I made a stupid mistake of not applying for my ‘diwali bonus arrear’ when everyone else at my school did, as I thought the new appointees hadn’t got the bonus. One fine day, after months, out of nowhere, I got an urge to check my pass book and I realized that I was actually supposed to get it. I immediately set out to correct my mistake and prepared a bill to apply for the same.
Little did I realize at that time, that this small mistake was actually not that small. Two years down the line, having already paid 150bucks as TIP (read bribe), I still haven’t got my ‘diwali bonus arrear’ which was a paltry sum of Rs. 987. Now, I think, I should not have gone after it at all but having spent money and effort on it, I now feel that I should take it to the end. Don’t know how much more I would need to shell out to get this small amount for which I have already lost the bank interest for two years.
This is how our department works, I guess…
