Much ado about a port

My friends ask me what its like to be working for a client like RBI...you know the government connection n all.....well here is a nice story...real one mind you.. to illustrate the same.
* These are the real experiences of Sumo and Me(referred to as 'We' in the text), the names of the others have been changed to hide their identity...

These are the events in chronological order as they occurred on the 26th of December 2006 from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

--Ol' mad mak asks us to ftp a 2+ GB file to mcrft team...
--we keep trying for 15 mins...
--finally we have to ask CMC to open the port to enable the ftp.
--CMC tells us a form has to be filled for the same.
--CMC sends the form to the PL.
--PL sends mail to Gowman(RBI).
--Gowman responds to the wrong mail.
--Wrong mail sent to CMC
--We are told by CMC that the ip we have given does not correspond to 22nd flr of the main bldg but to bkc
--We are told by CMC to sort out the matter with RBI.
--We try to call creature(RBI official) but his phone is engaged...simultaneously creature gives missed calls to Pud(colleague of ours)
--After half an hr we call creature.
--creature calls shen(RBI official)
--Shen calls CMC.
--creature calls us ..tells us to call CMC and tell them to call Shen.
--CMC calls shen.
--CMC calls us...tells us that it can be done but BKC is in the domain of 3i so we will have
to call PV.
** now in the middle of all this ...creature calls PL and tells her "See how fast RBI works".**
--CMC does not have PVs no.
--creature does not have PVs no.
--nobody has PVs no.
--we go down to security to get PVs no.
--we get it.
--creature also manages to get the no.
--Creature calls PV.
--simultaneously we call PV...wife tells us to call after some time.
--PV cant understand creature.
--creature calls us..... tells to tell CMC to call PV
--CMC tells us to call Shen instead and ask him to talk to PV.
--CMC now tells us that it cant be done today.
--We call Shen and tell him to call PV..he asks us to get the status after some time.
--We call creature..he tells us to call Shen and tell him the reason why we need to
ftp.
You see PV cant understand creature.
--We call Shen....he wants to know why we need to ftp things...
--Shen tells us that since PV has gone home they can open the port at 11 the next day....


Now if you still cant understand what it is like to work here then perhaps RBI is the only place in the world where you will be considered competent.
Remember the story is still not over...the saga will continue tomorrow.