Its a common family name for european country people and in many projects across companies you can come across this name. For my project also this name entered. Generally the european peoples are very soft,responsive,very intelligent and more helping tendency. My patrick also the same. He is the one in my project to give me more work and all the work he give are very helpful for the organization perspective. We will have daily conversation via mail and also there are so much of fights will come between us.At that time also he will not show the full anger directly to me or my project members but indirectly he will say to me like "Am going to escalate to management, whoever did fault either u or me or whomsoever". Even on escalation too he will tell and then do...
I had a chance to visit his place as a one week trip to Europe. I met him first time and he shocked since he is 40+ exp tall guy and am just 20+ short. He will not see whether am exp or not but whoever he will do his job. He greeted me so gladly and he introduced me to all his colleagues and he showed all places in the company(this we will not do to anyone whenever someone came from any country). He helped me to settle down there. At free times he came to my cabin and told about all stories about higher management and shared all his frustations to me.. He was so open to me as we well known each other. Their lunch time start at 12 itself and he came to invite me for lunch.
On first day itself he let me to the nearest zoo since there only some delicious food we get. He gave food coupons for me and we went there and i took some fish and chicken varities and some unknown stuffs to taste. But that food n all not at all enough for me and very bad taste. On lunch time, i asked about his personal life and he told that he is single and wanted to be like that and he enjoying that too.. He is a traveller and for each weekend he go some where and enjoy... He told some places to visit in his country.. After a week i send off from him and returned back to india...
After 6 months i got another chance to go there and this time 2 months. Again patrick and same project work... As it is final project release time we both together daily and worked for the release. By seeing my overwork he told one day " i appreciate that you are working hard and i definetly give your management a mail about ur good work". He did as he told after my return... When i was there, company arranged for a movie outing and i was left alone as i have no company for me to see that movie(paranormal activity). When i was thinking in my cabin he came suddenly and asked me to come for the movie with him and we both went and he told all the stories about how movies and which actors are poplular there etc.
After my return, slowly we got so much of politics with the management and some times i went opposite to patrick because of some situation even i know what all he say are correct. Sometimes whenever he get angry he will complaint more about the project and all that work will come for us. As i am going away from the company i have to say a BIG thanks to him for all his support. I never forget the name PATRICK :)
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