Frusty , Bossy and the Rave Party

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Frusty , Bossy and the Rave Party

Moral of the story: Feign ignorance if it makes the life of your Boss comfortable. You may know the darkest secret of your Boss but hold your trumph cards close to yourself. You should use them judiciously when you are in danger.

The story in picture for those who cannot see it.

Bossy to Frusty: Did you attend the rave party yesterday organized outside the city in the farm house.

Frusty to Bossy: No I was in the office till 12PM making your presentation.

Frusty thinking: Good, that I wasn't there. Otherwise I would have ended up in police custody. But I know he was there.

Bossy thinking: Good that he did not attend the party. he would have seen getting me sloshed and also seen me spending the night in police custody.

Frusty Heading new Product Line ( Holi Special )

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Frusty Heading new Product Line ( Holi Special )

Moral of the Story: Don't worry if your product line is not selling. Some of the most popular products have found their application in the most unexpected way. Like Coca Cola was invented as a medicine for headache.

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More recently according to Times of India, Condoms are being used to plug leaks in oil tubes in India . Truck drivers are said to have found use for the free condoms in plugging leaks. And that is just one of the inputs the National AIDS Control Organisation has considered while recasting the targetted intervention programme for this high risk group. [TOI] http://www.goacom.com/joel/news/2009/feb/04feb09.htm

Holi Hai . Enjoy ....

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture:

Bossy at awards ceremony: We are awarding Frusty. His suggestion saved us $15 million. we had 120 tons of turmeric powder in our warehouse about to expire. (Turmeric powder is a spice used in cooking). It wasn't selling in the market.

Bossy at awards ceremony, next scene: Frusty suggested that we should sell tumeric powder as green, ecofriendly, herbal Gulal* during Holi**. We made huge profits in that. We got awarded by the ministry of environment for that product. we are starting a new product line called "colours of nature". Frusty is spearheading that.

Holi**: It is the festival of colours. Celebrated in India A symbol of brotherhood, friendship, love and peace.

Gulal*: It is the colour used in the festival.

Frusty protecting Board Members

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Frusty protecting Board Members
Somebody else’s woes can be exploited for your own benefit. Pakistan might be reeling under the new threat of terrorists and common man may be affected (like a couple of policeman died in the attack.) But it doesn't stop the politicians and other people to exploit the situation for their own benefit.
Moral of the Story: Everything is fair in love, war and corporate politics.

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture.

Bossy to Frusty: I don't want the shareholders to vote against the present Board Members in the next Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Frusty to Bossy: Why don't you orgnanize the next AGM in Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan. This will ensure that no shareholder turns up to vote against the Board Members.

Frusty the IIM - MBA Graduate

Frusty the IIM - MBA Graduate
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The IIM - MBA graduates are now opting for PSU (Public Sector Unit) jobs. Just one year back PSUs were treated as untouchables in the campus placements of the premier institutes of India. Suddenly with the global economy nose-diving and the financial institutions going for a toss PSUs are back with vengeance.

Moral of the story: Don't do an MBA or enter IIM with a dollar dream or it will be "Shattered Dreams" for you. MBA is a big gamble like life. You never know how the economy will be when you graduate.

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture:

Frusty the MBA graduate from IIM (Singing, Then i.e. a last year when the economy was booming) : Borm in the USA.

Frusty the MBA graduate from IIM (Singing, Now i.e. a this year when the economy is under recession) : Meri desh ki dharti, Sona Ugle, Ugle Heera-Moti... (My county's land is so fertile that it produces crops which can be compared to diamonds and pearls- A popular Hindi song in praising ones own country.)

Frusty and the HR Manager : Pinky

Frusty and the HR Manager : Pinky

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Today I am introducing a new character, Frusty's HR Manager Pinky. She is Pinky because all she can do is hand over Pink Slips.

Moral of the Story: Somehow recession, cost cutting measures, retrenchment etc. never seems to affect the HR department. They always seem to have enough budgets for mindless entertainment programs where as the organization might be cutting costs by switching off Air Conditioners and lights at 6 o clock and make the whole office sweat in the sweltering heat. The activities of the HR department always seem to frustrate everyone.

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture:
Pinky( the HR Manager) to HR team : Last month we gave pink slips to 100 people from production , sales, R&D and saved $ 0.5 million.
Pinky( the HR Manager) to HR team : I have also got an approval for $5 million for the HR team. The whole HR team will fly to Swiss Alps for a week to Brain storm on how to improve Employee morale.

Frusty the Frustrated IT Manager

Frusty the Frustrated IT Manager

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Frusty's Gyan, Moral of the story: It is a thankless job to be an IT Manager in any organization. It is like being a mess secretary in a hostel. No one is ever happy. IT Manager gets all the brickbats for any problems faced by the organization. Every one will point fingers at the IT department and yet no one from the IT department will ever get a chance to defend themselves. In addition to that no one will ever make any effort to understand the nitty gritty of any software solution. A little effort by the Business users to understand the software helps the organization to resolve a lot of issues. IT, Software and systems have always been treated as untouchables by the business users.

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture:

Frusty to Bossy: We have been using the new software for the last one year. Should we have an information session for the top management to explain them how it works.

Bossy to Frusty: No, We should not have that. The more ignorant the top management is about the new software system the easier it is for me to convince them that all business problems like the drop in sales is due to the new software system.

Frusty and Bossy Cut Costs

Frusty and Bossy Cut Costs

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Frusty's Gyan, Moral of the story: Never underestimate your Bosses. However stupid they might be, Bosses always have the canny ability to use whatever little knowledge they have against you in the most unexpected way in the most unexpected situation.

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture:

Bossy to Frusty : We are changing the organization standards. We are moving ove rto German notation so instead of comma we will be using point in numbers.
Bossy to Frusty : So your salary which was $ 80,000 (Eighty thousand) willl now be $80.000 (eighty).

Frusty wants to be Paris Hilton

Frusty wants to be Paris Hilton

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Frusty's Gyan, Moral of the Story: It is important to tell your Boss what you want. It is even more important to tell your Boss very clearly what you don’t want.

Paris Hilton recently justified her high flying colorful life as her means to earn a livelyhood. How I wish I could be like her getting paid for partying all time?. One cannot choose their parents. Its written. I only want to choose my grandfather. Well I how I wish my grandfather was like hotel magnate Barron Hilton (billionaire grandfather of Paris Hilton)

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture:

Frusty to Bossy: I want to get into a new job role where I can party everyday and also earn a living.

Bossy to Frusty : OK, I will transfer you to our hotel division in the multipurpose hall section as a waiter. Ther eyou will ba a part of a party everyday and also earn your living.

Frusty the Slumdog

Frusty the Slumdog
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Frusty's Gyan:
Slumdog no longer sounds as derogatory as it was before. People now take pride in calling themselves slumdog. My organisation is thinking of starting a promotional campaign called "Mr. Slumdog". It is a buzz word today and every one is trying to encash on it.

The story in words for those who cannot see the picture:

Bossy to Frusty : How do we beat the slump in sales?

Frusty to Bossy: We can start a promotional campaign buy our product and become a "slumdog" or win a trip to "Dharavi Slum".

Everyone wants to become a SLUMDOG in India

Everyone wants to wants to become a slum dog. Being an average Indian middle class, my life doesn't differ much from that of a slum dog. I am leading a life of an eternal struggle trying to fulfill the ambitions of the society of which I am a part. Even though the movie ends but reel life is not real life. No wonder a country of a billion people has had near uncontrollable frenzied reaction on Raham's Oscar win. It’s a pretty sad state of affair that other than Satyajit Ray all the other Oscar wins by Indians have been through International production houses. Do we really need Phorener (foreigner) to show us ‘what an Indian Slum is?’ or ‘Gandhi’ means to India and to the World in General. The shameless Indian government decided to bestow the Bharat Ratna after internation recognition poured on Satyajit Ray on winning the Oscar.