Company e-mail - Part 2

Two days later, I had already spent 48 hrs on Lotus CC-mail.. Then… I got a mail from Bill Gates. I fainted… then recovered partially, my heart-beat was very fast. I checked the name of sender again… it showed me “Bill Gates”… sahi hai bachu… Baiju beta… u have received a mail from Bill Gates!! You know? Bill Gates… nikal padi re teri to… I ran to my project manager… "Ashishhhh" I screamed, as he was about to munch a hotdog. He was troubled, "kaun hai bey??" I was a little disappointed. Only a week back.. I met him near the coffee machine and I even had a small talk with him at that time. I think I asked him "Hows u??" n he replied "I am fine. How r u?" How could he forget me that easily?

"Ashish, I am Baiju… Yaad hai? We met the other day near the coffee machine and I asked u.. Hows u doing.. to which u replied… “I am fine. How are you?” to which I replied…."
"Cut the crap Baiju.. Whats the problem?"
I took a deep breath... I imagined his reaction. His eyes wud bulge out, his mouth wud open and he wud stand up forgettin his hotdog... "You got a mail frm Bill Gates? Oh Baiju! Take a seat. We need to talk. I think you deserve 50,000 Rs / mnth. U r a great guy."
"What do u want Baiju?" Ashish barked again.
I woke up and replied…. "I got a mail."
"What mail?"
"It doesn't matter. What matters is the name of the sender."
"Kiska hai?"
"Bill Gates… Ashish its Bill Gates…"
"What?"
"Haan.. Bill Gates.. he offered me a free copy of Windows OS; if I forward his mail to fifteen people."
There was silence…. pin drop silence…

Then… I was pushed out of his room and I landed right on the floor in the corridor. The door shut on my face. I was kunfusd. Who the hell did he think he was dealing with? maakda... he don know me... Bill Gates selected me personally! I wud rather resign n go to Microsoft.... Mr. Bill Gates wud offer me a great job there.

I took a white paper and scribbled my resignation. I went to him again. Ashish opened it and shouted, "Now what?"
"Here is my resignation Ashish."
"What?"
"Yep I am quitting."

He read aloud my resignation letter, "Even though I have been chosen personally by the Chairman of Microsoft, Mr. Bill Gates; STPL Systems has failed to recognize my worth and treated me like dirt. I would like to resign my job as a trainee software devloper here and join Microsoft where I would get a red carpet welcome."

He looked at me crazily. Shud I bother? He picked up the phone and called CCD. Vaishali appeared in no time. "Tell him about the Bill Gates Windows 98 mail" Ashish told her.
She laughed and laughed and laughed… and whenever she saw me in the office, she would burst out laughing. I couldn't show my face to anybody. I didn't come out of my cubicle for a long time. Then one day Ashish came to my seat and told me that it was all right. Only three of us knew about the episode and I shouldn't sacrifice my social life bcoz of it... He looked like Bajrang Bali ji. He blessed me and disappeared from there… Vaishali laughed again. I too smiled. I was foolish but it was fun :)

Eight yrs down the line, I have moved on and I have received x number of chainmails / virus and Bill Gates promotion hoax mails... I am a little more matured now. But I still laughs at myself whenever I remember that incident…