Yesterday in my haste to get my PAN card made I got in touch with the first person I knew who could get it made, and that was Mr. Kailesh Chand, my parents' crafty, cunning income tax agent. He charged me the moon, i.e, 400/- for the process, and I in my ignorant haste, meekly agreed to his extremely fishy and exorbitantly high charges. Fact of the matter was that, asshole that I was, I was totally clueless about the process.
Today morning I find out that the same process can be done for 67/- ONLY by downloading and filling the form online, and then submitting it at a office ~7 kms from home. Thats ~1/7th the price. And all this because I failed to do any finding out before I plunged myself into this deal. Bad decision making, poor preparation, crippling under-confidence and needless haste.
Lessons learned:
1) I am still an asshole.
2) Always make balanced decisions, with sufficient preparation beforehand, so that you can choose the most appropriate and optimal alternative among the given options.
3)Note to self: Kailesh Chand is a smart guy. Possible candidate for hiring as my IT agent.
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