NOTICE PERIOD

“In dino office mein mera mann hi nahi lagta” would be the exact hindi sentence to express my feelings about my notice period. When I was still wondering about it, one of my colleagues told me the meaning of NOTICE PERIOD. He referred it as a joke which eventually arrived to him from his colleague when he left his previous company. And the meaning is quite acceptable, its goes like this. Notice period is when people actually start noticing you. “Oh, so YOU are leaving?!!” And there it goes in my head. After this statement cum surprise cum question they start the series of grilling.

1. So !! here only ?

Me: Yeah J [with fake smile]

2. Hmm …cool. So which company ?
Me: Sangte nantar (for Marathi interrogators)
OR
Me: Bataungi aramse (for Hindi ones)
OR
Me: Will tell you later ……

3. Hmm… cool. Then howz the package??
Me: Better than the present one at least.

4. UUmm well gr8. How much then?
Me: [gimme a brk ppl…. am I supposed to tell the package also ? Isnt it sufficient that it’s better than the current one.Anyways …] It’s off course good… :) [once more fake smile, sorry for this but can’t help it]

5. But how much percentage rise then??? [This time looking really impatient and excited about the number]
Me:[Completely frustrated and irritated state]About 50%. [Now planning to make my way out before I m fired with next question.]

6. [Bang !!! I failed to move :( ] Wow that’s gr8 … but then how much you had over here??? 3, 3.5, 4???
Me: [Tell him the number Jyoti otherwise you will be here only for rest of your life, I remember the torturous sentence from Shollay “ye haath humko dede thakur …. nai !!!ye haath humko dede thakur… nai !!! Bang, hands gone” ]"beep beep" [I have to tell the number off course I modify it slightly but can’t help it again]

Me: [I hope I m done ?]

Hehe your kidding .

7. So tell na which company??
Me: Huh????????? Later later badme pakka $$$............. [me disappeared]