Shoe again

Disclaimer: The incident in the article is purely fictional. Any resembles to person alive or dead will be a mere coincidence.

The shoe-throwing activity, it seems, has inspired many. Three incidents have been reported in quick succession. Well it was not that surprising when I became a witness to one such incident. It happened at my work place. One of my colleagues, Moon Light (ML), I know that’s strange name, was the hero of the day. This guy being utterly talented in the whole lot, got a call from Merrill Lynch in spite of recession. Also he has a MS call from Stanford. On the top of it he was a bit annoyed with the recent happenings in his firm.

Allegedly some biasing had been done in written examination and then some more in a telephonic interview. According to ML, as soon he started giving right answers the call was cut and when they called back they started asking every other question than his field. Also to his utter dismay the people in the telephonic interview were stunned after hearing his name, as he says and so they awarded him less marks. The telephonic interview was held for internal assessment.

Also as ML describes his grief further, one day he found his answer sheet being used as toilet paper by a slum boy. I dunno what he was doing there. By the way the slum is some where on the way to near by race course. ML snatched that paper and some others which were used, compiled them as a proof and kept them in his pocket. He forgot to take them out and all the shit work got washed with the laundry.

In order to express his grief he had to resort to this shoe flinging thing. And so the climax of the drama came in a meeting where all VP’s and MD was present. Everyone knew ML so he was given the first row seat. Suddenly in midst of the meeting a wave of a killing bad odour, as if gutter manhole was left open in conference hall, spread. The people sitting in back rows immediately made their way out as the odour was emanating from somewhere near the stage. The remaining people saw a shoe being thrown in the direction of a VP, who was previously chief of a department called Relation Management & Handling (RMH). The shoe didn’t strike the target but all in the close vicinity fainted. Actually there are very few eye witnesses of the incident as the whole of first row was half dead with rotten smell. Only testimony of the guard of the auditorium gate, who saw ML coming out in one shoe, is the proof. After that he dosent know coz he fainted too.

Probe in the incident revealed that the shoe came from ML and the smell from ML’s shoe. It is the greatness of my firm that in spite of kicking ML’s asses they presented him with a new pair of shoe and one yr monthly supply of socks absolutely free. Also to keep an employee like ML in the firm, the firm published this incidence in the media and so Merrill Lynch took back its offer and so did Stanford.

Believe!!!

That’s what my gtalk status message reads. I think I should clarify it. Last year in Champions League Final in Moscow one stand of united supporters formed this word with white placards in their hands. It read “BELIEVE”. What a strong message.

 

Also recently I gave a book review presentation. The book name was “You will see it, when you believe it”. Never interested in self help books I started off with reluctance and when I finished I could relate what those fans wanted to convey.

 

Not even I could relate it I could see it live on TV, every Wednesday and then on Saturday and so on. I am talking about Manchester United quintuple campaign. This team has a belief and to back that belief they have strong characters. Come what may, they are standing like a rock of Gibraltar.

 

United went into a tough tie against Villa with 2 defeats and then there they showed why they are champions, why they boast of the best youth academy and what is character of a team. A 17 yr old prodigy Kiko Macheda won the game for united in dying minutes on his debut.

 

This spirit again confirmed itself at Estadio De Dragao against porto. Those who were looking for a goal spree had their hope quashed but those who appreciate a rock solid display must have savoured the game. I think in every campaign at least there are 2-3 fixtures which are just a test of team character. Last year those matches were I think  semi final legs against barca. This season there have been many such display which show why United can never be turned down. Why we rein supreme and why are we champions.

 

So all of you reading this, even if you are not united fans just remember that its very necessary to believe. Believe in your dreams and turn then into reality. Along may come pain, toil and hard work but then that’s the difference in the people who have believed and turned dreams into reality. That’s the difference between Usain Bolt and millions other, that’s the difference between Mahatma Gandhi and the masses. That’s the difference between SAF and 998 other managers and that’s the difference between Manchester United and 100 others. So BELIEVE!!!

 

Glory Glory Man Utd.

Request: Please correct me on grammatical errors if any.