day I got an interview call for a job of a manager in a Verizon wireless store. The person hiring me was a woman of indian decent and she wanted me to fly down to New York and promptly arranged for my to and fro air-tickets. I am not sure if I was more glad about getting an interview call or the idea of a probable employer sending me air-tickets just for an interview. But the truth was I did'nt wanted to disappoint myself and the probable employers by performing poorly at the interview, so my journey inflight was a brain-storming session in prepration of the interview. My interviewers were kind enough to send someone to pick me up from the airport and within half hour's drive I was outside the office, dressed up in a black suit, ready to face another interview in Yo-merica...
I will address my interviewer as Insh. Insh was a woman in her late 20s, charming and pregnant(oops! i didnt asked her or guessed it, she told me herself!) After exchanging pleasantries we sat down and she started with the usual first question, Tell me about yourself? As I was speaking, in walked a man in his 50s who Insh introduced as her father, the Big Daddy of the company. He called himself Mr Jajji and had a 5 foot 5 inch frame and weighed over 80 kgs(by conservative estimate). Mr Jajji had the typical Bhappa style turban and beard. His daughter handed him my resume and he settled in his chair while going through the summary of my life in that peice of paper.
Insh carried on asking me a few questions and started explaining my profile and just while we were in this interesting conversation, Mr Jajji couldnt resist anymore and jumped in by saying," Listen to me, I will explain you everything"
Mr Jajji was quite a fellow, He asked blunt, direct, to the point questions. Courtesy, basic manners, making others feel at ease were definitely not one of his virtues. Within 5 minutes of my conversation with Mr Jajji I made up my mind about not joining this company. You know how? This is how our conversation went...
Mr Jajji:- (Expression: authoritative) Do you have greencard?
Ajj Kaim:-(Expression: Confused) Yes
Mr Jajji:- Show it to me.
Ajj Kaim:- (Expression: Shocked and speechless)
Ajj Kaim:- (Expression: Sarcasm) I did'nt bring it along. I did'nt know I had to carry it for an interview!
Mr Jajji:- (Expression: Anger) You should have brought it along. It should be with you at all times
Ajj Kaim:- I think I have a photo copy of it. (Handing over the photo-copy.)
Mr Jajji:- (Expression:Authoritative) okay we will pay you 500$ per week and you will get 5$ per every new connection that you sell. Store opens next saturday and we have to train you also. Do you know computers?
Insh:- Papa he has computer engineering degree!(She was getting embarrased while I and her father were in this high level discussion)
Mr Jajji:- I know, I can see that, I am just asking.
(How did the genius in Mr Jajji figure out that maybe I am an illiterate engineer from PTU is still a mystery for me)
Ajj Kaim:- Yes Sir. I can very well use computers as per the requirement of my profile.
(Both father-daughter started discussing about where and when and how much training I require, they also chose this time to discuss about the spam mails they were getting these days and how one of their uncles has'nt returned their call and general family matters, all in my presence.)
Mr Jajji:- Do you have relatives living in New York with whom you can stay during the training period?
Ajj Kaim:- (Expression: a lingering expression of shock) Well, I don't have any immediate relatives that I can think of straight up. Maybe I have some but I am not really sure. (Actually they were figuring out if they had to also arrange for my accomodation, in the meantime they started discussing further about how they wanted to train me and other possibilities and I was waiting for them to atleast ask me if this deal was okay with me,if i was happy with the "pay-package" they were offering before they finalised the plans about my training!!!)
Mr Jajji:- Do you really have to go back today, can't you just stay today and for a few days we can train you and then you can go back on Tuesday and start working there!
Insh:- Papa he is not prepared, he didnt bring any clothes along.
Ajj Kaim: (Expression: Discomfort and shock writ on face) Sir I came just for the interview and I guess I need to go back and think about it before making a final decision. (Atlast I managed to put my point across)
Finally the meeting was over, after few more unprofessional goof-ups Mr Jajji decided to take me to one of their stores. While on our way there, he explained to me that his father moved to US in 1952 and is an ENT specialist(yes, he meant his father was a doctor from india who moved in 1952, cleared his USMLE and then did masters in ENT!!!Ain't it a little hard to believe, and if you meet Mr Jajji itz absolutely impossible to believe) and he himself is an IIT Bombay graduate in Mechanical engineering and was born and brought up in USA. Continuing his bunch of lies he talked about his genius son and his influensive clout in the area. He showed me one of his stores and on our way back offered me lunch which I refused, coz I wasnt comfortable in his company. But he stopped at a pizza place for a bite. His behaviour, his expressions, his accent, his manners were typical of a shrewd punjabi business man, who cared about no one except himself and who lived his life speaking a dozen lies per hour. If this guy was a US born,IIT graduate then I am a Harvard professor with a PhD in artificial intelligence! His accent was even worse than mine and he had to convert all his words from hindi to english before uttering them!
His associate dropped me at the airport at 4p.m. and due to rains the flight got delayed by 6 hours. To round off the day, I almost lost my cellphone and almost got stranded in Boston as I had boarded the wrong bus! It was quite a day.

Regards,
Ajj Kaim