Pocket mein Rocket hai

Well... this blog is inspired from Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year promo...and more so coz i m into sales.. and i believe sales people are unique creatures...

 

We are the only people who get paid for speaking lies.. and probably that is why people love this profession and is the most challenging job bcoz u need to keep a track of lies u have spoken to different people. And to add to it u have variable salary which is directly proportion to the no. of lies u speak.. What a profession!!

But on a serious note..though there is no specific skill set required for us.. but profession demands vast knowledge of various subjects specially current affairs, presence of mind, you need to be sharp, as my boss says -abiliy to CO-RELATE things/events, you should know how to screw a customer...and again.my boss's golden words 'baaton ko ghumana aana chahiye..' - u need to be manupulative... or u have a second option.. keep ur boss happy by becoming his pappu and just pretend to have all those qualities...

 

The song... 'pocket mein rocket hain'.,.. is aptly written for the sales community..every sales person can connect to this song and lyrics 'neendon mein bhi jaati nahi...bechne ki bimari ye'... turely dipict the feelings of the salesmen... Well speaking of sales and being a MONTH-END (an event which repeats 12 times in an year.. when saleman comes out of hibernation or he will have his a** kicked from his manager).. it reminds me of a new track (when u start using 'track' instead of 'song'... u hve bcom modern) from the movie (instead of 'picture'..) 3 Idiots called 'Jaane nahi denge tujhe'.. just listen to this track thinking 'tujhe' as an 'order'... and u would agree with me that this song shows the plight of a salesmen during month-end when he is short of 'ordres'... thanks Boss for teaching me 'CO-RELATION'...

The second word which i associate with sales after 'lies' is 'pretend'...

• U pretend of doing things differently.. u like using USB mouse with laptop instead of touchpads... and the interesting part is.. u want ur company to pay for the USB mouse.
• U pretend to be tech savvy...during the presentations u have to change slides with a remote and  not with laptop keyboard...
• U have a flashy mobile phone with latest tech. ur official email id is integrated with it.. (courtsey ur Company) but when u r in office even for making a local call u will use the office landline phone even if u have to search the no. in ur mobile phone first...

but its not ur fault.. this profession demands u to pretend a lot that sometimes u pretend even when u dont have to..

In the end.. Rocket Singh in one of the promo says... duniya main sabse mushkil kaam hai bechna... which is very true...After watching the movie i may come up with more on movie and sales...Till then gud luck to all the salesmen.. and happy selling!!!

Trade Fair...The Urban Mela

So.. on a cold Sunday.. after waking up at the time in leave for office on weekdays.. i have an uphill task.. washing clothes.. wow! couldnt have asked for more...

after having a cup of tea and poha.. me n my roommate were out on a lazy afternoon.. only to reach Pragati Maidan for India Internation Trade Fair - 09 and shocked with the no. of people turning up at the Fair...Terming it as a 'lazy' afternoon was my mistake..

Queue for ticket (i had reached only midway)

As i stood in the long queue trying to catch hold of tickets.. eager and impatient.. the ticket counter was supposed to be closed in 30mins.. one gentlman pointing at the Metro station says there are more counters at the station and all are empty.. thank god i thought.. so there are some good helping people in Delhi.. or was he trying to prove that he is smarter than us.. in any case my frd gets tickets in 5mins... and we are off to entry gate no.8.

Finally we are in.. there you go.. the first hall we enter.. hall no. 8 if i correctly remember...more crowded than rajkot's jasmasthami mela... mamoth crowd.... Man! Delhi's gone crazy... standing infront of the stall for more than 10 secs... was in itself an achievement... and to my surprise ladies still managed to enquire and purchase the products... may be its their genes..

Crowd

NHPC display

India Post... present with various postal stamps..

Andhra Pradesh day celebrations... what a coincidence

The i was there pic.. with IITFs trademark jute carry bag

All in the name of politics!!

Want to become famous??.. all you need to do is.. form a 'political party'... oh! then u realize your party is not famous.. so to attract the attention party workers go on rampage... now.. media is after you and you and your party is famous... as simple as that.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/MJP-does-a-Raj--disrupts-Tum-Mile-show-in-Rajkot/542607

and you are not done! so.. you threaten of more violence. This seems to be success formula of newly formed political parties. And I feel ashamed as an Indian when i read these kind of stories.. i wonder how come in Gandhi's country ppl can resort to such cheap politics just for the sake of publicity and votes.

As far as the incident is concerned nothing has been established regarding the involvement of Rahul Bhatt in 26/11.. in fact he himself has approached the investigating agencies and showed his willingness to help them.. when he came to know abt David Headley... so how does the question of stalling the screening of Mahesh Bhatt's movie arise.. this is utterly foolish...

What's more shocking is the fact that it happened in gujarat and particularly in my city rajkot... which easily is the most peaceful city in the state.. i hope people in the state are clever enough and they dont entertain such political parties.. i am sorry to say with due respect.. Mr. Godhan Zadafia... your Mahagujarat Janata Party's workers seem to be bunch sadakchap roudis..

My only request to you.. pls be sensible and stop doing a Raj Thackrey in Gujarat.

We want peace to prevail.

"today my frd mitul and his wife have been blessed with a baby girl.."

Everybody wants to be Sachin!

A big day for Indian Cricket... and bigger day for Sachin bhakts...

'Sir' Sachin Tendulkar completes 20 glorious years in internation cricket... a man every Indian is proud of... the hot property of 1 billion Indians... As you find Sachin in every news channel this weekend.. these people have gone crazy.. and more so his fans.

I remember the days when people switched off their TV sets when Sachin got out.. a ritual i proudly follow till date.. i wonder how many matches he has single handedly won for us.. for we owe a lot more to him than what we think of... a role model for many. throughout these 20 years he has been able to keep away from 'controversies'...

You are a true champion.. we just know 'when you are around... anything can happen' and you proved it in a delhi test match against pakistan..when you would take Kumble's pullover & cap and hand it to umpire beliveing that it would help Kumble take wicket.. and you managed to get a 'Perfect Ten' for him... who would forget both your innings at Sharjah against australians in 1998. who will forget your last over againt SA in 1993 hero cup final with just 6 runs to win... they manage to score only 2... Your unquestionable commitment that made you bat in Chennai against Pakis in the acute back pain...

There are great moments of your journey in this game..that make us feel proud of...thanks for everything... as Dhoni jokingly said - he would retire earlier than you... i hope it becomes true!!

We want you to go on and on and on....

Virginity Lost!! (by my blog)

Today.. my blog has lost its virginity in the hands of my langotiya...!!

First Times!!

From past few days.. i have been trying our new things.. or probably i should say there are lot of things which i have done or experienced for the first time...

watching a theatre.. wid sheryas & family and vishal & family...
going on a long drive...
went for bowling.. wid lakshman
planning to watch a movie at the very last minute.. and somehow managing to get the tickets..
enthusiastic about our cricket net practice... at last.

i now hate to site at home on a weekend.. i am so addicted to roaming... finally i know why i am in sales...

i have planned a few more things... will update as and when it happens...

Sachin! Prabhu of Cricket

evening of 05th Nov'09.... as i came back from office 'early' (around 6:45pm) as per my dept's standards.. i switch ON tv... Prabhu needing just 1 run to complete 17000 runs in ODIs... all the Hyderabad fans on the edge of the seats...and whole of India praying for Legend (just wondering how busy God is kept when Sachin bats) ... as the little master gently steers the ball on the leg side..runs a comfortable single...this is it...the crowd erupts with joy... their prayers heard... what a moment!!

having completed landmark 7 runs on that day... now it was time to unfold the old Sachin.. the Sachin i knew when i was a 9-10 year old kid - opening batting for the first time in NZ and hammering the bowlers... that was it.. that knock was enough for me to become a Sachin Bhakt...
as he play's each and every cricketing shot in the book... it was an delightful evening... a pleasure to watch sachin the way he batted... austalians very completely lost in the aura of this man... with Ponting not leaving any bowling option left... and suddenly the target of 351 looked like 200... though India could not finish off in the end.. but it as Sachin's day.. scoring 175... more than half of what india scored... a bliztering knock.. the knock that would be remembered for a long long time... Thanks Sachin!

I know you were trying to impress my langotiya who was supporting you..sittin in front of TV...from your city...mumbai..

One fine day when you decide to hang your boots.... i will miss cricket!