Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Do you believe in miracles?

Apparently Au Bon Pain has a new service Fortune Teller Service while you drink coffee. Here is the story...

Sitting and sipping my coffee my myself is on of the few guilty pleasures I enjoy. That did not change today. I was sitting, enjoying my java and dreaming up wonderful things for my business.

Then in the corner of my eye I noticed this women. She was no ordinary women that I tend to see in the coffee shop. From her clothes I knew she did not work in corporate America. She looked like a she could be teaching at Hogwarts. She spots me staring and before I can look downwards she locks my eyes up. She smiles, raised and come up.

"You tend to judge people quickly dear"
"I am sorry, just you seemed different"
"Why because I dress different and carry a staff"
"Kind off..."
"Maybe I should teach at Hogwarts...that is what you were thinking right"

I was shocked. Lucky guess since someone else with my sense of humor would have mentioned it.

"So how is your new business". Now I am a little disturbed, so I shot back, "How did you know or where you just assuming that since I work in a coffee shop I am either a free lancer or jobless"

"A skeptic, I see. There is lot of them now a days" she says and continues, "Let me tell you something...I am not going to promise you wealth or glory and need nothing in return. You have loved and lost in the last year, you were unhappy with both your jobs, you are very restless in nature and you want to be remembered"

"Ok, everyone wants to be remembered. But you are partially right"

"I do not want or need to convince you. I think you are a nice person, with a very good heart who loves to be around people. You are searching for the right person but that person is there in your face"

Now I agree with the first part and the second part is kind of true since I am still on match.com, shaadi.com and other sites my family plastered me on.

She continues going on for 30 more minutes and I was amazed she was quite accurate with the year of my birth, the region in India I was born, where I have lived.

And then she left as abrutly as she came in. After a minute I went outside, but found no sign of her.

I swear I was not drinking or hungover. But am I dreaming. I have since moved to a different location to continue my path to glory.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Sign of our time...

Now that I do not have an office, I decided to relocate my office from the comfort of my house to Au Bon Pain.

There are 2 glass doors leading into the shop with blue signs that say PULL. The sign is strategically located above the door handles. So far this is what I have seen...

A. People pushing the door. Then they step back, confused and perplexed seeing people inside. How did they get in. Is there a secret code, another entrance. And then they read the sign. Maybe if you are that dumb, you should be coming in the first place

B. People getting through the first door and then repeating the same process in the second door. OK I can have some sympathy if you made the mistake in the first door, but doing this twice in 1 second, you should be institutionalized

C. Forget the sighs, people trying to force open the door at the hinges. Easy there Hulk...

I wonder what would actually happen if there are no signs. No wonder there was a need for sliding glass doors.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Memo about Email Signatures

Dear Mr/Miss/Sir/Madam/Other beings/GOD

I am really pissed of about all the email signatures. I think email signatures are important and needed but can we not do the following:

A. FONT SIZE TOO BIG

I have one friend (OK he between a good contact and a friend) who puts his name in font size 20. We know you are proud of your name, but when your name overshadows your email then there is a problem. It is like you are compensating for some shortfall.

B. SENT FROM MY iPHONE/BLACKBERRY

I do not need to know which PDA/Mobile device you have. You have an iPhone...great...what do you want me to do? Throw you a parade or party. So you have a crack...I mean blackberry. Wonderful, either you are so important or they cannot stand you in the office and make you work from home. I think it is the later

C. LOGO

So you have a company logo. You are single handily responsible for filling everyone mailbox around the world and slowing down the net traffic. You are proud of your company how about a link to your company's website. Geez was that too hard to think?

D. LEGAL GARBAGE

This is my pet peeve. I am OK with one or two lines of legal bullshit at the bottom of the email. But some emails that freaking 5 to 10 lines. I am not sure if I should even open the email, with the fear of getting sued.

Here is novel thought...how about making the reader focus on the body of the email and not be scared/intimidated/irritated by your signature

Thanks you

Regards

Uber

Note: All information on this blog belongs to me. If you are reading this then you are really jobless. Get a job or better still join facebook. I think you are lonely but it is just me. And yes if you are not supposed to be the recipient of this blog, delete it immediately. If not, I will find you and delete the blog from your favorites. Get the point. Thanks a lot.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

East Asia Food Festival

I landed yesterday in the City of Angles, Dream Land, LA LA Land, Los Angeles, or I could have been in SE Asia.

Over the last 3 days I have had

A. Japaense Cusine - Sushi. A beautiful place called R23 Sushi. The most interesting thing was they had cardboard box chairs, that somehow held my weight.

B. Philipines Cuisine - In Oxnard, LA.

C. Korean BBQ - I have had them in NYC and NJ. But this was the best I have ever had. The place is called Tahoe BBQ. Try it but not for vegatarians.

I am paying right know.