The sounds and sights are mostly the same in the office.The same receptionist , the occasional flowers being changed in the vases, the same tune playing in the lift when we are being transported to our designated cubicles, the same faces but different dresses that we see our colleagues, some professional greetings and informal hi's to people on the corridor and we are in our cubicle.
The infinite number of emails that keep trickling into our mailboxes, those forwards that sometimes bring a smile or a frown or a jealous look, those feedback mails from the client, the corrections in the presentations that have been sent over by boss and the happy birthday wishes/reminds from the HR department -- ohhh , we have got a lot of mails to first take care before we head to my first of many coffee breaks.The Outlook chimes a few times suggesting the meetings over the last couple of hours and we need to make few calls to get things in place and reschedule them or procrastinate till eternity.
I realise now that i have missed out on something , listening to my favourite playlist which i have saved on the media player in office.so here comes my headphones and starts the flow - starting off from Hari Narayana < sung by Omprasad bhat, a singer/ friend in college> to the collection of Best of Backstreet Boys < show me the meaning of being lonely, quit playing games ... et al>. i am lost in this trance, when somebody taps my shoulder, i look around and see my boss and the whole team behind her.I think this is it, i am getting jacked, somethings really wrong ,all the bad combinations come into mind.
Suddenly my manager brings out an envelope from her back. I think what is it going to be - my Pink slip , somebody's wedding card,ohh what could it be .. I take off the headphones and some how struggle to stand up from my chair and then she tells me.. " Congratulations, you have been confirmed. " Everybody applauds and then there is the usual batter " bhai, treat kab hai ?", " which place- KFC or Pizza Hut? place we choose, bill u pay ". It takes me sometime to realise that i have been working for a year now and that's how this letter comes to me.I am lost in a world, thinking how would it be when i retire and still to come in terms with this confirmation , when a colleague tells me " boss , have you finished that presentation , we need to send it across before lunch" and thats it i am grounded and back to this world where i got to slog a long while before i retire .
I finish the report and all this time listening to some fast paced songs< some from Linkin Park and some more R&B artists> to keep the momentum going and motivating me to get it done and be at my creative best. Now i realise it is lunchtime and we need to get back to our friends.
The infinite number of emails that keep trickling into our mailboxes, those forwards that sometimes bring a smile or a frown or a jealous look, those feedback mails from the client, the corrections in the presentations that have been sent over by boss and the happy birthday wishes/reminds from the HR department -- ohhh , we have got a lot of mails to first take care before we head to my first of many coffee breaks.The Outlook chimes a few times suggesting the meetings over the last couple of hours and we need to make few calls to get things in place and reschedule them or procrastinate till eternity.
I realise now that i have missed out on something , listening to my favourite playlist which i have saved on the media player in office.so here comes my headphones and starts the flow - starting off from Hari Narayana < sung by Omprasad bhat, a singer/ friend in college> to the collection of Best of Backstreet Boys < show me the meaning of being lonely, quit playing games ... et al>. i am lost in this trance, when somebody taps my shoulder, i look around and see my boss and the whole team behind her.I think this is it, i am getting jacked, somethings really wrong ,all the bad combinations come into mind.
Suddenly my manager brings out an envelope from her back. I think what is it going to be - my Pink slip , somebody's wedding card,ohh what could it be .. I take off the headphones and some how struggle to stand up from my chair and then she tells me.. " Congratulations, you have been confirmed. " Everybody applauds and then there is the usual batter " bhai, treat kab hai ?", " which place- KFC or Pizza Hut? place we choose, bill u pay ". It takes me sometime to realise that i have been working for a year now and that's how this letter comes to me.I am lost in a world, thinking how would it be when i retire and still to come in terms with this confirmation , when a colleague tells me " boss , have you finished that presentation , we need to send it across before lunch" and thats it i am grounded and back to this world where i got to slog a long while before i retire .
I finish the report and all this time listening to some fast paced songs< some from Linkin Park and some more R&B artists> to keep the momentum going and motivating me to get it done and be at my creative best. Now i realise it is lunchtime and we need to get back to our friends.
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