ID, VC & CV

After post on Identity Cards, its time to say something about those small white color cards that sit nicely in your valet and also serves as a good medium to start a conversation with strangers (read chicks in business meetings). Yes, I’m talking about Visiting / Business Cards (VC)

I carry amusing history of these cards. When I Was in my first company and afta spending like 9 months, we gained popularity and started getting invitations from “after dark” happening places for meetings. It was observed that, people don’t mind if you flash your VC on their face (just like FBI, don't move, we got you...kinds) and then with a smile start the conversation. Its one of the good things of being in IT, you already have a reason to initiate a conversation. How can I forget those angry looks (at times words too) I used to get, after saying, “You look familiar to me, were you in this college” or “Your face reminds me of Katrina Kaif…sisters??”

Jeeezzz....

Anyway, so before sending order for printing, my boss asked me, “Will you stay back for like an year, so I’ll order 100 VC’s for you”, and my obvious reply was, “Definitely”

After I got that bunch, within a week I resigned. Shamelessly I carried that VC-box along with me as Souvenir.

Came my 2nd company and I realized that during International trips, it’s very much necessary to carry minimum FIVE VC’s along with you all the time. During a meeting, you are definitely going to exchange three; remaining two can serve as spoon while munching cone ice cream’s after office.

I kept that in mind before leaving for ma 2nd trip and I didn’t even check what was printed on my VC, when I got call for 3rd company. I resigned directly from Dubai, even before landing here. While in third company, I never even bothered to carry it around coz my Designation was kindda stupid there.

However, in present company, I applied for them on my very first day itself. Thought it'll break the jinx. Somehow I survived till now, it’s already been 9months. But I don’t know for how long, as I’m already getting poached since last weekend.

Enough of me, lets focus on Visiting Cards. The main problem is to carry them around with you. I mean, in your vallet, they consume a lot of space and while travelling, one butt cheek suffers a lot. I hope I don't end up having one flat cheek...The best place is to keep it inside your tie, at the bottom part which is pretty wide. It also serves the purpose of keeping it in place.

Also, at times I wonder why VC's don’t carry a small passport size photograph on it. Then how different will it be from Identity Card? The only difference being, ID’s don’t carry summarized summary of your achievement in 2 lines, but VC does. Isn’t it?

Then can CV be called as expanded version of VC??
(Please don’t get confused in abbreviations, CV-Curriculum Vitae and VC-Visiting Card)

How many of you remember people just by looking at VC you get in a meeting from some dumb looking guy? I just cannot. I’ve poor memory for faces and most of the time I don’t even care to read what’s written on it.

Something to ponder: Do gals carry VC’s in there handbags?
I never got any in ma life yet. I mean, just wondering, are they pink in color having lipstick at the bottom. Maybe they even apply perfume to smell good. How about having a small mirror behind it, so that in emergency they can rely on quick make-up.

Who knows?

They are mystery in themselves!!