Friends v/s Colleagues

Friends and Colleagues

There is a saying that, “Colleagues can never be friends”.

I felt this saying is very true…

Reason: Miscommunication.

If any miscommunication happens within friends, they will try to solve themselves. Even if it is other person’s mistake, that friend will put the blame on himself and solve the matter.

But in the case of colleagues, this is not the case. Even if it is their mistake, they put the blame on others and always try to be safe on their side.

That’s the difference between colleagues and friends. This world is so bad. The saying “Colleagues can never be friends” is very very true…

Generation G-A-P ?? or Not so C-O-O-L ??

Is it a generation G-A-P ?

OR

Are we 'NOT SO COOL' now?

I found this interesting topic posted in our office Bulletin Board. Take a look at it :-)

“Yesterday I was chatting (SMS) with my Cousin after a long time. She ‘s in +2 at MCC , Bangalore

She forwards a good morning message on my mobile, later followed a series of conversation:

Me :  Hey hi! How’s  you doing sweety??

She:  Hey Gm! U stil arnd? U neva rply 2 ma txts..

Me: Well dear , you know by the time I reach home it’s always 9:30 or 10 at night and you would go to bed early. Well sorry though..:)

She: s t? ya olwys lyk bus dude..:-/ fin tym fa ur swt cous..;)

Now I was getting a little confused like what was she trying to sayL.. I din wanna reply asking ‘WHAT’?? that would jeopardize my reputation of still being in this generation L.. tried hard understanding with the context

Me: Hehe :D  .. Ya kind a busy babes u know .. with work and all ..

(Me thinking..What the heck is with me ..? ‘Babes’??? She called me dude so I replied with ‘BABES’..!! is this lingo appropriate with that generation?? Well I tried to be one of them :D)

She: yea .. Reli.. ows wrk ’on now?

(God! What’s this now?? Whats up with kids now-a-days? They swallow half of the letters in a word..)

Me: It’s ok now dear. I’m sort of free these days as it is the end of year and considering that vacation is up next in the US. Should be free until Jan 15^th.

(All the Effective email communication training affect that am used to type all the words with all the letters inside it. Uff.. such huge gap between us )

She: Beta!

(Now what’s this supposed to mean..one word?? I din dare to ask again thinking it would not be so cool.. I desperately wanted to be one of them now and wanted that college-going-kid feeling. So I checked my previous messages and first SMS had something like ‘Neva’ which I assumed it for ‘never’. So ‘Beta’ would be ‘Better’.  Now I got what she wanted to convey..uff)

Me: yes.. Enjoying my free time at office :)

She: Hey u so mean! Y din u cum to hme lst week wen ur bro,kid n bhabi cme?

Me: Hey sorry honey, I had to meet one of my friend that day.. so couldn’t turn up.

She: cme nxt tym.. dy told u wudn cme.. I was lyk xtrmly angry.. Hey kidz so adoble.. cutie pie..

(Well.. atleast by now I should be able to understand this..:))

Again  SHE: wts tkin u long tym to rply??

(God.. its been ages since I did a rapid SMS conversation.. and moreover I got to understand her msgs.. well I tried my best to reply fast)

Me: yes sure swtz .. I’ll come next next time .. Now you take care of yourself. I gotta go.

She: K den. Cme nea colg nytym .. ll intro to ma frens ;) .. c ya

Me: Oh that’s sweet.. then for sure will come :) .. cya take care.

By the end of all this I felt so ancient and totally felt out of place. The only thing cheered me up was meeting few gals at MCC when I go to see her  hehehe.. hope I wouldn’t feel so ancient when am there“

This sometimes happens to us also. Now, even I’m wondering what is the answer. Is it really generation gap ??  Or we are not cool anymore ??  Any answers ??