As I sit down to write this, my mind suddenly turns blank (not that it isn’t blank the rest of the times). I had a million thoughts about what I would be writing on my farewell note but now when the time has come for me to jot it down, I can’t think of any...
I faintly remember the time when I first walked into the Tesco campus for my interview. There I was, dressed in torn denim capris, a torn Rockstar T-shirt, sports shoes with a sports wrist band (don’t know what I was thinking when I wore it but I think it was a trend then) with a blank look on my face looking here and there, observing other people and feeling like an alien...That was more than 5 years back....
A lot of things have changed since then...
I’ll be leaving behind a lot of memories. As they say, “Memories are the only things that never change even if people do”.
The best moments in my life have been spent here, I’ve made my best friends here and I’ve found love here. Whoever said “office colleagues cannot be your friends” is a myth (at least for me) and also people who said that “office can’t be fun”.
The next few lines that I’m gonna write should be overlooked by the Managers and anyone to do with the administration of Tesco as I’m gonna reveal some of the crazy things me and my friends did during my tenure here:
· While we worked on the weekends we turned the floor into a dance floor and we (sorry I) have danced on table tops, in front of the CEO’s office, played loud music and did some “porki” moves
· We played hide and seek on the floor
· I’ve had my hair cut in the lawn (yes, one of our friends was a beautician) and lucky the security guy never noticed us
· When we had no work on weekends, we used the HR interview (SSC block 2nd floor) room as our place to take an afternoon nap. The sofas are really comfortable I tell you.. J. Moral of the story- it’s best to work on weekends provided your Managers think otherwise
· Some of our guy friends sometimes posed as HR’s when there were some interviews happening over the weekend (they targeted only pretty girls though)
· We’ve come to office after having a drink...(Thank God they don’t machines to check the alcohol levels)
· We’ve watched movies during office hours on the floor by keeping a computer on one of the cubicle tops and 5-6 of us watching it together.
Well, these are just some of the things I did which are tell-able (ignore the wrong English), the others are un-tell-able... J
I’m guessing most of you might want to know (though most of you already know) why am I quitting such a peaceful job and what I intend to do next (I might sound like a snob here but c’mon, this is MY farewell note and I think I have all the right to feel like a celebrity for once)... Well, these are some of the things I want to do after I quit Tesco:-
· Study hard and find a Govt. Job (this is solely what my parents want)
· Complete my half completed book (some of you would be surprised but yes, I’m halfway to completing my book, please do buy it if it gets published)
· Do some travelling here and there and visit my long lost friends (within India)
· Be a full time blogger (http://yellowtitlee.blogspot.
· Spend more time on Facebook .. J
· Do some part time jobs like event management, work in a cloth store or maybe a fast food joint, do things that I’d always wanted to do but couldn’t due to the lack of time.. The list is never ending...!!!
I guess some of you are already bored half way through reading my note. Some of you might even be saying “who wants to know what you are and what you intend to do?” but who cares? I’m gonna say it anyway (typical Leo that I am, I will say what I want to).. J
I’m almost done but below are some of the things I want to HIGHLIGHT:-
· I LOVE you all.. I really do... I’m gonna MISS each one of you.. I’m gonna miss the romantic campus of Tesco, the fun I had here.. the jokes we laughed at, the sorrows we shared.. the good friends I made...
· Even though I wouldn’t have done it intentionally, I would certainly have hurt someone in some way or the other.. So please FORGIVE me for anything that I did or said which would have hurt you...
· I hope I don’t become one of those “out of sight, out of mind” people... Hope that all of you will keep me in your heart and in your prayers... and I’ll do the same...
· Keep in touch... whenever there’s a PARTY happening, call me and I’ll be there.. J For those who don’t have my number, it’s.... and whenever you need a place to party remember, my home is always AVAILABLE...!!
· Don’t forget to wish me on my BIRTHDAY (31st July).. even if you do forget, Facebook will forcefully remind you, so there’s no escaping...if I’m not on your friend list yet, you can add me on my email which is ......
Well, there might have been times when I’ve hurt people but there’s been times when people have hurt me by their comments as well. But all I want to say is “I came, I enjoyed and now I’m leaving”. No bad feelings, no bitter memories and all I’ll be taking is a heart full of good memories and still wondering “why do we say good bye when there is nothing good about them? L
Finally (I can hear many of you saying Phewwww..!! and did I say that my mind was blank when I started writing this?) I end my note with a famous saying by some anonymous person...
“THERE ARE NO GOODBYES... ONLY SEE YOU LATER’S...!!!!
P.S –For those who are gonna miss me really bad, there’s just one thing I would like to say... “I AM NOT GOOD WITH GOOD BYES SO LET’S JUST THINK THAT WE’RE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK AND I’M JUST GONNA BE A LITTLE HARD TO FIND”.....
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