I am a bit irritated today - Partly because today things did not go the way I planned and partly because of the slow pace at which things have been progressing at my end. This reminds me of an interesting incident I encountered.
A Punjabi man entered the cabin. Without any introduction, he sat on a chair opposite the person in charge and beside me. He looked like a well-informed person and a well-networked individual. After asking the hal-chal of the person in charge, the man started talking about the India-Pakistan match which is supposed to take place in a couple of days at Mohali. He looked very passionate about cricket and at length started discussing about the weaknesses of the teams and other stuff which appeared in the morning newspaper (Hindustan Times to be precise). He talked about the security arrangements and the possible outcomes of the PM meet at the stadium. Then he completely started showing off by talking about some influential in the Income Tax department at Pune. Then after some discussions about the upcoming courses at my institute, he left. The total time he talked was around 20 minutes. As soon as he left, the person in charge of the office asked me "Ye kaon tha?". I had no idea about the person and we had a big laugh. 20 minutes in the conversation and there was no introduction from his side. The person in charge also didn't bother to ask since there was no value addition from the conversation. Such an irritation.
This is just one of the many experiences I've had when the person who starts the conversation doesn't introduce himself. I have encountered a lot of such calls where the person calling assumes that I have his/her number and goes on with a general conversation (where we don't need to know specific things) for minutes together. After the initial 30 seconds into the general topic conversation, it also becomes awkward to ask him his name. So, we let the conversation drag on without knowing whom we are talking to.
A remedy to such an irritating experience is that we need to be wise enough to ask his name before getting into the conversation.
Moral of the story : Please introduce yourself when you talk to a person at a high post or when you talk over the phone.
A Punjabi man entered the cabin. Without any introduction, he sat on a chair opposite the person in charge and beside me. He looked like a well-informed person and a well-networked individual. After asking the hal-chal of the person in charge, the man started talking about the India-Pakistan match which is supposed to take place in a couple of days at Mohali. He looked very passionate about cricket and at length started discussing about the weaknesses of the teams and other stuff which appeared in the morning newspaper (Hindustan Times to be precise). He talked about the security arrangements and the possible outcomes of the PM meet at the stadium. Then he completely started showing off by talking about some influential in the Income Tax department at Pune. Then after some discussions about the upcoming courses at my institute, he left. The total time he talked was around 20 minutes. As soon as he left, the person in charge of the office asked me "Ye kaon tha?". I had no idea about the person and we had a big laugh. 20 minutes in the conversation and there was no introduction from his side. The person in charge also didn't bother to ask since there was no value addition from the conversation. Such an irritation.
This is just one of the many experiences I've had when the person who starts the conversation doesn't introduce himself. I have encountered a lot of such calls where the person calling assumes that I have his/her number and goes on with a general conversation (where we don't need to know specific things) for minutes together. After the initial 30 seconds into the general topic conversation, it also becomes awkward to ask him his name. So, we let the conversation drag on without knowing whom we are talking to.
A remedy to such an irritating experience is that we need to be wise enough to ask his name before getting into the conversation.
Moral of the story : Please introduce yourself when you talk to a person at a high post or when you talk over the phone.
