10 Interesting Traits of an Engineer

Even before joining any company and working in night shift. They are already habituated of keeping themselves awake at night. In fact, when they go home in their semester break, their parents feel as if my child has came from abroad. Cause they use to be awake at night and found to be sleeping at mornings. They use to enjoy their lives as night time shifts from their watches. Some of them prefer to choose night shifts when it comes to work; as here they are getting money for being awake and free tea and coffee as well in companies.  

Whether the movie is a big flop or a big hit. They can`t take a chance. They don`t miss a single movie. Their laptop use to be full with movies, be it a Hollywood or Bollywood or Tollywood! They are smart enough in this, they don`t waste their money in going theatres. They open the theatres instead at their rooms by downloading all the movies in advance. Or, they manage to get the pyrated CDs and DVDs .Apart from the movies, they don`t miss a single episode of Roadies or Splits villa; the moment it comes on you tube. If they would be making movies, what would be the name – “ Humara IC aapke paas hain.”; “Ek tha Capacitor.” ; “Maine engineering kyun kiya.”

Their matrimonial profile gets created by their family members or relatives, the moment they enter in final year. Even with out their knowledge and consent, their picture gets uploaded on Bharat Matrimony.com with all the necessary details including their kundlis and all! Dear girls, you should marry an engineer because”he would never keep you waiting – they are taught to reach for 8:45 class even after waking up at 8:40.” “He knows how to handle cupid mails – he has handled a lot of spam.” “He will never complain about the food you cook – as it would be much better than their mess meal.” “Most importantly – he might not have any past, as their would be no any girls on the campus.”

They pretend as if they don`t have any kind of emotions and all but the fact is some thing else. In their college days, they have already flown in emotions so many times that now, they actually fear from diving inside. They would rather sit on the bank of river and watch people floating inside. They pretend themselves to be tough like their mechanical tools. But, they are the guys with broken tools inside. There is a famous saying in this. It`s better to say “The grapes are sour, if you can`t get it.” The same is applicable here.

They pretend themselves to be super intelligent. Even though if they are doing a simple task of copy and paste in their assignments; but they pretend as if they are doing research on Newton`s theory. Stars have to keep up their reputation and so as they. ‘It`s like having samosas and telling people that I had a crunchy triangular patty with filling of mashed potatoes and spices inside!”  Even if a call from home comes at that time. They will pick the call, say, “oh I am busy doing such an important task, call you later.” Fortunately, there is no any cc tv in their rooms.

Be it a mobile, a laptop or a sound box or even a new launch bike. They spend most of their time in searching about the new gadgets. They can easily demonstrate this knowledge when some of their friends or relative is going to purchase a new bike or a new mobile phone. They easily suggest which one to go for and gain importance. Nowadays, they go for online ordering with cash on delivery of course. It has nothing to do with their course of study. But, they spend most of their time in this and get unexpected scolding too, sometimes

They are so good at borrowing things that even a small pan shop closes its gate quickly by seeing an engineer walking by! They first start from their friends. Be it a jacket, a bike, mobile phone; sorry to say but the list is endless. What ever their friend is having is their own. They never carry any cash as they love to live on credits. If there is an engineer and his friends are simple graduates, he can easily borrow things by saying, “ek baar bas job lagne ki der hain, fir HR se keh k, tum sabko naukri dilwa duga.”

It is an universal truth, that an engineer is not considered as an engineer by his own family members until or unless, he don`t repair any of “Home appliance”.  Be it a simple mobile phone or an old television set. They are expected to be master of all. If they are unable to do so. Then their parents think, all our money got wasted. What`s the need of sending him so far and spending so much behind him, if he can`t repair an electric iron!

If an engineer gets caught by traffic police men. He will start looking for any discount coupon if it`s going to be applicable there.  When an engineer is taking you for a treat himself;  quiet  obvious he must be having the coupon code in his mobile. They keep coupons even for buying petrol at 10% discount. May be that`s why, they are always being remembered when it comes to book a railway tatkal tickets or hotel booking. All their family members call them for this. Because, they know, an engineer can get this done at discounted price.

After entering in to engineering colleges, they stop studying. May be that`s why they are the worst tutor on the planet. But, they give themselves unnecessary airs by telling about their hectic classes schedule but who knows what after that.  In short, they are world famous for their ‘hawabaazi’. After joining engineering, their brain gets divided into two parts – Right and left. “In Right, nothing is Left and in Left, nothing is Right.”  The world cannot change an engineer but an engineer wants to change the whole world!