Hold the thought, Get the point

It is said that you will remember where you were and what you'd been doing when you hear the news of an important event in your life. Ten years ago, I was at a garage, with a friend of mine, when I first heard about the 9/11. He had a son who lived very close to the WTC in NY. I remember the grief when he couldn't reach him for many days after that. I was still an undergraduate then. I then witnessed unparalleled aggression and then suddenly all everyone was ever talking about was Global Terrorism and Al Qaeda . When I joined AOL, then an epitome of American capitalistic excellence, I was seething with anger over how America was policing the world. I remember asking my interviewer on what he thought of America now that it is trying to invade other countries. He didn't say much. I've worked in four companies since, seen many anniversaries of the 9/11, we've heard the theories behind 9/11 and a change of guard at the Capitol Hill. Last Sunday, I'll again re...

You know what really ticks me off? Besides the insane motorists on the road. Its the people who cheat at work. You'd think that with all the fail-safe checks and quality monitoring that goes on at work, you'd be able to eliminate people who use unethical ways to be noticed and get ahead. I know this certain individual at work, who writes her own client accolades to herself! If you thought faking orgasms was outrageous, well, you ain't heard nothing yet. We do have the fail safe technologies in place, its definitely idiot proof but not genius proof. Her modus operandi is simple: She simply retypes an email from the client, changes the time stamp and forwards it. Pure genius! Ka-ching! The cash registers ring since we have (or rather 'had') a policy to reward each accolade. Don't you just love people like this? She used to 'reward' herself with upto 3 accolades a month, which is serious moolah. People who take the most crooked path to succes...