Some days back,s I was forced to go the electricity board's office to attend to some damages done. I didnt expect anyone to be around as it was late evening and I expected the folks to stand by the reputation they have created for themselves. And to my surprise, I found an old clerk sitting in the office and casually going through the recods registered in the mamoth registers. Oldie looked through his specs and inspected my attire while I was busy blabbering my grievance. Once I was done, he gave sigh and slouched in his antique chair. He then gestured to sit down and said that he would send someone with me to refurbish the damage.
In the mean time a couple walked in and were enquiring about the modes of payment of the electricity bills. Then what I saw was shocking. The oldie had a surge of energy, which he had stored for the moment and took them to the Any Time Bill Payment Machine, which was adjoining the office. In detail, he explained the technical functionalities of the machine and the nuances of using the same. He then looked at me and called me to attend the brief-up on the new technical innovation that the Government had put in place. He then helped them pay off their bills and asked me to tell my friends about the same.
In normal circumstances, one would laughed at his technical incompetency and the uawareness he has about the know-how on the present day's technology. But, putting myself in his shoes, I thought it the other way. In a place like Bangalore, one out of two have a Laptop for themselves. But for him, after spending half a century in this organization he is still stuck with the old ledgers and books. I did see a computer, but it didnt seem to work. So the only technology that resides by him is the newly installed Any Time Bill Payment Machine. And I guess, he is working his own ways to win some accolades over the marvellous technological modernization that his organisation has brought in.
