Posts Tagged ‘humor’
She’s not marriage material yaar!
Most guys, rather a lot of guys have a tendency of categorizing girls or chicks, if you will, the moment they see them.
“She’s the dating type” , “She’s the one-night-stand type”, “She’s marriage material” and various other somewhat crude and unrefined categories and adjectives depending upon how hot/pretty/plain-jane the girl is, how much within or out of his range the guy thinks she is and most importantly, how well he knows her.
I have often been amused at such categorization and ( I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit) occassionaly indulged in it.
There is also some subconscious economic rationale behind this categorization.
A spectacularly beautiful (sic) 25 year old girl posts a question on Craigslist seeking to know how she should go about her objective of getting married to a guy who makes atleast half a million dollars a year. She goes on to wonder why much plainer looking women are married to really wealthy guys.
The question itself is hilarious, but the answer is totally ROTFL stuff. An excerpt.. “in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset.”
The funniest thing I’ve read all day. Read the complete thing here.
18 till I die!
The importance of “aim” in life…or why I’m still jobless.
At a job interview with a large IT MNC (800 pound gorilla type) as part of our campus placement process I was asked the following question-
“What is your aim in life?”
I started off-
“my aim in life is …”
(Silence)
Scratch chin…
(Silence)
Pull facial hair….
(Silence)
Adjust tie…
(a minute goes by)
“You have no aim in life?”
“Uh…ma’am.. I do…just a minute…( I can’t seem to remember it )”
(another minute goes by in scratching chin, adjusting tie, adjusting.)
“Ma’am, my aim in life is to become a middle level manager in a BIG IT company like yours!”
I experienced one of those rare moments that effortlessly blend relief with absolute WTFish disbelief- so surprised I was by what I’d just said.
The interviewer, nevertheless, continued to corner me with questions like “What motivates you?” , “Why do you want to work for this company?” and “Dude, you have absolutely no clue. Are you a frigging loser?”
I couldn’t answer any of those questions with surety, not even the last one.
To my utter disbelief, I didn’t get the job. 80 others did.
On a more serious note, do I have any sort of aim in life?
Well, kind-of. But its not one with which I can hope to ever secure a job.
Several companies are lined up for campus placement next week, companies I covet, and as I contemplate the inevitable question-“Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?” – I have no answer, not even for myself. Very vaguely, its something along the lines of trying to expose myself to a lot of randomness and hoping that I get obscenely rich somehow.
Like I said, I don’t expect to get a job anytime soon.
