Orkut is great. It's fantastic. But you need to use it intelligently to get maximum benefit out of it and not to get into any trouble at the same time.
When I say 'trouble', I have something very specific in my mind. A one-off incident may be but that doesn't guarantee that there are no other potential troubles associated with the use of orkut.
Here is a simple story of a poor guy who got himself in real mess due to exessive , frequent but a bit unlintelligent use of Orkut.
The guy works as a Software Engineer in one of India's top three IT Consultancy firms. He worked hard for a couple of years and then was sent onsite to work directly at the clients' den. Before leaving he signed an agreement with the company that he won't be back before serving the clients for at least a year. This was okay. He came, he worked for a year and then he was asked to stay back for one more year.
He was in two minds, thinking about his commitments back home like ailing father, long overdue marriage etc. Still, he decided to postpone everything for one more year and stayed back. About ten months later he was desperate to get back to India so he called up his manager in India and said he really wanted to come back this time because there are a lot of things he needs to take care of back home. Returning home at the earliest is a must. His manager asked for a few days' time. He called him again the next week and got the same response. After a few more such calls the manager got irritated and said "See dude, we are trying to find a suitable replacement for you. Till we zero in on someone, you gotta stay there."
Our guy was furious and said "I'm sick and tired of this place and I don't care whether you have found a replacement or not. I'm going back after a month."
There was a silence for about ten seconds and then came the shocker from the manager.
"Well, I don't really believe you are sick and tired with that place. You are enjoying life out there, aren't you? Only yesterday I saw you had updated your album in Orkut by uploading pictures of your last weekend's trekking trip."
That was it.
Moral of the story :Never ever keep people who might put you in trouble (especialy the boss)in your Orkut friends list. In fact just put them in the ignore list. Also, try to make your profile non-searcheable in Orkut so that no unwanted person can view it.
When I say 'trouble', I have something very specific in my mind. A one-off incident may be but that doesn't guarantee that there are no other potential troubles associated with the use of orkut.
Here is a simple story of a poor guy who got himself in real mess due to exessive , frequent but a bit unlintelligent use of Orkut.
The guy works as a Software Engineer in one of India's top three IT Consultancy firms. He worked hard for a couple of years and then was sent onsite to work directly at the clients' den. Before leaving he signed an agreement with the company that he won't be back before serving the clients for at least a year. This was okay. He came, he worked for a year and then he was asked to stay back for one more year.
He was in two minds, thinking about his commitments back home like ailing father, long overdue marriage etc. Still, he decided to postpone everything for one more year and stayed back. About ten months later he was desperate to get back to India so he called up his manager in India and said he really wanted to come back this time because there are a lot of things he needs to take care of back home. Returning home at the earliest is a must. His manager asked for a few days' time. He called him again the next week and got the same response. After a few more such calls the manager got irritated and said "See dude, we are trying to find a suitable replacement for you. Till we zero in on someone, you gotta stay there."
Our guy was furious and said "I'm sick and tired of this place and I don't care whether you have found a replacement or not. I'm going back after a month."
There was a silence for about ten seconds and then came the shocker from the manager.
"Well, I don't really believe you are sick and tired with that place. You are enjoying life out there, aren't you? Only yesterday I saw you had updated your album in Orkut by uploading pictures of your last weekend's trekking trip."
That was it.
Moral of the story :Never ever keep people who might put you in trouble (especialy the boss)in your Orkut friends list. In fact just put them in the ignore list. Also, try to make your profile non-searcheable in Orkut so that no unwanted person can view it.
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