May 09, 2007
Keeping Mum
So
, we have this intern working out of our office for the next few weeks and it's been an interesting experience so far. This guy is supposed to be super-intelligent but if this is the case, I don't know it. Cos he keeps so quiet that it's as if he's non-existent. All I hear out of him is some occasional tapping on the keyboards.
But the most annoying thing about him is that he never replies audibly. Instead, all he does is a head roll. (Did I mention he's from India?) If you ask him a yes/no question, you get a head roll. If you tell him something, you get another head roll. As far as I can tell, the head roll for "Yes" is no different from a head roll for "No". It's exasperating. I can't tell if he understands what I'm asking and what his answer is if he does understand.
I'm just glad I'm not his mentor. I'd have throttled him by now, with all the head rolls. Don't get me wrong, this is not a racist thing - it's not the head-rolling that I mind. It's that he doesn't verbally answer. You can roll your head all you want or even flap your hands like a chicken by all means but just answer me at the same time, that's all I'm asking.
In fact, his mentor seems almost about ready to throttle him. And so, we have today's BQOTD, courtesy of a very frustrated analyst:
Frustrated analyst: "Diarrhea up here (pointing to her head), constipation down there (pointing to her mouth)."
Hahaha. For once, I'm glad I'm still a junior analyst. And, I wonder what happens if we ask him an open-ended question... Will his head drop off from all the rolling? Teeheehee.
Posted by scrabbyfoo at May 9, 2007 12:54 PM