Life introduces you
to a lot of people and at many times tests your skills on people management in
different ways.. And given the way life treats me, I happen to gel with some of
these unique set of people who stand out as individuals.. One of them is a special person
I would really want to dedicate this post to.. (Here on I will refer him to Mr.
FR)
If I have to
describe FR, he is nothing less then enormous. He is nearly 5 feet 11inches
tall, with a belly that can easily host a plate. His favorite thing to do is
talk.. he can bore people to hell by repeatedly telling stories of things which
are irrelevant to the person he is conversing with. He can start random chats
with people, be it on the bus, rail or then a flight. If he generally doesn’t find
anyone to talk to, you can see him blabbering to himself. His second obsession
is with digging his nose (if that made you feel gross.. wait till I tell you
more..). He loves food.. He can actually be a kid when he sees food, jumping
around to get his favorite dish.. He is intelligent but very very lazy. I wont
be surprised if he allows a fly to sit on his nose, just so he need no raise
his hand to blow it away.. yeah I know I am exaggerating a little.. but you got
what kind of a being I am talking about, right..
I happened to meet
FR in a meeting once and was blown off by his high intellect.. Given that I love
people with brains, I was sure to be catching FR soon.. Luckily for me I got to
do a small project with him after a lot of struggle.. And this was the start of
realization.. He was intelligent but very disorganized.. if that was not enough
he was filthy.. he dug his nose and many times offered the same hand to greet
people.. He dug his ears right when the meeting is on, with pencils and pens on
the desk.. and worse he farted in meeting while presenting stuff.. So if you
tried to avoid the site of him digging this nose, ear or then scratching his
leg and arm pits.. you couldn’t miss the smell that he left quite often..
Though we felt like telling him many times it was his position and intelligence
that kept us all from speaking up..
I dedicated this
post to him coz its his birthday today.. Though I would wish him all the
success in life, I wish somehow he realizes how uncomfortable he makes people
working with him.
