That was funny.
I always enjoyed reading these experiences & found them funny till I recently faced one.
Again, the company involved here was supposedly one of those Indian IT giants. One day I got a call from their HR asking whether I am looking for a change, I replied "no". She requested me to atleast talk to technical panel and check it up, since I might get some irresistable lucrative offer. And eventually she ended up forwarding call to technical panel guy. He just talked briefly about me and scheduled a call at a later time over further discussion.
I some how decided to flow along the flow to see how this all goes.
Technical discussion happened & it went fine. They asked me to join in 7 days. I requested them to tell me what the offer is like. They said they would let me know. Few days later an HR called me up asking stereo-typed HR questions. Most interesting one was the first one that "why are you looking for change" ... now how in the world can they forget that it was they who ultimately "trapped" & forced me into going for interview and now asking me this stupid question. Anyways, after those typical questions she too said she would get back to me with offer in less than 24 hrs.
3-4 days went off without any communication from (and I really didnt complain

), then one day their technical head called me up asking why I havent yet accepted the offer, I replied back asking where is the offer? He said he'll get back.
Next day an HR executive called up asking whether I liked the offer, I replied same (i.e. I havent get any offer). I re-confirmed my email id and snail mail id.
2 days passed by, again technical guy called me up asking (in a frustrating tone) why I didnt send my offer aknowledgement yet. I again replied that I have no offer yet.
Two weeks passed by, again got a call from same HR executive asking when am I joining, Hell, I control my nerves and replied that I haven't receive any offer yet.

If they got any offer she can tell me over phone. She, unfortunately, wasn't aware of exact offer & promised me she would get back asap.
A week passed by, again some different HR called up asking the same question, probably checking my patience threshold. This time however I decided to tell that "offer doesn't meets up my expectation & I am not accepting it" so as to close this stupid drama.
Company is still in news making big profits each quarter, I am too enjoying my job touch wood. Probably the only looser in that process was that poor offer letter who never reached where he was destined to !!!

[ October 09, 2006: Message edited by: Varun Khanna ]