For now, it is the tedious TDS that I want to talk and get over with. It is that dreadful time of the year when I usually want to forget my existence as a professional, ahm okay… as a corporate woman. For last 2-3 years, I would struggle to get the investments done at the last minute, most of the times, not left with enough funds to make them at the nth hour. So last year, I made a new resolution that I would make all investments early in the year. As per it, I was done with all those by May 07. For the rest of the year, I kept boasting about it, my smartness in doing them and getting rid of the tension which lay ahead.
Yesterday was 30th January – that dreaded day - ofcourse the very last date at work when I could submit all my proofs of the investments made. Obviously I was sleeping over the proofs for so many days. Yesterday morning I suddenly woke up to realize I did not have them. To top it all, I did not even have the relationship manager’s number with me. Then started those frantic calls to customer care – here, Mumbai and where not..asked them to fax the provisional certificates…realized one policy had lapsed…went to ING office and paid bloody 13k and got the required proof, went to the bank and collected the house loan certificate, figured out the relationship manager’s number and requested him to send across the proofs…which he did. By evening, I had everything with me. Walked up to the help desk to submit, only to find out that the bloody desk was shut and would open only tomorrow. I almost felt like banging my head on the wall nearby and throwing away all those papers. Aadhi kamai tax mein jaati hai, baaki ki investments mein…aur upar se ye tensions….and then Manujee ke constant dande sar ke upar ‘tumne ye nahi kiya’ ‘tumne wo nahi kiya’ ‘why are u so irresponsible’ ‘why didn’t you invest here’ ‘why din’t you pay that premium’!
I wonder why do I work at the first place!!!!
Some things I just can’t be good at. Be a good manager, be systematic and be wise. Somehow there are these small little pieces of my life that I can never and will never be able to pull together…not just these, I guess quite a few of them, actually. :D
But for now – another resolution – I will make early investments AND I will make sure I have collected the proofs and photo copied them as well. You only learn when you make mistakes.
Today is 31st Jan – the first thing that I do after reaching work is Tax proofs submission. YYYYYipsYYYYY!!!!!!
Yesterday was 30th January – that dreaded day - ofcourse the very last date at work when I could submit all my proofs of the investments made. Obviously I was sleeping over the proofs for so many days. Yesterday morning I suddenly woke up to realize I did not have them. To top it all, I did not even have the relationship manager’s number with me. Then started those frantic calls to customer care – here, Mumbai and where not..asked them to fax the provisional certificates…realized one policy had lapsed…went to ING office and paid bloody 13k and got the required proof, went to the bank and collected the house loan certificate, figured out the relationship manager’s number and requested him to send across the proofs…which he did. By evening, I had everything with me. Walked up to the help desk to submit, only to find out that the bloody desk was shut and would open only tomorrow. I almost felt like banging my head on the wall nearby and throwing away all those papers. Aadhi kamai tax mein jaati hai, baaki ki investments mein…aur upar se ye tensions….and then Manujee ke constant dande sar ke upar ‘tumne ye nahi kiya’ ‘tumne wo nahi kiya’ ‘why are u so irresponsible’ ‘why didn’t you invest here’ ‘why din’t you pay that premium’!
I wonder why do I work at the first place!!!!
Some things I just can’t be good at. Be a good manager, be systematic and be wise. Somehow there are these small little pieces of my life that I can never and will never be able to pull together…not just these, I guess quite a few of them, actually. :D
But for now – another resolution – I will make early investments AND I will make sure I have collected the proofs and photo copied them as well. You only learn when you make mistakes.
Today is 31st Jan – the first thing that I do after reaching work is Tax proofs submission. YYYYYipsYYYYY!!!!!!
