team work

The Human Resource manual(the one i have) defines 'team-work' as, 'individuals working together and Cooperating within the group, especially among the acquired subsidiaries or merged parts of a corporation,to create an enhanced combined effect and achieve the over all oraganisational goal'.

does one need to learn this wicked definition to understand what teamwork is...

Absolutely Not.

one can play a cricket match against the neighbouring societies and lay a bet, to witness the panache with which the uncalled for rivalry makes an appearance .

And how the 'At War Cousins'(Dhi and Sur) for once stop swearing at each other and suprisingly egg the other fellow on or how the 'Heavy Footed slow coach'(Ra) starts sprinting faster than Maurice Greene. all this to acheive the common goal....A GLASS OF COKE. (the goals differ depending upon....the mood in the camp) and also respect of being mentioned when Cricketing topics crop up.

or even better.....Sit on the last seat of a BEST ( Mumbai public transport Bus) as i realised today.

i met Sur in the line, we got in and took the seat near the rear entrance(people usually sit there to check out the ladies who enter...i sit there to minimise my negotiating the evening traffic in the bus). Sur was sitting next to me, and the bus was moderately full when the Conducter signalled the departure with the tug on the string bell. i was emptyin my wallet for some idiotic reason and Sur was generally trying to check out the ladies out of the window. I normally am aware about the kind of people around me in the bus, but not today.

Then all of a sudden, 10 mins into our journey we heard a big thud. My first impression was that someone had fallen off the bus. but i couldnt see anyone through the rear window....maybe someone dropped his bag....well there was nothing on the road.

then i saw an old man...out of his wits....as if he had jus been transfered into this eon from the biblical times.....

then it occured to us...rather to sur....who told me that someone must have flicked his wallet or his bag...and bag it was.

After the 'post mortem' which is synonymous to the Mumbai, as Bush is to nincompoopism....Sur explained that there were 6 guys, who boarded the bus at the first stop....2 of them sat next to us....2 stood in front of the unfortunate victim...and 2 on his side. All this is near the rear entrance.

2 mins into the ride, the 2 sitting next to us, offered their seats to healthy individuals, (i mention that to suggest it was not out of respect) and stood behind the Victim. Then all of them lunged forward as if the Bus had breaked hard. And thats when they made their move. Dont ask me how the poor man didnt realise that his bag was being snatched....he realised it later when this guy standing next to him told him what had happened.

He got down, all shaken up and crossed the road on being directed by a good samaritan. Whether he was yelling or not, i donot know. But he sure was hassled.

Sur, so well versed with these harsh realities of life....told me that the good samaritan was infact part of the gang, and directed that man in the other direction(Damn it sur...u are tellin me all this now).

Hows that for a freaking pull off...!!!

Team work jus couldnt have gotten better.

.........Maybe second only to ours in a cricket match.