Bathroom Reading

This actually is a conversation from work from June 7, 2005 and as i was sorting through old mail, i found it and was still cracking up, so i had to add this to my blog. Das is a contractor from India that manages offshore contracters. He sits in the next row:

[13:55] Soumyabrata Das: u still there?
[13:55] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: yeah
[13:55] Soumyabrata Das: in package 68
[13:55] Soumyabrata Das: i have the jcl
[13:56] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: for..?
[13:56] Soumyabrata Das: the sst batch cycle
[13:56] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: oh
[13:57] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: package 68 is the fileset on the mainframe?
[13:57] Soumyabrata Das: yeah
[13:58] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: i put that on Dsname Level?
[14:11] Soumyabrata Das: wht is ur # ?
[14:12] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: 704.683.----
[14:18] Soumyabrata Das: that is ur # ?
[14:18] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: yeah
[14:18] Soumyabrata Das: thats an onsite # ?
[14:18] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: yeah
[14:18] Soumyabrata Das: you are onsite ?
[14:19] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: onsite..?
[14:19] Soumyabrata Das: without my knowledge :-))
[14:19] Soumyabrata Das: aare yaar!! i'm asking for your desk # /
[14:19] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: ohhhh
[14:19] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: hahhaha
[14:19] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: cube 84
[14:21] Soumyabrata Das: dont u have a phone
[14:21] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: yeah
[14:21] Soumyabrata Das: nearby ur desk
[14:21] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: yeah
[14:22] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: are you talking about my work phone or my cell phone
[14:22] Soumyabrata Das: can u pls share that # with me ?
[14:22] Soumyabrata Das: if i ask for ur cell won't u give it to me ?
[14:23] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: yeah you can have it, is that what you wanted?
[14:23] Soumyabrata Das: yeeah
[14:23] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: 919.264.----
[14:23] Soumyabrata Das: some # where i can call u now
[14:23] Soumyabrata Das: grt
[14:23] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: you are calling me now?
[14:23] Soumyabrata Das: yes
[14:23] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: you can call my work number
[14:24] Soumyabrata Das: not connecting
[14:24] Soumyabrata Das: give any # where i can call
[14:24] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: 704.683.----
[14:24] Betsy Thekkekandam/USA/BAC: or you can call cell if you want
[14:25] Soumyabrata Das: better u call me
[14:25] Soumyabrata Das: 704 683 ----


Ok so I called him and said 'hey', and he’s like 'umm who’s this…' and I said 'its betsy, didn’t you just tell me to call?' And he said 'no! I was talking to someone offshore...' (i.e. in India) and I was like 'ummm…' and he goes, 'I think my sametime (instant messanging application) is screwed up…'

So I go to his cube and this entire conversation on his screen was to some GDC contractor chick in India except it was all routing to me!!! I was so confused and so was he! I was like why is he asking if I’m onsite and if i have a phone…..??? duh I sit right next to you practically. And he was like why does she not know how to run a batch cycle and why is she giving me U.S. numbers…. And for each number that he tried to call, he dialed it with the 001 prefix to get to India!

HILARIOUS.