Grass Root Level Management

Ever thought that how efficient a Manager we are specially "We-Mumbaikars" 7 Seconds... 7 seconds we have to board or get down from a train. In that very 7 seconds each door of our 9 or12 dabba train throws out around 12-15 people and propels in another 20-25 people... wow! You Turn.. Then Twist... You align yourself to get down as per the hierarchy of stations... Passengers who want to get down in the next station have already lined up... And here you are trying to least board the train and hopefully get down successfully... And am very proud of the fact that 99.9% of time each individual alights properly and efficiently gets down on their destination platform... Strategy!!! :)

The efficiency does not stop just there... Specially in the ladies compartment...! You board... You use all your energy to squeeze through the gangway and still have the energy to scream if some one is pulling your hair or blocking your way to get in... And then comes Delegation!! You ask for a seat... "Kahan uterenge??" "Parel" "Mujhe dena" "Tum?"*The lady beside the previous one* "Dadar" "Mujhe dena...Mujhe yeh seat mil gaya(To the previous one)" And the saga goes on... Its like a contract you just signed... Its important to even cancel the previous one you see coz now the lady getting down at Parel can give the seat to some1 elz.. Imagine the authority you are at just coz you have a seat to sit!!!! That very property booked by the lady *read:seat* is now hers and just hers... If some one else sits... And the person's had it... Abuses... Screaming Shouting...! Early morning or end of the day the Voice remains Intact!!

When the commodity sellers come with their products and cross the whole gangway from one end of the compartment to the other the fourth seat-ers of the adjacent seats have to turn in opposite directions let the person go or even for that matter a fellow commuter... Strategy!! You even at times end by buying stuffs at prices that you end up bargaining and feeling elated about it... Isn't that what you do in business?? Even the Commodity seller has a strategy doesn't he?? Is he any less than a Manager??

In this rat race.. each one of us thinks about doing MBA? Trying to crack the CAT,SNAP,NMAT,CET, n number other such entrances just to get One "seat" in the college of your dreams to get that One degree to add in your resume vouching the fact that now you are a Management level entrant in any firm...! But in reality are we any less than managers??? Environment like Mumbai...itz trains... hawkers... All teach us Management.. without educational loans..fees..faculty...! Just One thing Pure Experience...!

I take opportunity to award All of you out there a MBA... A MBA in Grass Root level Management...!! :) * applause!*