Saturday, June 09, 2007

An MBA's Life....

Was reading about the origin of the phrase, "A dog's life". It seems the phrase came to be associated with a life of misery or miserable subserviency.
Dogs often weren’t allowed in the house, but were kept in kennels, fed scraps, worked hard, and often died young. So going to the dogs, dog tired, to die like a dog, dog’s dinner, dogsbody, dog eat dog, and a dog’s life all refer to a state of affairs best avoided. Specifically, a dog’s life is first recorded in the sixteenth century...

Now dont get me wrong. I am very fond of dogs. Till a few years back I too used to fight for equal rights for dogs, was a part of a very famous society which worked for ethical treatment towards them and was in the habit of feeding quiet a few street dogs on the roads near my home...

But this description is something evry similar to the life of those unfortunate few who have had the misfortue of passing the hundreds of entrance exams life CAT, XAT, JMet and so on and being through the torterous GD and PIs.

These unfortunate few have to go through 2 years of hardships where they are deprived of the basic amenities of food and sleep. And it is assumed that they will ahve a good life after that. And nothing can be more wronger (See this is what happens to MBAs when they have to write without the use of google, they can even get their grammer rite).

They promptly are given jobs and shown a good chewy bone (a fat pay package) to again deprive themselves of food, sleep and family.... They are also not allowed to go home, are kept in offices (kennels), fed scraps (if they have the time to eat), work hard, and often died young

due to heart attack....

Man what has life come too...

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