Murphy’s Law in Telemarketing

January 9, 2007

When you actually invite a call, you never get it. I sent requests to the 6677 helpline for a DB credit card (because let’s face it, having a muscular Gult babe as your brand ambassador just works) and Bharti AXA life insurance eight days ago. Deafening silence since then. No telemarketers calling up to find out what sort of insurance plan or credit card I want.

Bizarrely though, Kotak Mahindra called up to ask if I wanted investment and insurance services. Mystifying. Every bugger working in the financial services industry does sell his database to everyone else around, but usually he uses it himself first.

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Dear Taxpayers of India,

January 8, 2007

Thank you so much. If it hadn’t been for your money and support, I wouldn’t be getting to learn Kannada at three hundred rupees for the course. Instead, I would have had to shell out an extra four or five thousand rupees on a private tutor. Five thousand rupees less to spend on alcohol and meat. That would have sucked.

Would you be awesome and subsidise my Mandarin lessons as well?

Warm Regards,

Aadisht

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Pro Bono Publicity

January 7, 2007

This is the good news: Evam, the Merry Players of Madras (who also earn merit in this life and the next by being Sista’s juniors) have launched online ticketing for their shows.

The even better news is that they shall be coming to Bangalore in February to put on Love Letters and The Odd Couple at Ranga Shankara.

By the way, the online ticketing is applicable for Bangalore as well as Chennai. It also does not require a credit card. You just block tickets, present the password they send you at the box office, pay in cash and collect your tickets. Personally, I would have liked a credit-card option but you can’t always get what you want, as the Rolling Stones so wisely said.

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