Monday, April 26, 2010

I.D. Asks Us – Why Me?

Our fellow e-marketer I.D. is a very nice person and, probably, this is the reason why all of us in the Marketing Department tease him all the time.

Whenever he says something, Billy Boy interrupts him with these words, “We can’t hear you. Don’t be shy. Speak up!”

Mr. Right says, “Hey, I.D. why…” Well, I think I shouldn’t say what Mr. Right says. It won’t be nice to publicly humiliate our very own I.D.

However, S.Z. wonders all the time that why I.D. spends a lot of quality time in the bathroom.

One day, S.Z. said to me, “May be, I.D. is not allowed to use the bathroom at home. This is why he spends a lot of time in bathroom here, so he can remember his bathroom.”

I said, “Well, S.Z. if you are saying this from personal experience, then I believe you, otherwise, I.D. looks like a normal person to me.”

Oh well, who knows…I may be wrong!

So… Due to too much teasing, one day I.D. finally asked us, “Why me? Why do you guys make fun of me all the time? Don’t I have a right to work peacefully in our logo design office?”

Mr. Right said, “Well, we will think about NOT making fun of you, if you stop bringing your Pink comb to work. This is girls’ color. The color of your comb looks similar to the color of Sara’s hand bag. So, please change yourself first.”

Billy Boy laughed with his eyes closed and said, “I hope you don’t wear red socks. Hahahaha… hey, let me see your socks… Hahahaha”

Sunny laughed and said, “You are the man Billy Boy. Keep it up!”

Ars Alan said, “But he wears red glasses. Hahahaha… Hey, can’t you get normal glasses?”

It seemed like I.D. will start crying shortly.

So, as I am a nice person, I said, “Listen I.D., you need to start acting like a man. You need to stop using your pink comb and wearing red glasses. Out of all the colors in the world, why did you choose pink and red? Come on I.D., be a man.”

I also apologized to him, “I am sorry for saying this, please forgive me, but I am just being honest with you sister… Oh, I mean brother.”

I.D. stood up and started walking towards the door.

Sunny asked, “Where are you going? Please don’t hang yourself in the HR department.”

I.D. said, “Don’t worry… I am just going to get some water.”

S.Z. said, “I think you are going to the bathroom. It’s ok. No need to lie to us.”

I.D. looked at S.Z. angrily and walked out of the room.

As I am a nice person, I asked everyone in the department to stop teasing him for sometime. Let’s see what happens.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

S.Z.’s New Look and 2 New Role Models

S.Z. has changed a lot. He looks different. We asked S.Z. about the change, but he seemed ashamed of telling us about his role model. However, after a lot of questioning, we were able to find out why he looked different.

The first thing that we learned was that he had not just 1 role model, but 2 role models. Yes, he got so much inspired by one that he changed his hair style. The same way, he got inspired by another one and finally removed his braces. Yes, S.Z. has removed his braces.

But… Who are those 2 role models of S.Z.?

Well, interestingly, they are not humans. S.Z. is now inspired by birds and animals (as we learned from S.Z.).

He recently changed his hair style and his head and hair now look similar to this:

S.Z.’s Role Model # 1:

You see S.Z.’s hair standing up just like the red part on the head in the picture below:



Another thing to note is that S.Z. is also skinny, so this picture really portrays him nicely:



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Now, before we talk about S.Z.’s Role Model # 2, let’s see how S.Z.’s teeth looked before he got braces:



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This is how S.Z. looked in braces (I mean S.Z.’s teeth looked, not S.Z.):




Now, having said that, let’s take a look at S.Z.’s 2nd role model. You may then decide whether S.Z. has turned his dream into reality or not:

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S.Z.’s Role Model # 2:




Question: Has S.Z. managed to make his teeth look like his role model?

You be the judge!

Let me share a secret with you all now…


S.Z. has another Role Model as well.

Yes, he hasn’t disclosed this secret yet.

He is now planning to look like his 3rd Role Model.

Let me share the picture of S.Z.’s latest Role Model now:

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S.Z.’s Role Model # 3:

This is how you may see S.Z. in the future:




When will he come to our logo design office in his new getup? Well, I don’t know, only S.Z. can tell us.

So, S.Z., all the best!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Ars Alan Took Revenge Outside the Logo Design Office

Remember Ars Alan? Yes, our skilled SEO expert who was brutally beaten by two tall guys when he was going to his friend’s house to see a custom logo design.

Well, he finally took revenge… and he made those guys pay back right outside our logo design office.

When we first heard that Ars Alan was beaten, we all were shocked. Why? Well, because Ars Alan is a vicious fighter, I tell you. It was due to pain in his ankle that he couldn’t teach a good lesson to those guys.

He once had a fight at a bus stop near his friend’s house where he alone beat 4 guys and one of them even had a knife.

So, the other day, we all were doing our work. All of a sudden, Billy Boy said to Ars Alan, “So, Ars Alan, did your wounds heal yet?”

Ars Alan looked at him, but didn’t say anything.

Billy Boy smiled with his eyes closed, like this:











Ars Alan ignored him.

Then… the lunch hour came. Ars Alan got up and left the office to buy some food. Billy Boy followed him, so he would make fun of Ars Alan and buy some food as well.

Usually they return within 15-20 minutes, but that day it took them 40-45 minutes. When Ars Alan walked-in, he was sweating, but he had a smile on his face. Billy Boy was serious and quiet as though it’s been years since he smiled or laughed.

Sara asked Ars Alan, “What happened? Is everything ok? Why are you sweating?”

Ars Alan smiled and said, “You will find out soon”.

We then turned to Billy Boy to ask him what happened.

Billy Boy said, “Well, as we were buying lunch, 3 tall and muscular guys came. One of them laughed at Ars Alan and asked him if he remembered the beating. Those guys were really tall and much, much heavier then Ars Alan. But… The next thing I saw was that Ars Alan punched the guy in the face who was laughing. The guy instantly fell. Then Ars Alan started kicking the other 2 guys. He was really fast. He was hitting them at a lightning fast speed”.

No wonder why Billy Boy was quiet and not making fun of Ars Alan anymore. He was scared that Ars Alan would beat him up too.

Billy Boy continued, “Those guys couldn’t even touch Ars Alan. Man… This guy is really fast and dangerous”.

We all looked at Ars Alan at the same time. He was smiling.

We were calling him a boy the other day, but no one messes with him now except me as we are two cool people.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Billy Boy Became Unconscious in Logo Design Office

As I walked into my department in the morning, I saw a weird (kind of big) fly, flying all around Billy Boy’s desk. Billy Boy is a big man and due to his pot belly he is also known as a Belly Boy, but he seemed scared of the little fly.

I realized that he must have brought it inside our logo design office with him. He must have climbed his neighbor’s tree to steal some apples, and from there, probably, the fly either chased him or sat in his pocket.

He asked me to kill the fly, but I said No to him.

I said, “Billy Boy, why are you asking me to kill the poor fly? Why don’t you do the honor?”

Billy Boy replied, “I am scared of it. It looks ugly”.

Mr. Right, with an evil grin on his face, said, “Well, Billy Boy, you aren’t pretty either”.

Billy Boy looked at Mr. Right angrily, but didn’t say anything. May be Billy Boy realized that Mr. Right was actually right.

Ars Alan said, “Hey, why don’t you crush it with your Belly… You Belly Boy… Hahahaha…”

Sunny laughed and said to Ars Alan, “You are the man. Keep it up!”

Belly Boy… I mean, Billy Boy, was looking at everyone angrily, but since they all were right, he couldn’t argue with anyone.

Then, the door opened, Sara and I.D. walked-in. They both looked at the weird fly, they both got scared, they both screamed and then both of them ran out of the room instantly.

Billy Boy was unable to concentrate on work as the fly was flying around his desk.

So, as I am a nice person, I thought about helping him out. I asked one of the peons to bring a Bug-Killer Spray to kill the fly. He did and within a few minutes the fly fell and, alas, passed away. When Billy Boy saw this he took a deep breath. We asked Sara and I.D. to come in as the fly was dead.

We all then began our work again and then within two minutes, we heard a loud noise. We saw Billy Boy lying on the floor face-up and his eyes were closed. He had fallen from his seat and he was unconscious.

“What happened? How did he fall?” You may ask.

Well, our peon had emptied out half of the spray bottle to kill the fly. After the fly died, Billy Boy took a deep breath and inhaled some hazardous gas. It harmed him a little, he became unconscious and fell.

However, the spray was supposed to be hazardous for insects and flies, but not for humans.

So, Mr. Right looked at Billy Boy and said, “May be he is an alien, like we saw in Man in Black. You know the big roach. This is why he was affected by the spray.”

Sunny laughed and said, “You are the man. Keep it up!”

Well, then, within half an hour, everything was back to normal.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Sunny’s First and Painful Day in Logo Design Office

It’s time I introduce you to our new SEO guy Sunny. Sunny just joined our logo design office and we are glad to have him on board.

Sunny is a nice and friendly person and he likes to laugh when he cracks jokes, even if they are not funny. It seems like as if he loves to open his mouth and show us his teeth.

At times, we wonder: Why is he laughing?

He has one weird habit. When he sees two people argue, he says to one of them, “You are the man. You have beaten him badly in conversation. Keep it up!”

Since we are a bunch of smart people, we say to him, “Get a life Sunny Bunny, we aren’t trying to beat anyone here.” … In response, he would open his mouth and show us his teeth again.

But… Alas! He didn’t know that his laughs will turn into a painful cry. He didn’t know that a creepy nightmare awaited him on his first day at work… Poor fellow didn’t know he would have a debate with Mr. Right.

So… Finally, the day came. Sunny came in, said Hi to all of us and went to his seat. He turned on his computer and started checking out some websites.

Sara told Sunny to have a chat with Mr. Right, so Mr. Right would give him a brief overview of our sites.

So, after they introduced each other, Mr. Right showed him a few blogs and sites. Within a few minutes, their first argument began. It was on “duplicate content” that whether article directories are useful or not.

Whenever Sunny tried to explain something to Mr. Right, Mr. Right always calmly interrupted him and said his favorite sentence, “No, no, no Sunny, you are not right, this is incorrect.”

We were really enjoying their conversation and we could see how Sunny’s face was turning red. Mr. Right was still calm.

Then, they started talking about blogging and fresh content. Again, they had an argument. Mr. Right always completed his argument and whenever Sunny tried to explain something, Mr. Right calmly repeated his sentence, “No, no, no Sunny, you are not right, this is incorrect.”

We, in the Marketing Department, were doing our work as well as enjoying their conversation.

Then… All of a sudden… We saw something totally astonishing.

Sunny started banging his head on the table. He was hitting his head really hard. Mr. Right said to him, “No, no, no Sunny, this is not right, this is incorrect.”

Then Sunny stood up immediately and kicked his chair. His face was red and we could see water in his eyes.

Sunny then looked at the brick wall right in front of him.

S.Z. realized that Sunny would bump his head into the wall, so S.Z. ran and grabbed him by his shoulders.

Sunny screamed, “Let me go, I wanna die, I wanna die.”

Mr. Right also stood up and grabbed his hand and said, “No, no, no Sunny, this is not right, this is incorrect.”

Sunny screamed, “SHUT UP! You are a psycho you know that. I don’t want to see your face. Don’t talk to me. Can someone just shoot me?” Sunny was literally crying.

Mr. Right said, “No…” But before he could complete his sentence, I put my hand on Mr. Right’s shoulder and said, “Forgive the man… Will ya?”

Mr. Right looked at me, smiled and went to his seat.

We had to calm Sunny down. He was crying and water was coming out of his eyes and nose.

So, the rest of the day passed smoothly. The next day, Friday, Sunny left early and on Saturday he never showed up. We thought we would never see him again. But, we were happy to see him again on Monday.

He stays miles away from Mr. Right now, but we are glad he is still part of our team.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Ars Alan Was Badly Beaten Because of a Logo Design

You all are now familiar with Mr. Right, Sara, S.Z, I.D., and Billy Boy. I think it’s about time I introduce you to our SEO guy Ars Alan.

He is a very nice and friendly person. He got engaged last month and he didn’t invite any of us, just like S.Z. (I wonder why people are so stingy these days). Even though we have repeatedly asked him to bring some refreshments to work, but he just smiles, nods his head and doesn’t say anything. But, still, we think of him as a nice person.

Speaking of smiling and nodding… This is probably his favorite habit. You will see him do that when you ask him something.

For example, let’s say you ask him, “Hey Ars Alan, how did you improve the site ranking on that competitive keyword?”

In response Ars Alan will smile, nod his head and say, “You will learn one day”.

No matter what question you ask him, this is how he will respond, as if he holds a PhD in that particular area.

Mr. Right rightly responds in such a situation by saying, “Yeah, yeah, don’t tell us… we’ve got Google”. (By the way, Mr. Right has a similar habit as well)

So, anyway… The other day Ars Alan sent a text message to S.Z. that he has pain in his ankle and he won’t be able to come to work.

As soon as Ars Alan sent the message, he received a call from his friend. His friend is doing a website design and logo design course from a reputable institute and wanted to show some of his latest logo designs to Ars Alan. Luckily, Ars Alan was at home and his friend’s house was not far away either.

So, Ars Alan told him that he would be there within half an hour as he will walk slowly because of pain. Ars Alan left the house within 10-15 minutes.

As he was walking down the street, he noticed that a girl in front of him was limping too. He felt sorry for her. Then, all of a sudden, she stopped, turned around and looked at Ars Alan angrily. To show sympathy Ars Alan looked at her and smiled.

She ignored his smile and continued walking. Ars Alan started walking too. After a few seconds, she stopped again, turned around and yelled at him, “What the heck do you think you are doing pretty boy? Are you trying to make fun of me by imitating me?”

Before Ars Alan could say anything, a car stopped right there. Two tall, muscular guys came out. One of them asked the girl, “What’s up sis… Why you look so angry?”

She said angrily, “Bro… This punk has been chasing me and making fun of me by imitating the way I am walking”.

Both guys looked at Ars Alan angrily and walked towards him.

Ars Alan said, “Hey guys, wait, let me explain… The thing is…” and before he could complete his sentence one guy punched him in the face and the other one kicked him.

Well… Let’s not discuss what happened after that... and… Let’s just feel sorry for Ars Alan for getting brutally beaten by two tall, muscular guys.

Even though Ars Alan’s grandfather was a professional wrestler and had taught him some techniques too, like how to hit on thighs to make your opponent fall and things like that, but Ars Alan couldn’t apply any techniques.

Ars Alan wished he had not left the house to see the logo designs.

But, still, he is a strong man and he came to work the next day. I hope his wounds heal soon.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Party in Logo Design Office

April 1, 2010, a memorable day for logo design office. Why? Well, 5 of our colleagues (Tem is one of them) threw a party and invited the entire logo design office. Since they invited us on April 1st, we first had doubts about their… Plan. But, they convinced us that they were not lying.

They threw the party, because recently they have been offered a permanent position in our logo design office due to their excellent performance (Keep it up folks).

Several things were witnessed during the party that I want to share here with those who couldn’t attend. They missed lots of scrumptious rice and chicken.

Anyway, so, all of the colleagues, who threw the party, are jolly fellows. So, lots of associates in our logo design office had doubts that if they would really spend a lot of money on food for dozens of employees.

Considering the situation, Zee Shake came to me and said, “Hey, do you think they will really buy so much food?”

I said, “Let’s hope so and let’s hope they don’t bring food from charity, because I don’t trust Tem”.

Billy Boy smiled with his eyes closed and said, “I hope your stomach is fine today Zee Shake. Let’s not make us leave the cafeteria. If you know what I mean”.

Anyway, one confidential source told me that Danny (he is one of the 5 colleagues) was responsible for observing who eats how many pieces of chicken.

It was first going to be the responsibility of Aamir (he is also one of the 5 colleagues) to observe, but since he has a weak heart, he would’t be able to bear the fact that one person eats many pieces of chicken. He wouldn’t like to see his lots of hard-earned money going only into 1 stomach. So, Danny was asked to do the job to prevent Aamir from getting a heart attack.

It sounds strange to do something like that, but I tell you, it was a good strategy. Why? Well, when we have people like S.Z. among us, we have to consider such things.

S.Z. filled up his plate, ate it all, asked for a refill, ate it all again, took some rice from Sara’s plate and then took more rice and chicken from others’ plates as well.

Not only this, S.Z. also had a plastic bag in his pocket so he would take rice and chicken for his father-in-law to show what a nice son he is.

But, as Danny was watching closely, S.Z. couldn’t manage to succeed in his plan.

Another important thing I must share with you is something I saw for the first time. Well, it was our HR guy (I don’t want to mention his name due to privacy reasons). No, not that I saw him for the first time. It’s that, I saw him smile and laugh for the first time.

Yes, seriously, after eating, he was literally laughing and smiling. He looked really happy. He didn’t have a fake smile on his face.

I wish I could take his picture, so we could hang it on the wall and others could see him laughing too. This is what good food can do to even serious people.

Trick Question: Who was the first person to get food?

Take a guess!

Can’t guess? Do you give up?

Well, he was no other than our Finance guy. He is always rushing. When he comes to work, he says, “Let’s get the work done fast, we will get off shortly”.

Seriously, anything we have to start, he always wants to rush. I really admire him because this is how fast people of the 21st century should be. Hmmm…

So, anyway… Thanks guys and keep up the good work.

All the best!