Friday, May 14, 2010

Surprise Surprise... We are here to Audit your System...

Just now my system at office underwent a "surprise" external audit by a lady from Microsoft (checking if any system is using the MS softwares without the license).I guess, she was not too old. Must be in late 20s, with the specs on and wearing western formals and talking sternly to our very own ETG guy, whom we have to plead for every small issue related to networking or system installation. But today I saw him really pissed off with the Auditor (following her orders and instantly answering her queries and we were really enjoying this site). I don't know why the Auditor always looks like a DEVIL and why they always show off their authority (which they get by default being an auditor)?
Even if I have not done anything wrong/illegal, you say Auditor/ Audit, and I would start thinking if I have done anything wrong.
This reminded me of my school days, when we were informed about the "Surprise Inspection" some 2 weeks before it was supposed to take place, so that students could completely fill in their registers/notebooks in the best handwriting and the teachers get enough time to check them and neatly put their signatures as if they have been checking them with the utmost precision regularly. We would be told to trim our nails, polish our shoes, wear nicely ironed uniforms, no one should make noise, not even allowed to go out to fill in our water bottles or go to the wash rooms to show that the corridors are traffic free.
My question: Are schools supposed to be No-Horn, No-noise Pollution, No-Traffic Zone? No. Kids, and ya, grown up kids also go to schools. And kids are supposed to play,make noise, run here and there, ofcourse in a disciplined way. But that doesn't mean that schools should show off that our students don't even go out to drink water...!!!!
Instead, if they actually make students trim their nails, wear ironed uniforms, regularly do their homeworks and make proper notes on the daily basis, and the teachers check them as their regular and mandatory duty, I guess their would be no need for such Inspection and creating a fuss about it. Rather would actually make students and the teachers more responsible...

But thats how it has always been. Show off your good side only when required (emergency) else Don't Bother...

1 comment:

  1. hahaha... Nice correlation Nikki. True! The surprise inspection is a misnomer. Its just to check that how much time an institution takes to set itself to auditors norms. :-)

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