amitabh ghosh::During my official trip last week, i had to visit a large govt psu organization amitabh ghosh

amitabh ghosh::During my official trip last week, i had to visit a large govt psu organization.
When i first visited this organization more than a year back, my colleagues cautioned me about the work culture and the pathetic status of utilities.
Initially i brushed them off as overzealous criticism but was proven wrong.
During the lunch hour, my host asked me if i would prefer a working lunch.
The scornful look and the cornier reply can be only displayed and not described!
The bengali readers would understand when i draw an analogy to manoj mitra in one of his scornful looks and one liners in any of his shows.
Hence, it is definitely nice to know some more variety!
This was early 2008.
Cut to 2009 oct and i was visiting another office of this largely spread organisation.
During my visit, i had to wait for some meeting scheduled post lunch.
Unfortunately, the coordinating officer was away and could not arrange for lunch.
It was the most blunt and rude refusal that i had ever heard.
And i backed off.
It was then that me and the driver set out for our quest for some decent place to have food and it ended after travelling almost 10 kms.
Many of you may be thinking why i am making such brouhaha over some lunch.
The point is attitude.
When you have a location immediately surrounded by ghettos and shops selling beef, and you invite people from distant places, the minimum one can do is arrange for some basic utilities of food and drinking water.
The apathy and boredom is distinct.
Years of immense clout and power of trade unions has led to a situation where a person today has no positional authority when it comes to disciplinary issues.
So what have we ended up with?
The red bastion continues its run.