My hang out story at a BPO

It was winter 2006 . We are just done with our 5th semester exams and that was a big reason to worry. I had NOTHING to do for about 2 whole months. This is crazy. I thought I gotta do something or I'll be bored to death. So I decided to get a job and stepped out of my house taking my certificates.

I headed straight to a call center which is no way close to my place. They had this unusual thing called "Walk -in" interviews. I reached the place and looked at the board which said "Walk-in". I felt pity for the call center , I donno why and said to myself "Okay, If you insist !" and just walked in their office.

I asked the receptionist , "Well, I walked in .. what's next ?" She couldn't get the head or tail of what I said and she said , "Sorry??!!" .
Me: " I came for the interview "
She: "Oh, please take this form , fill it and be seated in the adjacent room. You will be called when your turn comes "
My turn had come eventually. I had to give a group discussion and some interviews. I was pretty sure that I would not be selected. But no!!!!!!!!! To my utter surprise
"I.

Was.

Selected!!!!!".
I mean what kind of crazy selection procedure do these guys have. I did not talk in a group discussion at all. They thought of me as a patient listener and nice coordinator among the group. I was asked to talk about my favourite topic. I , in my usual style , spoke about "how to talk about nothing" . I didn't really get it. What kind of person gives a score for talking ,I mean, actually talking about nothing !!!
Cheers!!!! This wasn't just a "Walk-in Interview", it's Free Job !! I never knew India had made so much progress.

Happy with my new found hobby ( or job), I thought this might be the right way to spend my holidays. I spent the holidays chilling in the office, having the so called "voice and accent" training. Hell, who cared about the training, I had great time hanging around with hot chicks and not to mention the free coffee!!
But, that was not the end of the story. The sucking part of it had to come eventually. I had to hit the floor now. The training was finished and so were my holidays. I had to take all filthy american's "gaalis" . This is really getting messy, because I was like Dude, I don't wanna miss my college !! (if you know what I mean)

I did not show up for about a month at that call center. Some people (from call center) might have called me up, but yeah, this cool technology called cell phone saves my day, time and again !!! Coolest part of this technology is that when you receive a call, you could actually CUT IT!!!
Isn't it awesome ?
But these guys were really tough ones. They just couldn't let me go. This crazy guy called me up at 1 AM and he was pretty pissed off. I had to answer this call to settle it once and for all.

The guy: "Hello, (in a bit more louder tone) Hello!!! "
Me : "Yes, who's this ? "
Guy: "This is Personal Relations Officer, XXX BPO services. Can I talk to Rohit ?? "
Me: " aammmm .. hmm m !! "
Guy: "Where is he?? He is supposed to show up at the office by this time ? I mean, where the hell is he?"
Me: "amm.. !"
Guy: (in a fierce tone) "This guy has really messed up with us. He has been unconforming to the standards of the company. He already had a training on voice and accent. And he disappeared "
Me: " ..."
I had to find a way out of this. I thought I would tell him, that I would come to office to resign formally and pay the compensation or work for them if the compensation was quite unaffordable.

Guy: "Please tell me where can I find him ?"

But wait, so the guy did not expect me to be Rohit, not even remotely ?? .. This is awesome !!!!!
Then suddenly some crazy brilliant part of me struck me like lightning and I said..

"He is not with us anymore !! "

And I prayed to God that he at least would not laugh at me for playing such silly pranks.

Guy : "What !!!! "

Me : " He died. He has expired"

Guy : (in a pretty soft tone)" Oh no, oh no .. when did this happen ?? "

He actually believed me !!! Oh yes, this was my chance !!

Me: "Just about a week !!"

Guy: "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to offend him. It's just that we're a little upset about him for not showing up at office"

And I accordingly lowered my tone and said "Yeah, It's ok !!" and hung up.

Life couldn't get any better !!! And the best part of it "the guy did not even ask to whom he was talking to !!!". Way to go BPO's !!!