Everybody know working
in a contracting field, especially in subcontracting field is very tough job
due the pace of Projects and these days Companies are getting Projects on fast
track basis.
Tension, pressure…. again
tension, pressure. Buildings are escalating along with the human pressure.
But in the middle of all
the pressure filled arenas, sometimes we will get tips to smile and occasionally
laugh as well. Yes! It happened couple
of days back at my office.
(Let
me complete my laugh first…. Then I will start……!!)
It was a Thursday. I am
little bit busy, because I have lot of schedules to complete before week end.
It is a story of a camera.
If you are working in a construction field, no need to ask you the importance
of camera, date stamped photos for depicting different stages of progress,
inspection, observations, NCRs. We have three digital cameras at Office which
is regularly taking by our Foreman, Supervisors and Engineers for taking daily
progress photos and notify the damages, irregular installations etc.
On that busy morning,
one of our Foremen appeared in front of me and politely asked the camera for
taking some snaps from Site. He entered his name in the camera log, signed and
disappeared from office. OK good, I engaged and continued in my works.
After thirty minutes,
the same Foreman came back like a protagonist in the fairy tale. His face was
pale and looks little bit disappointed. What
happened to this Professional Photographer? I thought and my eyes splashed
to his pale face quickly.
“Bhai, this camera is
not working..!!”
“ Not working?? Jesus….
You damaged this costly camera??”
“No Sir, I am not
damaged (see the transformation of Bhai
to Sir – yes, fear will invite some respect indeed !)….
It’s not working because there is not battery inside the camera !!??”
No battery?? Camera
without battery? I stared him one minute and slowly I noticed that
Officeboy keeping that ill fated battery for charging.
“My friend, why you
taken this camera without battery?” Instead of admitting my mistake, I just
asked him a question with a overflowing smile on my face. Poor guy, he need to go back again to take the photo !
“Mere ko kya malum??.... I thought battery was there”
“ Ok, take the stuff and
bring it fast, because others will come and ask the camera now”
“Hmm… I will come back
within thirty minutes” The fairy tale protagonist disappeared from my vista.
Again I fall down in my
work. Checking my MS Outlook for
incoming emails and forwarding to the concerned.
“Sir….”
A sound like the cry of
an animal given some shock to my ear drums. Again same Foreman?
“You finished photos
session?... Ok give me the camera back”
“No…. how I can take
photo.. this camera again not working?”
“Again? Now what
happened? Did you checked it properly?
“Yah.. I checked, the
display shows No memory card…!!”
“No memory card? Who taken that memory card?... you know the
cost of 8 GB Memory Card?
“Mereko kya malum? Memory card was not there?!”
Really?
Where it gone? I
called Officeboy to check the source of memory card. He told the memory card is
with other Engineer who it taking printouts of the photos.
“Dheko.. Dheko… that is
why memory card is not in camera! “ He yelled. Yes, you are correct. I told myself and asked Officeboy to fetch
memory card and give to him.
Great! Our hero went to
Site again (It is fifth floor in the building – so you can imagine how much he
cursed me or himself !)
You, my may now thinking
this is the end of my week story. No, it is just beginning or half way only.
After thirty minutes the
hero came back from Site. Now his face is glittering like a fullmoon in the
night. He handed over the camera to me and requested me the colour prints of
his professional photography. All right, it is quite natural, because the
colour printer is only connected to my PC.
I had connected digital
camera to my computer and all the photos in the folder appeared in my monitor.
I asked him which print he wants. He stared to the monitor again and again. I
can guess he got some problem with the small size photos. I enlarged the photos,
but still he got some confusion to recognize the photos.
“My friend, you only
taken last photos, out of these snaps,
which you want to take print?”
“No, these are not my
photos…”
“Then, where is your
photo? Now don’t tell me “Mereko kya malum OK..?” He given a strange look on me to defend my
question.
“See.. this one”
“This one…? My friend, it is not photo, this is some
videos, you need the print out of your photo or video”
Now he is really
confused. Where are the photos I had
taken now? Missing somewhere? But where?
I just clicked on the
last few video files. My media played pop-up in the monitor. Just one second
video and same four videos are there.
“Yes, this.. this is my
photos!!” He yelled again like a victorious warrior in the battle field.
“But my Dhosth.. these
are video files, how I make print-out? impossible”
“Sir, it is very urgent,
you already know how many times I shuttled from Site to Office. How can I go
again and do the same work? If it is not clear, no problem, just give me the
print. Otherwise, I don’t want in colour, at least give me black and white
print-outs”
Print-out
of this one second video? What an idea Sirji? I laughed myself,
but our hero is really serious. He is requesting, again and finally started
begging for print-out of that so called Video !
He wants to get the print-out at any cost either colour or black and
white. Why it happened? I thought myself. May be in a hurry mood, he mistakenly
changed the mode of camera from photo to video.
“My dear… it is
impossible to take print out of this videos. You go, take photos and come back,
then only I can give print out.. OK?”
“ This is very, very
urgent, Engineer wants to show this to Consultant, I don’t have time to spare
again, at any cost you have to give me the print-out”
I am in a dilemma now.
How I can convey the message to this person? He is thinking I just want to
avoid him and giving some silly excuses. He is not in a mood to leave my cabin.
Finally I asked him one question.
“Bhai Saab…. If you are
going to watch a movie and after movie, can you ask theater owner the print out
of the stuff you watched?”
“No” He answered.
“Same way, how can you
ask the print-out of a video ?”
My verbal illustration
changed his face. He smiled and later laughed.
“Hmm… the print out of
video is not possible.. correct….”
He left the cabin for
another round to Site. I hope now he can at least take the real photo !
Lesson-01 : Check any
device properly before use, otherwise it will waste your time.
Lesson-02 : Check any
devise properly before you give someone, it will save your time.
