Confucius: "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change"

Me:What does that mean for women?
All wise and stupid women change...
or
Not all wise and stupid women change...
or
All wise and stupid women don't change...
or
Some wise or stupid women change...
or
All unwise or not-so-stupid women change...

Agent

Situation: We (our family minus me) has recently moved to Hyderabad and my parents don't browse web much. So, we don't have internet connection at home. I have arrived here a couple of days back and wanted to get internet connection. Below is the chronology of things that happened in this effort to get it started.

--Scenario: We make a phone call--
Before I arrive in India

We: We want internet connection after a few days. What are the rates? etc..

Internet company person (Agent): Sir, we have x, y, z kind of rates. When can I come to install?

We: Wait, we need to decide. We will give you a call.

Agent (Day 2): Sir, hello, when can I come to take payment and install?

We: Wait, we will call you.

Agent (Day 3): Sir, hello, when can I come to take payment and install?

We: Wait, we will call you.

Agent (Day 4): Sir, hello, when can I come to take payment and install?

Agent (Day 5): Sir, hello, when can I come to take payment and install?

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everyday for 2-3 weeks..

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Agent (2nd week): Sir, hello, when can I come to take payment and install?

Agent (3rd week): Sir, hello, when can I come to take payment and install?

We: Wait, we will call you.

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After I arrive in India
We (after 3 weeks): Hi. Can you come today and install?

Agent: Yes, sure Sir.

Agent comes to our house; takes payment [in full]

We: When will you get the cable/ modem? (meaning, When we can start using the thing which we paid for?)

Agent: Immediately (means tomorrow). Sir, the person will come in the morning and the connection will start by evening.

We feel happy.

Next day morning: We are happily waiting. Then we are just waiting. Then we wait, with some frustration till the evening. Nobody comes. This is a vacation time for me and I don't want to sit at home doing nothing but waiting. Well, we made a phone call to the "agent".

Agent's wife: O, he is performing pooja.

We feel "no feelings".

We wait for him to return our phone call. Wait goes in vain.

The next morning, we again make a phone call.

Agent: Hello.

We: We called you yesterday.

Agent: O really? (astonishment?)

We: When can we get the thing which we paid for (in cash)? You told us, it would happen yesterday.

Agent: Sir, they (people who do the installation) will call you soon.

We: Ok.

We get a call after some time (not immediately).

Agent's installation friend: Sir, is this really you? I mean, ... (asks some trivial details about name, address, etc). Sir, this is a confirmation call (really?)

We: We want this thing installed tomorrow morning.

Agent Installation friend: Sir, we will be there, for sure, by 2.00 pm.

We feel Ok.

At 3.30 pm, We: Hello, when is the installation happening?

Agent's installation friend: Soon (We were not sure what it meant).

Very soon..

There is a thinnest possible person at the door.

At the door , the slim boy says, Sir you live on the 5th floor. I don't need this long wire I have with me. I need a shorter one.

Slim boy vanishes and comes back with a shorter wire. He comes inside our house, asks a few questions about location of our laptop. He has no clips to stitch wire in place or hooks to hang it on the wall. Basically, he has the shorter wire and that is all he has. I am dumbfounded. In my memory and some common sense, the person doing the installation should have some basic tools. Anyway..

Slim boy: Sir, the wire is long enough. It should be sufficient.

Me: Ok. So, is everything ready?

Slim boy: No Sir. The person with a modem will come in less than an hour.

Me: Astonished! (I had forgotten that a modem is required) Ok.

Modem guy appears.

Modem guy: Hello Sir. I am from xyz internet company.

Me: Ok. Come in.

Modem guy starts the connection.

Modem guy: Sir, are you going out?

Me: (Confused) Ummmmm... No.

Modem guy: Your father had called and said that you have to go out and so I came running.

Me: Yes, we might go out (Also thinking that if dad had not called, this guy would not have come)

I feel happy and relieved that I am connected!

Lesson learnt: If someone says, that, "We will come soon or tomorrow", means, "We will come when we have time and when we have nothing else to do. We already have your money."

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