Dear Telstra, why are you so effed up? My trials and tribuations with the T-Company

Here’s a letter I wrote to one of the Telstra Consultants after nearly six months of calling the 1800 number.

Hello Mary (Name Changed),
I am an ex-customer of Telstra (or at least I am hoping to be one). Here is my story in chronological order:

Rouge Coder - An Inside Tirade

Let me get this clear first. Unlike rouge traders, a rouge coder is not driven by fear and greed. It is not about allure of boodle. Nobody wants to be a rouge coder. You do not become one suddenly. They either happen to be one, or become one over a period of time. Mostly, they […]

Me and My Mind

The human mind is probably the most complex biological machine in the world. Millions of chemical synapses form neural circuits that enable interconnectivity with the central nervous system.  The central nervous system in turn is responsible for, umm, everything!
You certainly do not want your mind playing shenanigans! I fall into the category of people who […]

What are you Today?

“Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue!”-Dilbert

One can go from being a statue to a pigeon to a statue again in matter of minutes! I suppose that’s life…

Taxes, Interest Rate Rises and Passing…

Apparently, these are the only three absolute certainties of life. Ironically, we dread them all!
A few days ago somebody asked me: Who do you work for? I replied, A bank. In same breath I said, so do you! If you are currently paying off a mortgage, then my friend, you also quite literally work for a bank!
There are […]

Blogmania (Amit Chawla’s First Post)

I am now officially part of the community. After owning this domain name for nearly three years and seeing several friends cave into the temptation to join the ‘blog-world’, I have decided to give it a go…
I don’t know what I am going to do here or how long this will last. I would […]

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