Bore No. 1

Some people just bore you to death. Be it their conversation, their jokes and sometimes just the face. It is very difficult to tolerate certain boring people in life. Even among your relatives, there are a few cousins who you look forward to meet but on the other hand, there are a few who you wish never came home. However, certain things in life are unavoidable and boring people are a part of this package of life. 

Expression Bore: Boredom sometimes is evident on some faces. The moor-like look on some faces just destroys even the last drop of adrenalin in your body. No, it's not about the beauty, It is about the expression which translates into English as I-am-the-last-surviving-human-and-haven't-eaten-since-1997. One look into their eyes and gone, you spend the rest of the day in depression.

Conversation Bore: Some conversations bore you till the bones. Usually this set of people, pick up topics like, "My cousin in the US", "Real Estate prices", "Insurance Plans",etc. At office, they speak about "Organizational Excellence", "Life and times of my ex-boss", "Health Consciousness", "Calorie talk", "Human Psychology and its impact on organizational dynamics" and the see-this-pic-see-this-pic-see-this-one-too kind of shit.

Among them, there is this praise-hunting gang which is often on the prowl members of which will borrow an expression from the first para types and say things like, "I am a small man, what do I have?" for which they expect a minimum seven minute long praising and a shower of compliments which will satisfy them to the core. But, for me, they are a set of boring losers. 

Also very boring are old lost friends who you meet at a bar or a gym after a long time and they directly start with,"I am the lead for this team and we are into XYZ sucksass technology...." when you are out to have some fun. Recently, I spoke to someone on phone  who explained  to me how they completed a project despite strict time-lines. Also, note that I spoke to him after six years. FML I thought.

 

 

Social Networking Bore: This is the most annoying of all kinds. Ignoring the Orkutiyas, the ones on Facebook and Twitter can bore you to an extent that you log out. On Facebook, there are these, Underground Altaf Raja Fan Club members who end up singing and humming every song that has the word Dil, Deewana, Sanam, Mahiya, Maula and Juda and put up the videos and their friends add comments like, what-a-song-so-cuteee-lolzzz etc. I find this group extremely boring. 

Also, there are these minute to minute updaters on FB and Twitter with news like, "Just got into a bus", "Ugly Bus Driver", "Temperature 29 degrees outside", "Love is life is love is life and life is love is life is love....LOLZZZ.....nice na...." kind of limpdicks. BORED of them. 

Also, extremely boring by default and by design are the finance and admin department people , men from HR dept., 8 yrs+ experienced Software Engineers (Aaarrrrgh) and the my-uncle-is-the-MLA-friend types and other such categories.

All said, I think it is in our hands not to let others bore you. I have vowed not to take shit from anyone and spoil my day to the greatest extent possible. Have you?

- Deepak Karamungikar