Visit to MORE!!

Nowadays people are in much favor of going to food departmental stores like Food-World, MORE, Fab-Mall etc, reason being: freshness of goods, diversity in commodities, availability of new products, variety and convenience. I agree with all the points and they are damn true but past Sunday, had an incident in the MORE which I would like to share. Not a big one, but still it deserves some kind of attention!!

I didn’t go to MORE to buy many things, just a washing powder, but eventually landed in buying many things, which is usual with me. At the cashier counter, final bill was handed to me and I was just about to give the money and the same time just had a glimpse of the bill (specially the price of washing powder), also eyes went on the printed amount on the washing powder packet. Reason behind that I was just doing some stupid calculations on 200 gms and 500 gms (buying which, I’ll get cheaper deal!!) at that time when I took that packet. Quite lucky enough!! Result was “mismatch between the amount on the bill and washing powder packet”, although the difference was just of 3 rupees but then why to pay more than the prescribed amount. Just imagine same difference on 20 items, you will end up paying 60 rupees more, which is foolishness!!

In fact, exactly same thing happened with my friend, who accompanied me and standing just behind me (next turn was his). Later he told me, it’s normal in the MORE and it already happened with him more than 5 times.

If you see the slogan that MORE advertises “Our mission is to change the way people shop. We will give them more” (Aditya Birla Group). Very true friends!! Mission is slightly and slowly adding “We will take MORE from people” legally!!

So, just a note, always check the amount on the item and the bill, no harm in spending 5 minutes on it. Saying because I was never in the habit of this thing!!

Bangalore's Traffic

Traffic is ubiquitous but in Bangalore it’s more than that. People residing here must have got, to what I’m referring to!! Hardly there goes a day when there is less traffic (less here means normal and normal means so-so) and when it, then there are talks, especially in the office say “You know today I reached in 20 min from my house, no traffic at all” and etc. Apart being one of the best working places in India leaving the awesome weather conditions, this city suffers from a disease called traffic. Government is trying to solve this but relief isn’t there. People here never expected that this city will rise to such a level and symmetrically they never thought about the TRAFFIC. Problem really lies in the roads, not wide enough to handle the incoming traffic, bad condition of roads add more to it. I must not miss out the nature’s attack i.e. RAIN. Every year people are moving here to work, indication of more vehicles subsequently leading to more TRAFFIC. So keeping in mind all these things and with my personal experience, just few quick tips on how to tackle Bangalore’s traffic.

• Wake up early; heaviest, hardest, toilsome but best thing to do to avoid heavy traffic. Traffic in morning is the lightest and not many wake up early, so be the one and get the benefit. According to calculations, leave around 7:30 AM!!

• Evening, leave around 8:30-9:00 PM, less encounter of traffic.

• It’s really good to have a bike rather than a car; bike can squeeze between the open holes and can easily make way.

• Try to get into short-cuts (not meant for life) ways.

• In case if you already know about the damaged roads, skip them and take longer route because getting stuck on damaged roads is more worse.

• Keep track of weather because Bangalore’s weather is uncertain. Bad weather, leave early (personally experienced leaving in Rain and suffering the aftermaths).

• Already raining and in the office, better STAY there.

Different people have different ways of handling Bangalore’s traffic but above are the few standard ones which if strictly followed can really prove worth full.

Just hoping for day when traffic here in Bangalore becomes normal even in the peak hours!!

Tips --> Before you join any company

Switching job is not as easy what people say, think and act. General reactions are, join anyone; all are outstanding but saying is easy, actually doing it is what I experienced. It’s so confusing that I literally scratched my head, discussed with the friends, and asked them more than 10 times “Am I taking right decision”, “Will it help in my future career”, “How to proceed further” and many more such type of useless and wobbling questions kept on striking in my skull. It becomes more tedious, dreading and confounding task when you got more than 3 job offers in your damn hand and then you need to come on conclusion in no time. No matter how helping your friends are, the ultimate decision is yours only. No one to blame!!

Any wrong step, most welcome to empty well. To avoid such kind of results, I thought of pulling all things together and draft it somewhere, may be of some help to others as well. So below are few steps which I took:

• Eye on the companies as per your skill set and domain. If however, wants to shift from one domain to other, be careful. It’s risky but risks are meant to be taken. It may prove worthy in some cases but deviating from you skill set need extra efforts. If ready, dive buddy.

• Go thoroughly the company’s websites A to Z.

• If any confusion regarding the work you going to put in, DON’T HESITATE to ask from the HR, even after you got the offer letter. Drop an email and clarify it ASAP. It’s always better to ask like a stupid person rather being a stupid all the time.

• Be clear about the package offered by different firms. It happens most of the times, the way package seems; don’t look same after you join the firm. Again, any incertitude’s, get it rectified with the HR.

• Comparison b/w the job offering firms. Analyze which firm is offering more precise work to you who again should be in line with your domain and skill set.

• I didn’t mentioned what to do “If any company is offering more and still it don’t matches with my previous work?”. For this, money isn’t everything but by GOD it’s not less then GOD. Don’t think about the short term benefit you’ll get, @ one level everything gets normalized. Decorate your resume and you will be paid. Remember decoration needs time!! So in short, according to me go for equilibrized things. There is something called self-satisfaction also exists.

• See how much you can grow with the company. Will you achieve your goals? Imagine yourself after 6 months, where you’ll be if you join that firm. What more you will add? How it going to be lucrative for you? Just answer them!!

• Check out the company’s work environment as well, it shouldn't be interfering with your social life.

• If decided, like a true professional, write a regret email to all other firms which you can’t join. It shows your true professionalism. (sample letter @ the end)

So, above mentioned are few points which you can follow while selecting the company. I know there are still many more things which I missed, feel free to add!!

Here is the sample regret email letter for reference.

Hi ……..,

I wish to inform you that due to some pressing problems at my end, I am unable to join “Company’s name” in “Location of company”. Even though I would feel honored to join your organization, but due to these unavoidable personal circumstances, I regret to say that I will not be able to take up the assignment and as such request you to kindly make alternate arrangements.

My sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused to you.

Regards

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