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PR kiya toh darna kya

Foot where?

Transcript of conversation with anonymous public relations professional on newsroom phone a few days ago. Edited for readability.

(Phone rings)

Sidin: Hello… Sidin (It is a miserable habit of mine, that line. So many people respond by saying: “No.”)

Random PR professional: Hello Sidin! This is <mallu name> from <name of PR company>!

S: Hi. Tell me.

RPRP: I have been reading your work for a long time now. And I am impressed.

S: (Sensing a catch somewhere…) Oh thank you very much.

RPRP: Especially the wonderful work you’ve been doing in the area of Law firms and legal services…

S: (What the…) Oh I see. Which stories in particular?

RPRP: Oh the one… err.. you know the story… this particular one… I mean the one on…

S: (Aha! The plot thickens…) Oh you mean the one I wrote last weekend?

RPRP: EXACTLY! That one. It was so, so, so good…

S: On legal services no?

RPRP: Yes yes.

S: Ah but I have NEVER EVER written a single world in my entire career on legal services and law firms…

RPRP: Never?

S: Not once.

RPRP:

S:

RPRP: Maybe I have my information wrong.

S: Maybe you do.

CLICK!

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Mridul 3 months ago 1 point
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If there is anything more arbit than that phone call, Its your putting it up on this blog!
Or did I miss the point?

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maxdavinci 3 months ago 1 point
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LOL, it reminds me of the calls I got from recruiters while I was still in grad school. They were apparently impressed by my fantastic (non-existent)work experience...

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Banno 3 months ago 1 point
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What did he want of you, anyway? But this is the age of random phone calls, isn't it?

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Tamanna 3 months ago 1 point
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Makes you wonder how this conversation would have turned out if you hadn't given out your name when you picked up the phone.

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Priti 3 months ago 1 point
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LOL
You should have played along a bit more.... :D

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silverine 3 months ago 1 point
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LOL!!

Reminds me of calls I get from Barclays bank every day of the week.

"Hello Ms Anjol Pildong? ( they actually said that) Since you own a Barclays Card, we are giving you a personal loan worth 1 lakh 50 thousand."

"But I don't have a Barclays Card."

So what madam, you can till avail of the loan!

:D

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Nishanth 3 months ago 1 point
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One thing i m still wonderin is the significance of in the conversation.(aredey sidin athu .. :P)

it adds up to the humor though,,.. ;)

keep writing brotha...and you rock as usual!!!

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Nishanth 3 months ago 1 point
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significance of MALLU NAME in the conversation**

BTW.. it was not reading anything enclosed within tags :D

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RukmaniRam 3 months ago 1 point
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You sure the person did not say "I have been *following* your work for a while now, especially in law firms and legal services"? Because that would have thrown the whole thing in a more hilarious direction!

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Salil 3 months ago 1 point
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Hello Sidin (I guess you will not respond 'no' to that address),
I tend to agree with Priti. You should have played along a bit longer.
Good one. Keep them coming.

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purvapar 3 months ago 1 point
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tee hee hee

mustave been an MBA.. :P

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Meow 3 months ago 1 point
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Wouldn't it be awesome to see the look on that poor guy's face?

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Shrinidhi Hande 3 months ago 1 point
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you cut it short abruptly... could have talked some more to find out what exactly he wanted...

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nidhi 3 months ago 1 point
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poor PR guy - must've been working on some 'database' boss shoved down his diamond print socks!

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Lakshmi 3 months ago 1 point
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Mediocre :( By Sidin standards.

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Sidin 3 months ago 1 point
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In hindsight I should have.

But then I was in the office you know. And you know how committed and focused us media types are when we are mired in work and... ok I can't even type that with a straight face...

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Sidin 3 months ago 1 point
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What?! You think we MBAs randomly pick up the phone and call people and ask them random questions?

Only during our internships I assure you.

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Sidin 3 months ago 1 point
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You mean to say that real life incidents in my life are not fun enough as per my standards?

Oh. Sigh.

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Nikhil Narayanan 3 months ago 1 point
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Sidin,
That was a quickie. :(
Guess you wrote the as-in-where-is story and with no contribution from you.
Reminds me of something like minutes of a meeting.
Go get a dose of steroids and come back in form!
-Nikhil

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purvapar 3 months ago 1 point
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OKAY Sid.. I want an honest answer alrite

WHAT if the PR Person had been a gurl? and sounded veryy *interesting* ahem...

like that KANDY FOXX female sounded in the Hatke Virgin mobile ad?? :D

would you have written an article pronto on legal stuff and resumed the chat.. or wud u still help her gently put her foot in her mouth? (my fingers actually did not want to type that last bit)

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