Information is everywhere...

Subscribers roaming outside the country are charged extra for incoming SMS.

Damn.

We have been professing vigorously that the freaking networks of the foreign operators are sending multiple CDRs for Mobile Terminating SMS.

J: Extra charging happens only on Tariff Plan X. Charging is fine on Tariff Plan Y.

Bloody Hell. Why does God hate me so much? This may potentially mean that the problem is not with the networks but at our end. There you go. As though we don’t have enough problems already.

T: How do you say that?
J: Check this MSISDN XYZ. This guy is currently roaming in China and he is charged correctly for the SMS he receive. He has subscribed to Tariff Plan Y.

J was right. And there was no clue on why it was so. When you don’t find what you are looking for, you end up looking into what you generally are least interested in. T finds the name of subscriber... And Googles it...

Goodness gracious! It is the silver medalist at Beijing!!

So, that is how J gets his information about roaming subscribers.

Cool K

K mailed the team - "I am off tomorrow. My son’s 21st. See you guys on Thursday".

Me: What does 21st mean?
K: Age.
Me: What? Is your son 21 years old??
K: No... He is 8, going 9. But he thinks that he is 21.

K is the kind of hulky guy you wouldn’t fancy in the rugby team playing against you. He had actually played professional rugby in UK and NZ. He says - “My body wouldn’t take any more toll and I switched to IT”. His biceps would easily be 2 - 3 times as mine. He then startles you by declaring - “I am the smaller one in the family”.

He coaches an under-20 rugby team in his free time. His favourite Monday morning quotes are:
“Weather was so horrible that we couldn’t practise”
“My boys lost... But my son‘s team won”

Me: Any plan for tomorrow?
K: I‘ll take my son to a movie.
Me: Decided on the movie?
K: Hmmm... Not yet. Is there any good one
Me: The Dark Knight.
K: What is that?
Me: The new Batman flick. Current top-grosser.
K: Is it certified PG?
T: It is rated M. Reviews say that it is very violent.
T is Mr. Read-all-reviews :)
Me: Then, how about Mama Mia?
The whole cubicle turned towards us and said “NO...” in unison.

K is fun. I am sure he is a cool dad.

Happy Birthday, Junior-K!!!