Indebe yekofu yeCCD! Kulapho Umtshato Wethu Waqala khona

KwakungoNovemba 1998. Ndandisandul’ ukufudukela eBengaluru njengebhinqa elisandul’ ukutshata. Ndandiwuthathile umsebenzi wam wokuphumla ndaza ndabushiya kude ubomi bam eDelhi ukuya kuqalisa ubomi obutsha eUru ezele ngumthi. Bendingabazi abantu abaninzi edolophini kwaye uninzi lwabantu endibaziyo bebesiza ngomyeni wam.

Kungelo xesha apho ndafumana iqabane lam lobomi phezu kweencoko malunga nekofu kunye nomtshato. Kwaba ngesiquphe kodwa kunomlingo, kangangokuba ndisacinga ngezo ntsuku kwaye ndiziva ndinomdla. Ngaba kuqhelekile ukufumana amabhabhathane esiswini sakho emva kwayo yonke le minyaka?

Ukuncwasa, Ezothando, ikofu kunye noMtshato

Ndathandana nomyeni wam kwaye ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-90, satshata. Ndandisazi ukuba kwakufuneka kube njalo kwasekuqaleni. Ibali lethu liyindibaniselwano entle yeemvakalelo kunye nokusebenza. Uthando ekuqaleni oluye lwatshintsha kancinci lwaba yinto edla ngokuba mnandi, ngamanye amaxesha ekrakra, kwaye ihlala ixesha elide. Kufana neso siselo sokuqala sekofu.

Andazi ukuba nini okanye njani, kodwa safuduka ngokungenamsebenzi kubomi basekhaya sobabini – bendimphekela, andiphakele ikofu ngothando, emva kokuba sifudukele sobabini, sasiye sixabane ngobudenge emva koko silungisane (kwaye silungise!) iiyure ezininzi.

I-Bengaluru yayingafani neDelhi

I-Bengaluru yaziva yahluke kakhulu kwi-Delhi. I-Infosys, iWipro, iMicroland iqhubekile yavela kwiincoko ezindijikelezileyo. Ayizukuba yinto yokubaxa ukuba ndingunovice wetekhnoloji kwaye umyeni wam wayechasene.

Wayephethe inkampani yakhe yokubonisana (Ewe, ndingowokuqala kwikhaya lam lonke ukutshata nosomashishini. Ndiqinisekile ukuba oomalume bam kunye noobhuti bam bamele ukuba babenosizi kakhulu ngalo mtshana wabo okhethe umntu ongekho emsebenzini karhulumente).

Emveni kokuba sizinzile kwikhaya lethu eliphantse lafana noZen (kaloku, yayilikhaya elingenafenitshala), ndandilandela umyeni wam apho aya khona. Wayenayo ilaptop kodwa kwakungekho fowuni ekhaya.

Andikhumbuli nabani na owayene-intanethi ekhaya ngelo xesha. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe osemthethweni njengokuthumela ii-imeyile kunye nencwadana yeendaba, umyeni wam kwafuneka aye kwi-cyber café. Yayiyibhonasi kuthi kuba sobabini sasizithanda iicafe ezincinci ezintle kwaye sithetha ngekofu kunye nomtshato kunye nothando.

Intshayelelo yam kwiCCD

Nantso indlela, Ndaqala ukwaziswa ngoSuku lweCafé Coffee kwiNdlela ephithizelayo yaseBrigade eyayiyivenkile yekofu-cum-cyber café. Njengoko ndandingena kwiCCD, ndacinga ukuba ipholile kakhulu kwaye intle kunayo nantoni na endandihlala ndihlala kuyo eNew Delhi.

Kwakukho into malunga namandla aloo ndawo kwaye ndathatha ukuthanda kwangoko. Baye baphakela ezona maqebengwana amnandi bagalela ikofu yam ngothando, oko kwatshintsha isimo sam esibi saba sisilungileyo.

Nangona sasisele sitshatile, kwakukho ikhubalo malunga nendawo eyayisenza kube ngathi sisebancinci abathandanayo. Ikofu kunye nokuthandana zihamba kunye, kodwa kuthi, yayiyikofu kunye nomtshato. Wonke amava eCCD afake intlantsi kubudlelwane bethu.

Iikomityi ze-cappuccino ezinegwebu zazivakala zisondelelene kwaye zimnandi, njengobomi obutsha endandibuphila. Phantse yonke imihla, bendisiya kwi-CCD naye, ndithethe, ndisele ikofu, kwaye ndimazi ngcono. Akukho nto ifana nekofu emnandi kunye nencoko yokuqinisa ulwalamano!

KwaCCD ndafumana isazisi sam sokuqala se-imeyile

Sihleli apho kunye, ngenye imini umyeni wam wavula iakhawunti yeHotmail egameni lam (ewe esongeza ifani yakhe egameni lam). “Sisazisi esinomtsalane,” yayiyingqiqo yakhe) nangona ndandingazange ndibenawo nawuphi na umnqweno wokuthatha ifani yakhe.

Njengomfazi othembekileyo, ndanikezela ngee-imeyile ze-imeyile zabahlobo abambalwa ukuze abhale inqaku elisisiseko ebazisa ngobukho bam. Ke, kwakuseCCD, eBrigade Road, ethe yaqhuba uhambo lwam lwenyani, nangona ngoncedo oluninzi oluvela kumyeni wam.

Enye ikofu kunye neprank

Yintoni umtshato ngaphandle kokonwaba, akunjalo? Kulungile, into enika umdla kukuba njengoko umyeni wam wayekwazi ukufikelela kwi-password yam, ngolunye urhatya oluhle xa wayeye eCCD yedwa, wabhalela abahlobo bam ii-imeyile (kuquka nesithandwa sam sangaphambili) ebaxelela ngendlela obumnandi nolonwabo ngayo ubomi bomtshato wam kunye nendlela athandeka ngayo umyeni wam.

Kubahlobo bam kunye nomdla wothando, le imeyile yeza ngokumangalisayo (abo bandazi kakuhle bayazi ukuba andingomntu wokugruzuka kwiqabane/isithandwa, alibale ngomyeni okanye ngaloo nto umtshato).

Le miphefumulo imsulwa, ngelixa inandipha isabelo sayo seWills Flake kunye ne-rum punch kwiglasi yentsimbi, yazibuza ngale 'gush gush' ye-imeyile yam engaqhelekanga. Kodwa ke, kwimeko yabo 'yeWills-rum', bayityhola loo 'mahomoni ovuyo kwiintsuku zomtshato zasekuqaleni. '

Ewe, ndakhawuleza ukuyibona le prank idlalwa ngumyeni wam kwaye kungekudala ndatshintsha igama lam. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa, ndaqalisa ukusebenza yaye ekugqibeleni ukutyelela iCCD kwaba yinto enqabileyo. Kodwa iCCD yayisoloko indinika uncumo ebusweni bam.

ICCD iyakuhlala iyinxalenye yebali lomtshato wethu

Umtshato ngamnye unezibali zawo eziphathekayo nezingaphathekiyo. Ezo zibambekayo ziza nesabelo sazo samabali, iinkumbulo zolonwabo, umzabalazo kunye nobunye.

Iimbali ezibambekayo zabazali bam zazijikeleze unomathotholo wasePhilips ababemthenge ngoJulayi, ngo-1969 ukuze baphulaphule iindaba zikaNeil Armstrong ebeka unyawo enyangeni, okanye iKonark TV abayithenga ekuqaleni kowe-1985 kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba uRajiv Gandhi eyinkulumbuso encinci yelizwe okanye idosi epholileyo ye-masala ababelana ngayo kwindawo yokutyela engekhoyo.

Kubo, i-Philips, i-Alwyn okanye i-Konark yayingezo-brand nje, yayingaphezulu kakhulu kunoko. Ezi mpawu zifanekisela ubomi babo ekwabelwana ngazo njengesibini esitshatileyo esitshatha uhambo lwaso ngezixhobo zabo.

Njengoko iindaba zokubhubha kuka-VG Siddhartha zingena, ndijonge ngasemva kuSuku lweKofu yeCafé ngemvakalelo ehlaziyiweyo yekofu nothando, kunye nomlingo owongezelelekileyo kubudlelwane bam. Laa ndawo ikwi-Brigade Road esasihlala kuyo njengesibini esitshatileyo ayisekho (Ivale ivenkile ngo-Epreli walo nyaka). Emva kweminyaka engama-20 nditshatile, ezo ntsuku zokuqala zokuchitha iiyure eCCD, eBrigade Road zisaziva zihlaziyekile kwaye ndonwabile.

Andizange ndidibane noMnu VG Siddhartha kwaye okwangoku, ngeendlela ezingaqhelekanga, ukufa kwakhe kuzisa imvakalelo yokulahlekelwa kunye nokwenzakala. Njengobomi, iinkumbulo ezibambekayo nazo ziba nesepia-toned. Kodwa ke kukho umlingo kwezo nazo.

Ikofu ayizange incasa ngcono. Ngaphezu kwako konke, uSiddhartha usinike incasa yokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukufumana ikofu kwezi mbotyi zimdaka ekhaya. Elo iya kuba lilifa lakhe elixabisekileyo. Kwibali lam buqu, abasebenzi abakhonze ikofu ngothando eCCD, bawenze umtshato wam nomyeni wam wabaluleke ngakumbi.

Enkosi, Siddhartha… ngazo zonke ezo nkumbulo zimnandi esizenzileyo kwiintsuku zethu zokuqala zekofu kunye nomtshato sihleli ngokuzolileyo ngoSuku lwakho lweCafé Coffee. Uthando oluninzi lwenzeka ngekofu. Yaye uthando luqhubeka lukhula.

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