Deriving Inspiration - 3

Boarding Blues

Air travel is no more for the elite. With plenty of flight options, fast paced life and ease of travel, "taking a flight" is no more glamorous.

There's no difference between a Railway Station, Bus Stand or an Airport - Similar chaos, confusions and excessively populous.

While half the crowd confidently move around going through entry, security, reaching the Gate and boarding, other half literally run around, panic struck, asking for help from almost every staff and co-passengers.

Language is another challenge, as they struggle to get right instructions. It's not that confusing after all. Probably the massive areas, sheer size and elaborate security, poses to be intriguing.

The regular business travelers wearing the ego cap, feeling entitled and demanding.

The long queues at entry, security stresses people so much, that they act they are the only ones who are in a hurry, amidst a sea of people.

And those calls to the loved ones..I have boarded, I have landed!

Hospitality

In one of the Ted Talks that I heard, a gentleman had a very interesting advise, which most of us can surely relate - The focus of companies on Product, Service, Support is not enough these days, hospitality should be the focal point.

I totally concur. It is not enough to have a good Product, it is not enough to provide efficient service, hospitality is part of the offering that is both expected by the Client and Offered by the companies.

Probably all of us have always been offering this to our customers, but we just didn't realize it, just didn't give it a name.

As my partner says "Massaging their ego" is part of his job. In one other article, I had written how everyone in the organization have to be Salesmen, irrespective of the role you play, be it a CEO or a L1 Support Engineer.

Afterall, hospitality is no more limited to Hospitality industry. Who will not feel happy to be treated like Kings, and when especially they are giving you business.

Travel Romance

Hey You! Am Missing you. I am spending each day thinking of you, waiting to be with you, again.

Come to me, take me in your arms.

No matter how much I earn, if I don't spend on you, every penny seems worthless.

Life seems hollow when am not with you.

The pleasure, peace of mind I get when I am with you, is unmatched.

I find myself when I am with you, I find true purpose of life when I am with you.

I write so much about you, when I am with you, or after the wonderful moments I spend with you, I write about you and the experience you give me..

I am your prisoner, do not let me go...please...waiting to unite with you again soon...you give me the same pleasure if I do Solo, with my wife, with family or friends - Travel, the love of my life!

That Face!

That Face...That one face I can never forget. I don't know when and where I saw that face. I don't remember the name, yet that face is pictured in my memory.

The innocent face, very pleasing smile, silky smooth hairs, the soft skin and calmness on that face. That face had perfect symmetry of facial features and had that Golden ratio. It's as if the Morning sun rays are always on that face, making it bright and shining.

I randomly see that face in the crowd, I used to see that face in Aishwarya Rai, Emma Stone, Salma Hayek and these days I see in Ashika, Jahnvi, Raashi Khanna.

I saw that face in all my teen days crush, in the women I loved, I see the same face in my Wife.

Sometimes when I hear a good soothing music, that face suddenly flashes in front of me. The face that brings out the poet in me, the face that I see in everyone I love, and the same face that I see when I am standing with folded hands in front of Udupi Krishna!

The face I saw in my niece when she was a small baby, the face I see when my mom calls my name fondly.

Looking for that face amidst all the known faces. Do you know whose face is it?

The TV Advs

I have always been fascinated by the TV Advertisements, many of them are extremely creative and funny.

Be it Vodafone, Limca, Happydent, Cred, Men Will Be Men series, Fevkwik and the list goes on.

I saw one such another Kurkure Adv today, where a Ghost appears in a Man's room and he is petrified, literally shivering and asks her "Who are you? Why are you here?" The ghost answers "I live here". That man takes a bite of Kurkure and shakes hands with the Ghost "If we both stay in the same house, we are roommates, we should share the Rent".

The last scene was even more funny, as he is using the Ghost to walk up the roof and clean the Fans!

Some of them are not only funny, creative, but becomes legendary and gets etched in our memory for a very long time.

What's your favourite TV Adv?