Friday, January 30, 2009

Manipulation!

Have you ever witnessed a formal business presentation that began with a slide that said
"All characters and data presented in this presentation are fictional. Any resemblance to an existing company is purely coincidental"
Four geniuses at work behind this so-called strenuous consulting exercise. We were supposed to get first hand information from the company and we did .. from a fictional character that works in XYZ (name changed to protect the fictional!)
Here we are, stuck in a group discussion room for the past 3 hours.
Subjected to bad bad multiple dreams, one of us is sweating and walking around like its the last hour. Rest of us are listening to music and making up reasons for profits / losses.
"Presentations are supposed to be serious stuff", they say. In two years I ve learnt it all!!! Finally its the gift of the gab and "lie with confidence" that works all the time.
Oh and btw, we ended up scoring the highest without even knowing the products of XYZ!!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

i am not a commentator, but all i can say is this: Abhinaya is just too good, and her style of writing is unmatched. if you know what actually forms wit; dunno how many of you have actually read this quote by Sir William Shakespeare (Brevity is the soul of wit), then all i can say is this - Ms Abhinaya fits the description better than almost anyone else I've read. She chooses her words to the last detail, and her 'flow'less communication would make any creative ''copy'' head a lil envious. Maybe she should reconsider her ambition and become a copywriter. She suits the role best, better than anybody else. HONEST. keep writing, mam...

Anonymous said...

it doesn't work all the time - my group was caught lying, the prof flunked three in my group and gave the rest C minuses [:D]

(or maybe we're just terrible gassers)