Somewhere in a news magazine, I remember reading that the Russian researchers have built an AI based tool, which reads what people are actually thinking in their mind based on their brain waves.

Over a period of time, I started observing what triggers a person to question us something or say something, and ended up completely laughing over it as the outcomes turn out so funny. Some people do have some ‘Hidden Agenda’ in mind, but they put it across to us as if like they are talking or asking us something completely different. Here are some of such instances which I have tried to depict in a humorous way with no certain intention of hurting anyone at any cost.

Facebook:

Facebook being a widely used social platform we can see a lot of categories of people carrying such agendas. I’m very much impressed by the below top two categories.

Category A: This guy will be very devotional to the ruling party and its leader. All his posts will be praising the actions of the party/leader. In case of any criticisms raised towards his party, that’s it. He will come up sharing so many write-ups justifying why the government has to do all these things; he won’t leave you until you go to him and agree ‘Sir your party is a temple and your leader is a living God’.

Category B: This guy will be completely against the ruling party and its leader. He will share the achievements of Canada PM, mastermind of Singapore PM, Knowledge of Britain’s PM, etc., But nowhere he will accept or highlight the significance of his own land and leaders.

Both these guys are equally funny. If you ever got a feel that someone unnecessarily commenting on your posts, and even consider some very lighter things as offensive, they will be from either of these categories for sure. I usually ignore such extremists and move on.

The Boss:

The role of bosses demands to have a hidden or set agenda always. This is how leadership has been taught to us – Those who are experienced in people management would definitely agree with me.

Everyone wants to be a good boss and being loved by all of his sub-ordinates. Though it is not practically possible, one such attempt bosses normally take to ensure this is arranging a ‘Team Lunch or Dinner’. They feel very proud after arranging a meal through company’s fund, and there after expect you to be a Super productive, all-round, multi talented, and also a most effective resource like ‘Chitti 2.0’.

Who on the world will become a ‘Supreme talent’ overnight, after having a glass of beer and a slice of Pizza? If such things are arranged without any agenda, purely to show gratitude to the team as a leader, then it is perfectly commendable.

Another instance – I happened to notice this interesting conversation once between a boss and a sub ordinate a while ago.

Boss: What plans you have for this weekend dude?

Employee: I have an extreme emergency situation to go to my hometown; so I booked a KSRTC bus, for Friday 10.30PM, and the seat number is 5A.

Becoming curious by his very detailed and micro specific answer, I asked him why it has to be this detailed. Then this guy enlightened me. He said, there is a good chance of people working extra time during this weekend for our project, and my boss is indirectly checking my availability for the same. And I also indirectly answered him that ‘Sorry, I’m not available’. LOL, hidden agendas!

A friend from nowhere

Sometimes we do get texts or calls from someone completely out of nowhere. We would have met them years back and forgotten, or not even have met yet. But suddenly they will start the conversation more like a ‘Chuddy-Buddy’ or like a very close friend. Most of the times, they will end up belonging to any of the below categories:

• An LIC agent
• A network marketing agent
• A religious preacher
• Or a fraud (unfortunately)

Ofcourse, once you find that out you will try to run-away. But it is not that easy though. They will try as much as they can to make you believe what they believe.

I want to tell them that, ‘You guys need more practice man. You very obviously sound unreal and seem to waste a lot of our time’.

There are still some guys calling and asking the ATM card number, and there are still people who are providing the same even with the PIN number. The cruellest way of earning money is betraying one’s trust man. And you guys are shamelessly doing it.

Politicians

This topic will not end without me mentioning about our own politicians.

I met this guy accidentally a few years back in a friendly gathering.

I asked him, ‘what do you do?’

‘I’m in Politics’, he replied.

“That’s great to hear. What do you do for living?”, I asked again.

“I’m in Politics”, he replied the same again.

Oho! Politics has become a business long back and also a source of living. I thought it is a service. Poor me!

Another incident – This I noticed during my school days in my hometown. I was standing outside the school which had the polling booths. A Scorpio-like four wheeler reached the place and from that I saw a few guys came out carrying a old lady to help her casting her vote.

Once  the old lady finished casting her vote – That’s it! The complete scene got changed. The guys just placed her in the veranda outside the school, and happily went back to pick another old lady to vote for their party. A lot of people were laughing by looking at this scene, without knowing the impact of those Scorpio guys becoming our future leaders in the days to come.

Every field has got some really good people who do their service with upmost honesty. We are not talking about them. We are just trying to look at the funny side of those who are coming to our lives with all these ‘Hidden Agendas’. Please share and comment for any such funny and thought provoking experiences you have come across. Good Luck!