We applied for our internship here. ISB, by virtue of being a management institution, thought “internship” too mundane a name and called it "Experiential Learning Program". Unquestionably, an avoidable tongue-twister for an innocuous little piece of academic work. Applications from ISB are routed to sponsors by an Exceptionally-Smart-Guy coordinator. (Henceforth fondly referred to as ESGC*)
We met this ESGC as he was wallowing into his office yesterday and asked him about the status of our application. Here's what followed:
Friend: Hi. We would like to know the status of our application.
ESGC : Which project did you apply for?
Friend: Project number ##
ESGC : Didn't you receive an offer mail yet?
Friend: No
ESGC : Oh, then. That went to the other team.
My friend and I sighed and left.
We didn’t realise that the ESGC neither asked about our team nor told us who the "other" team was. The deal? After a day of soul-searching as to why we didn't get the project, we found the "other" team was none but "us" and that he forgot to mail us previously.
Talk about goof-ups.
* That ESGC can also be expanded as "Excessively Stinking Garbage Can" should be viewed as a strange coincidence in this context.
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ESCG ESCG tch tch---God--
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