A bad day in the life of an MBA

So this is how a really bad day would begin... you would have slept at 4:00 in the morning after working through two of the question of your Organisational Behaviour mid-term submission while working on the third question... you would get up at 6:00 in the morning after dreaming about this submission all along... trust me you do not have a Eureka moment in your dreams.

You would start working on the third question and wonder wonder... you would fall asleep on the table at 6:30... not for long though as your alram clock will wake you up finally at 7:05 after 5 snoozes (@ 5 min/snooze)

You would wonder why you have to go for this Marketing class so early, but then do you want to miss the 30% marks for class participation... naah... you would get ready and dash for the 7:29 bus... and just when you would be dashing you would realize you forgot your wallet... you missed the bus...

Good thing in life come at a distance... no wonder your B-school is so far off from your house... you walk through the empty cold streets running, jogging, sweating in -3 degrees... in class at 8:01AM!!!

The first break would happen after an hour and a half... half an hour later than usual (the presentations were very interesting and the class was really buzzing today... remember its a bad day) you make a dash for the coffee and ask for Mocha... and come back to the class.

Unfortunately the human body has some limits... you are no different... so you would start getting these power naps on and off... now it is perfectly normal to sleep in the class... but not when you are sitting on the middle seat of third row of this audi... the perfect place for the proff to make eye ball contact with you... and not when you snores like begal tiger!!!

So the proff catches you sleeping and calls your name... "So Manish, tell me what fo you think about this?"

"About what!!!" you murmer... "Well I think it is a great tool to help companies decide on their marketing strategy but I am still not able to get how will this help in retention or acquiring new customers" you say (Its a marketing class what else can you say ... ) However by this time half of the class is raising their hands and you know you are done...

"Reid??" Proff calls your next seat neighbour... who of course was not sleeping (damn I dont know why he didn't prepare for the MO assignment... what about team work?)... anyways now you think you should have missed the Marketing class... so far for the Class Participation....

10:20 class over and the world economy class is beginning in 1 min... you dash for the coffee again... this time its a normal expresso... no sugar!

Economy class begins and you are back to the normal roaring/snoring business... just when the proff again calls you... this time you see the clide properly and answer why India should not manufacture automobiles and how will this impact global economy... BINGO!!! No hands this time... good show.

12:40 Economy class is over and you have to submit the MO assignment in next 20 minute... you grab a chair past in the corridor... make last minute changes, make the font bigger, double line spacing and check if it is fitting in 5 pages now... well it does and you click the dreaded submit button finally... 12:59 ... there is still a minute before your Finance group meets to discuss the assignment (to be submitted tonight)

You go slowly over the coffee counter, order black coffee... no sugar :)

Finance group meeting goes on fine, you make good assumptions for solving the case, you go ahead with entering all numbers in the excel sheet, you color code all the calculations, numbers... you make sound assumptions, your group questions those, there is a healthy discussion taking place there... untill 3:00 PM when your group realize that its only one hour before they have to part... no one questions assumptions anymore, they all want answers now... you write down the answer, there is no thought on coloring, there is no time for all that now... you copy paste formulaes, do the tough maths through brute force in Excel and at 4:08 you are done!!

You come out, check your emails, see the schedule for today's presentations thankfully there is not much for tonight but for a single company presentation that you want to attend, you go to the locker room, you wear your wrinkled Blue Jacket on your striped brown shirt and black trousers... you decide not to wear tie on the striped shirt... in mens room you check again... the jacket is really wrinkled... decide not to wear that... you look again without jacket, you haven;t shaven in days now... you look at the watch again its 4:30 you missed the bus... you decide no more presentation, you call up your friends to check if they want to go for Badminton game...

Three hours of squashing helps you a bit... you take out your frustration by hitting the ball as hard as you can... oh yes you didnt play badminton because the court was not available (sorry I missed that earlier)

Come back home at 9:00 all tired and you are hungry... there is nothing in fridge... anyways Kroger is just 10 minutes walk (remember Only good thing in life come at a distance...) you buy groceries, come back, cook food and sleep on the floor near Kitchen just after eating... at 11:00 PM you get up again... go back to your room, think about checking you email and sleep ... you open the computer, you are hooked on to the comp for the next three hours... at 2:00 AM you wonder why the hell this day not ending, you get this email about learnings from todays Marketing class and start reading all over again...

Finally you sleep at 4:30!!! Good night :)