Tata Photon + was then announced, and I did cartwheels of pure happiness, as I saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
However, it turns out that the light at the end of the tunnel was a mirror reflecting the light from my lamp as I looked for the end of the tunnel.
(Did that make any sense? No? Good.)
After months of wondering when Photon + was going to grace Goan shores, my father finally surprised me by telling me about the Tata salesperson who visited his office. Apparently, my father is a rather big shot because of the company and position he holds, so people flock to his office.
(Hell, that works for me. Never been waited upon like that in all my life.)
Feels. so. good.
Where was I?
Ah yes, so he gets all the paperwork and verification done without input for me whatsoever. A pleasant change from the kind of running around I usually have to do. And then I was told the Photon + would be home delivered the next day.
Wow, I thought.
So when the guy actually did call up today, I was impressed beyond belief. He showed up and proceeded to install the device on my laptop.
Nothing. Nada. Zip.
He tried to double-click, single-click, reboot, shut down and restart, stare balefully, and every other imaginably useless course of action one could take when trying to install new hardware. He hadn't a clue what was wrong with it.
After a lengthy discussion, during which he was unpardonably rude to my mother, I finally deduced that the setup for a 64-bit machine (like mine) was not working. So he went away. And I was left with my Tata Indicom and a broken heart. (not really.)
All my mother was trying to say was that the reception was bad in our colony because the signals from the network towers was poor in this area. She gave him the analogy of BSNL which works in every nook and corner of the house. He responded by saying that BSNL and Tata were two different companies, and that no one listened to him and his colleagues because they were outsourced employees.
I am utterly beaten by the abysmal work ethic in Goa and overall in India. Beaten and subdued. I've lost my will to battle with these people.

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