Deli-belly

Here are some official versions of feedback about my performance in the first job:

• Frequent deli-belly
• Apart from adjusting with food in Delhi he is OK.
• He should be more cautious about his dietary habits.
• He sometimes shines but during critical periods his physical conditions mars his performance.

The constant rigmarole in my tummy was because of the safest nature of this problem. You can have it any time and yet you don't have to give a proof. It could ignite any time and give you enough personal space in and out of the office. Go and sit in the loo for an hour, far from your boss's eyes. Your colleagues will ensure that you get half day, if it's a small organization with four people and just one loo. :)

Spending few extra minutes there will win you half day. It used to win me. My bag used to be full kit for all kind of exigencies. Money used to be a consideraton, so i couldn’t afford full day leave.

This is one problem where boss doesn't ask for proofs. So half day's salary used to fetch me bus fare too and from the interview venue and tasty road side chole kulche also - food of all the unemployed and semi-unemployed people (i used to put myself under this category during those days)

So all the calls for better jobs created that rigmarole in my boss's mind (deli-belly). As soon as i knew i had an interview lined up. I would go to office in proper trouser and shoes but shirt would be shabby because i had to fell ill also. I would go start working there and then would take the refuge of loo and will remain there for some time and listening at least five people coming upstairs in desperation to see if the loo had been vacated.

They will fight the case for me in front of Mr. Gondal (my boss). Girls will say, "let him go he is such a nuisance today." You can overhear such comments and it gives you a kick - mission accomplished. But now i think they were right and i was a big nuisance indeed. Because the entire nation (i m talking about public places) has been turned into a big public toilet: courtesy Bhartiya purush (Indian males). They love their walls with streaks and they can't stand to site where a wall is clean.

But sometimes your requirements leave some in desperation and some in tizzy.