Anecdotes & memories of a sales guy

I completed my B.Sc (Hons) in the summer of 1971 and for some extraneous reasons I could not apply for my post graduate course in Bangalore University, although with my marks I would have got a seat. Since I was to wait for next admission season, I earnestly started to prepare for Civils and simultaneously apply for jobs to keep myself engaged during the interim period. Every unemployed aspired for a Bank job as it was the fashion then. The others avenues open to me were in the Defence Services. The third, relatively less chosen option in my relatives circle, was a sales job. One of my cousins was in TOMCO (Tata Oil Mills Company) selling Consumer goods and another cousin was in an MNC dealing in heavy earth moving equipment. In my immediate family sales profession was just an unknown entity. All the same, I did make my attempts in all those 3 areas while continuing with my preparation for Civils. My parents would permit my travels to different places for sure, if it was for interviews...

Recently, a WhatsApp message appeared in one group where I am a member. The message went on to say "doctors have a sloppy, illegible handwriting. While looking at your medical prescription, have you ever wondered why doctors have such bad handwriting? We are sure all of us have had this thought. A doctor’s writing is not just bad but can get completely unreadable many a time. And obviously, it’s not like people with bad handwriting are attracted to study medicine. It’s not that all doctors have bad handwriting since forever. In most cases, their handwriting worsens over time." Since I worked as a Pharma sales guy, I certainly corroborate the opinion expressed above. But I also came across a few doctors who took extra ordinary care to make prescriptions legible. Someone like Dr.J.R.Prasad (Physician) of Khammam town had employed an assistant in his clinic to whom he would dictate the prescription and the same is neatly typed by the assistant before being handed out to the pati...