Infinite thoughts

Since we had moved to our new flat, we were struggling to get LPG connection. The society where I am staying is supposed to have a piped gas facility, to be supplied by the builder. It's been more than 2 years now, but the scheme is not yet complete and residents are still struggling to see the end of the tunnel. In an attempt to get rid of this problem, we decided to apply for new LPG connection. The search of a right distributor landed us with Jitesh Gas Agency in Waraje, who agreed to provide the connection and home delivery to my residence. The application was done in January 2008. After wait for few weeks, we got hit by the ban on new LPG connection because of the shortage of supplies. After it got resumed, finally, we got an appointment for Apr 17th with the distributor to get the new connection. On that day, we reached there with the required documentation and within few minutes the processing started. When it was time to pay the amount, we were told that we need to purchase...

गेल्या काही दिवसांपासून मी एका "home theatre"च्या शोधात आहे. आपसूकच माझे लक्ष "सोनी" कंपनीच्या उत्पादनाकडे गेले. मी त्यांच्या कोथरुडच्या दुकानाला भेट द्यायचे ठरवले आणि एका संध्याकाळी तिथे जावून थडकलो. एका प्रतिनिधीने स्वागत वगैरे केले. प्र.: "वेलकम सर. व्हॉट कॅन आय डू फ़ॉर यू?" मी: "होम थिएटर बघायचे आहे." प्र.: "कम धिस वे सर". प्र.: "हॅव अ सिट सर". मग आम्ही तिथल्या सोफ्यात स्थानापन्न झालो. समोरच दूरदर्शन संच, DVD player, ध्वनिवर्धक संच होते. ३ ध्वनिवर्धक पुढे आणि २ आमच्या सोफ्यापाशी. प्र.: "सर धिस इज अ ५.१ चॅनेल सिस्टीम. २ फ्रंट स्पीकर्स, २ रेअर स्पीकर्स, १ वूफर" त्यानंतर त्याने एक DVD चालू केली - डेमो. एका खोलीचे चित्र. त्यात स्पीकर्स दाखवलेले. आणि एक हेलिकॉप्टर वर घिरट्या घालत होते. ते चित्रात ज्या भागात फिरेल त्या भागातील स्पीकरमधून आवाज येत होता. कानाला खूप छान वाटले. दोन घिरट्यांनंतर प्रतिनिधीने DVD थांबवली आणि आमच्याकडे बघू लागला. आम्ही विचार करतो आहोत की हा पुढे काहीतरी बोलेल, अजून काहीतरी दाखवेल - नाही. शेवटी ...

Entering the era of Microwave Oven ... We bought a microwave oven from LG about 2 weeks back, just before diwali. However, we had to wait for the demo till last Saturday. The person from LG who was supposed give us a demo, didn't turn up twice, then called up on weekday, when you-just-don't-have-time for all such things. So after repeated request, that guys favoured us by visiting us on Saturday evening 8:15 PM. We were forced to forgive him for being 1 hour late as we're the needy (Remember consumer has choice only till he hasn't paid...). So finally we had the demo which lasted for about 30-40 minutes. And we learnt a few things: If the microwave is of larger capacity, it would take longer to cook the same quantity as compared to a smaller capacity appliance. After I heard it, it appeared very obvious, but frankly speaking I had not thought about it. I feel the dealer should be telling all such things to the customer. The technician told that the 2-3 medium sized po...