Close Encounters Of The F****** Kind

Inspired by the undaunted efforts of navin,i decided to call up the admissions office of IIM-L today.Here's a brief transcript of what followed.The characters involved are Moi,Operator(appu),Admissions Officer(AO)

Moi:Hello Sir,can you connect me to the admissions office please.
appu:Kya?
Moi(slightly tensed):Admissions office please?
appu:kya bol rahe ho?

Realisation dawned on me that this was Mulayam's home town,so switched to the vernacular.

Moi:Kya me admissions office se bat kar sakta hoon
appu(satisfied with my hinglish) connects me to admissions office.

AO:hello?
Has anyone noticed that irrespective of the mother tongue everyone uses hello when responding to a phone call?anyways
Moi:IIM-L ka revised list kab release hoga?
AO:revised list kya hota he?
Moi:stunned silence
AO:hmm kya tu waitlist puch rahe ho
Moi was irritated now.Waitlist is something you release with the first admission list,now you relese a revised list based on the acceptance of offers.
Moi:han..woh kab ayega
AO:Pata nahi...woh ayega magar confirmed kuch nahi bata sakta hoon
Moi[What???]:Waitlist ayega ki sab seats fill hogaya?
AO:Pata nahi..Dean admissions nehi he...Pata nahi kab list niklega

I was really irritated by now and one of my split personalities,the one with a really foul mouth and derives immense pleasure by accusing someone of all kinds of incestous relationships in a variety of languages,was threating to burst out.So in order not to jeopardise the teny tiny possibility that i can escape this mind numbing job i thanked the guy and ended the call.

Life

Ever since i decided to pursue an MBA i've been seeing the other side of the coin in life.Everything i see seems to have an business oppurtunity attached to it.
I see the guys who flock to the retail shops when the discount sale kicks in and i see the power of perception and herd psychology in life.I see the crowds at the roadside stalls and see the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid.I see the population charts skewed and see the oppurtunity in education and internet space.
I see all this but the B-Schools i apply to fail to see the business man in me.ahhhhhhhh.