Mouth Shut !

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Indira Gandhi

Now isn't that true? I had been in the first group for long until I realized that its time to be in both groups. I still deal with people who religiously follow the second category. They do no work, just boast and take all the credit... and oh my god, they boast with so much confidence! There was a time, when I thought they were just helping me, only to find out later that they were helping themselves by doing nothing but boasting! That makes me wonder..don't they feel guilty about it?.. don't they feel they should have given a helping hand... aahh what helping hand.. they are a part of the team and they should have put in equal efforts. They have time for parties, movies and even falling ill but they rarely have time for work. These kind of species are interesting and then they are tagged as 'talented', 'all rounders' until they are recognized by people around. I've myself fallen into this trap and believe me I trust no one! These creatures should be kept in caves where cannibals live or even better, sent back to the time of dinosaurs through a time machine and that machine should disappear or beak down once they are there. ugh!

And then I came across this quote (the above one). It actually calmed me down. I don't crib when I come across boasters. I accept them whole heartily. Now I have my own way of dealing with them *evil laugh* What I do is... when they finish boasting the usual blah blah in front of professors, I start with a new function used in the project that interest the professors and then for the boasters its mouth shut. They know nothing about it and hence have nothing to boast. Their expression is worth seeing *evil laugh* But its sad, that they don't change. well, who wants them to change?! Keep boasting and keep making the professors realize that you are just a 'good-for-nothing' moron. Cheers!

These things make me laugh. How much we try to compete each other no? Still, it's really fun to trick the boasters into keeping their 'Mouth Shut'.