Common Sense

There comes a moment in every man’s life when all he wishes for is a Chain-saw or a Desert Eagle or a Sawed off shotgun to blow off a couple of heads. Today, I encountered such a moment.

I had to attend some stupid meeting about some stupid audit. Every one from my Program Manager to… well…err.. myself – me being at the lowest level of the hierarchy – was present there. Now most of the people present there were really senior. And I am sure they must have attended plenty of meetings in their careers. And this meeting was labeled to be **Critical** in the meeting invitation that I had received earlier.

Now, the program manager was saying something which I didn’t really pay much attention to. I was just sitting there, peacefully, staring out the window, dreaming about Pirates of Caribbean, imagining myself to be Captain Jack “Singh” Sparrow, walking on the beach with Kiera Knightly, drinking rum … you get the picture, when suddenly, someone’s mobile phone rang. As the concerned person was fumbling stupidly with his phone, I was sure he was going to get a lecture from the Program Manager. But no, the PM just kept on talking as if nothing had happened. I was a bit surprised to say the least. And then 5 mins later, another phone… and then another… and then another till finally the grand finale. The Project Manager’s phone rings. Aaghhh. The Agony! A gun. Please! Somebody stop them!!!

You see, I just don’t understand this kind of behavior. I refuse to believe that these people are unaware of the “Silent” feature on the mobile… hellooo??? What’s wrong with them? I am the kind of guy who keeps my phone silent any time it’s in my pocket. And this is not just because I have a really old phone with a very embarrassing “Mono” ring tone, it’s because I … well actually, it’s just that. But still, in a meeting?? A critical meeting! Come on, give me a break. Does it take a rocket scientist to figure out that it’s really disturbing to hear “Sawan mein lag gayi aag” or some other stupid shit when you are dreaming about Kiera Knightley… err, I mean, when you are discussing critical audit issues?

Where has all the common sense gone?