Dec 07, 2004 03:12 PM
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(Updated Dec 07, 2004 11:55 PM)
Contd… from Part I. Part I can be found in:
https://mouthshut.com/readreview/66330-1.html
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D1 “Hey mate.. thas a non-issue. We will use infra red rays to punch the options for the customer. These rays would be active upto a radius of 50 yards.”
CEO “That’s great again. But how will the customer punch his options from 50 yards?”
D1 “Probably he could use his mobile phone for this”
CEO “But, what if his mobile is not compatible with our system?”
Uneasiness breaks out suddenly. That’s when D2 gains composure.
D2 “Its simple. We mandatorily thrust a mobile phone, when the customer walks at the temple entrance. We can call it, say “Talk 2 God” or “Karlo God mutti mein” As a bonus, these phones can be used to speak to human beings too if they desired too. There would be various plans like Almighty 500 or Almighty 800 based on their commitment levels etc. This in turn will mean a “loyal customer base” for us and hence, assured business. Customers also need not buy this mobile everytime they come to the temple. Once they buy it, they have almost got a life time membership to our temple. Now.. this takes of many things… a) God of customer’s choice (the same customer may prefer to see Ganesh one day and Hanuman the other, depending on whether its Tue or Sat or whatever), b) additional sales of mobile phones (we can possibly launch a special scheme to our existing mobile users), c) possibility of becoming one of the wonders of the world and d) lots of upgradeable features in future if required.”
CEO “you mean you actually upgrade this to something further? I thot we have hit the ceiling”
D2 “’No mate….There are upgrades possible. As Director – Mktg, I would first be planning to target International audiences. They can hook up thru the net, where they enter their membership data. This will enable them to access GOD FINDER and select the god of their choice. So we can have GOD FINDER physically present in selective national hubs based on the demographics. Plus, we can install combi features. So you can see the head of Ganesh, the body of Hanuman, the hands of Saraswati, the Sword of Kali, the feet of Sai Baba etc. Also, this place would definitely become a tourist’s delight. So we can in turn pressurize the govt to give us special subsidies and also join hands with leading 5 star hotels and install our mini God Finders at all such prominent hotels or retail locations.”
D1 “And as director – Projects, Im also to look after the service delivery. Hence, we would also float another company, which will be a call center unit, having 1000+ executives answering our domestic and international customer queries like “which is the latest god now”, “my device doesn’t have the network here”, “I paid the bills last month, but I still cant see God” or any technical or membership or quality related problems”
The CEO is on cloud 9. The aroma of the 9th coffee entering the conference room brought him down. Taking a sip, he said “This is it mates. Outstanding. Not in my experience in the past 5 decades have I hit upon such a marvel. I will prepare the budgets & estimates, while you guys think about the promos & logistics”
The grandiose project commences amidst lots of publicity and blessings of the who’s who in politics. 5 years hence, the project is completed. Name of the Temple? The WYSIWYG temple.
The national daily screamed “Punch your favorite God and (S)He shall be yours”. Another leading reported “People decide God’s Fate”.
2 years later, WYSIWYG temple made to the Guinness book of records. It wrote “Even the God can’t be sure now”.
3 years down the line, The subscription to WYSIWIG temple was a staggering 90 crores devotees. WYSIWIG had 37% of its customers (devotees) from international borders. A full-fledged call center got installed at Gurgaon and Pune, 1000 seater each. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs joined hands to come out with the GOD FINDER installations at multiple locations across the globe. They were last breaking their head on how to materialize the “prasad” for their devotees.
WYSIWIG became a prominent landmark for Hollywood bigwigs. 3/4th of the next version of matrix was shot at WYSIWIG with each Indian God playing a stellar role through out the movie. Bollywood, who initially found the premises to be too costly, later on succumbed (they have to ape Hollywood, right?) and famous dialogues got scripted “Maine aaj tak tere se kuch nahi maanga. Lekin aaj maang raha hoon”. What? You already heard this? Yeah.. it’s the same dialogue. Except that this time around, the God was saying this to the man.
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Thanx technology. Thy have truly stripped man of his sanity.
No.. Im not against technology. But the many uses that is being put into. In this world, more often than not, its not the NEED, but what can be marketed or commercialized that decides the next innovation or the invention, especially when it comes to utility devices or products. While I appreciate internet or emails as a great boon, the way its used is a concern. While I admire mobile phones, its surprising that people buy mobile phones to hear mp3 songs or click photos or as a device for dating.
On the higher plane, we are aiming to conquer the moons and the mars, trying to clone individuals, conquer death and on a plane below, technology is aimed at enlarging genitals and other curves of the human anatomy.
But will somebody put technology to use on the most basic plane? I learnt in school that 70% earth is made up of water. Can any techno whiz explain me then, why are we having mind blowing short falls in ensuring water supply to every house in the globe? Can a good tech savvy Samaritan or a global company take up this?
PS: If not, I may have to speak to the CEO and the team of D1 and D2.
