Well, it wasn't actually a farewell lunch. I had my first ever lunch this Thursday with my manager and two other desi collegues. being a consultant I always use to be left out for lunches..and same with these two desi guys, i wonder why for them! but this week the manager invited me and i took the invitation. the week before he fired two full time employees for no reason. he says he did this to improve the group dynamics, and their skillsets were not matching anymore and not required! ok..so now the count is, 3 fires and 4 resignation in last 6 months!!! and all full time employees! being a consultant Alhamdulillah m still surviving...wonder what, this crazy guy offered me to join full time two weeks back.
so now we just had fun among three of us that whose farewell lunch this would prove to be. out of the three, two were consultants. they were sure that it can't be me :) the other consultant who is a DBA looked to be the next candidate to me! but not so early though.
we went to an Indian restaurant in managers Hybrid Toyota Prius. they had buffet for the lunch, and i could not eat any meat. they had pakodi, samosa, pulao, aaloo gobi curry for me. i filled my plate with pulao. i took two quarter pieces of bread but didnt start eating them until i saw other collegue using his hand for the same! i didn't act smart and used my left hand as usual for holding the spoon! I was scared using right hand and spilling the pakodi or the gobi on my manager's shirt sitting to my right!
And as usual I finished eating before everyone could eat half their plate. I don't have the habit of talking while eating, so this makes the activity quick! the talk was mostly about the market's ups and downs, acquisitions and merging of firms and the IT market history in Denver and surrounding areas. the manager just asked me where was I before joining this company, and I answered that. no more no less!
After everyone finished, the manager told,
"No specific reason for the lunch. I just thought we can sit together so that the group dynamics improves"
Thats it. we came back to work, feeling happy that it wasn't a farewell lunch for anyone!
so now we just had fun among three of us that whose farewell lunch this would prove to be. out of the three, two were consultants. they were sure that it can't be me :) the other consultant who is a DBA looked to be the next candidate to me! but not so early though.
we went to an Indian restaurant in managers Hybrid Toyota Prius. they had buffet for the lunch, and i could not eat any meat. they had pakodi, samosa, pulao, aaloo gobi curry for me. i filled my plate with pulao. i took two quarter pieces of bread but didnt start eating them until i saw other collegue using his hand for the same! i didn't act smart and used my left hand as usual for holding the spoon! I was scared using right hand and spilling the pakodi or the gobi on my manager's shirt sitting to my right!
And as usual I finished eating before everyone could eat half their plate. I don't have the habit of talking while eating, so this makes the activity quick! the talk was mostly about the market's ups and downs, acquisitions and merging of firms and the IT market history in Denver and surrounding areas. the manager just asked me where was I before joining this company, and I answered that. no more no less!
After everyone finished, the manager told,
"No specific reason for the lunch. I just thought we can sit together so that the group dynamics improves"
Thats it. we came back to work, feeling happy that it wasn't a farewell lunch for anyone!
