Amongst the grads, I am fortunate have enough work to wade through the day. But there are many times when working really involves email conversations with friends.

The Heartbreaker works on the floor above me. He is not into emailing. He is a man of spoken word and prefers to call me on my extension.

BRRRING BRRRING…BRRRING BRRRING…goes the telephone everyday at eleven.

“Huuullo, Rather-Large-Bank, Polly speaking,” I answer in my best phone voice.

“Hey, it’s me. You busy?” the Heartbreaker asks.

“Yes, I am. I am very busy and very important.” I say in mock seriousness.

“Really? Doing what?” the Heartbreaker asks with a tinge of envy.

“Running SQL queries to extract data from GDW.” Acronyms make everything sound important. At this point, I see Manager who sits two desks away, give me a thumbs up sign.

“Right.”

“And I'm clustering PCA data with the latest data from CB and YB,” I smugly added.

“You wanna have lunch?” he asks, even though it’s only eleven.

“Absolutely,” I answer without hesitation.