Tuesday, September 29, 2009

My FILE story

My file story:

Now I have a difficult task in my hand. In the beginning, it looked very simple and I thought it would be maximum 15 minutes job. But to my surprise, even after 15 days there is no solution to my problem. My problem is very simple to hear and very difficult to get the solution.

All that I want is a file to keep my certificates. It sounded simple to me when I started my search operations. As usual, Pune is a town of unusual surprises and has got a bunch of stupid shop owners. In Pune you call zip as chain, and electricity as light, and what do you call for a holder of your loose papers: A file, a folder or a file folder? This brilliant explanation was given by one of the stationery owners.

Folder: A loose transparent sheet to keep your sheets is called a folder
File: A file is an object, in which, you punch your documents and keep it here
Folder file: A group of folders piled together and marketed as one single entity is called a folder file.

So choose your term and ask carefully when you are buying any of these articles in Pune.

Stop. I have not told my problem yet. I have an A4 sheet laminated certificate. All my problems started because of this. It is sad and surprising that all the files or folders or folder files are available ONLY in standard sizes in A4 or A3, other wise a non-standard country. If my mistake or by some intelligent choice, if you happen to laminate your A4 sheets, be prepared for a tough experience to get a suitable file for you. You may never get it .I have tried in almost 20 stationery shop and every body looks me like a fool, carrying my certificate and asking for a right folder. I have not found anything so far. Is there any manufacturer in India who can give a folder for laminated A4 sheets? Our schools don't give our mark sheets laminated and if you pro-active to get it laminated you will find the difficulty of storing it.