The Spirit Of The Ladies Room
Unsettling washroom encounter! A jolt of fear runs through the ladies toilet. Mind games and eerie thoughts in a quest for an awakening.
Office capers
Taking Stock At The End Of Week 1
Navigating the first week at a new job – from bosses to paychecks, finding balance and humor in the corporate world. A new job is a personal milestone.
Inter-Office Ragging
Laughter echoes louder than keyboards at office when a fresh-faced Naya Baccha finds Saturday dread and the boss has unexpected advice on vacation spots.
Catch-22
Let’s describe the Human Resources Catch-22. Human Resources Person (HRP): I’ll send this mail and then I can leave.CC: At 4 in the evening? Great!HRP: I can leave but I won’t.CC: You make as much sense as any HRP does!HRP: Yeah, it comes from having a best friend like you….
Waiting For The Bus
Human Resources Person (HRP):1. is enjoying the dust-flecked, polluted breeze that surrounds the bus-stop at 6:30 pm.2. is groaning inwardly and trying not to think of another Saturday spent in soothing the nerves of edgy candidates and massaging the egos of the powers-that-be3. is mumbling about the hare-brainedness of people…
Life of a Human Resources Person
Human Resources – do we love them or do we hate them?
Office Capers : De-bop-ba-luba
My first on this new blog under the ‘Office Capers’ section. For my new readers, here is a glossary for your guidance: SNC: Someone from the neighboring cubicleSFOS: Someone from the other sideGod: a.k.a da BOSSAKB: Allah ki Bandi a.k.a Boss ki chamchi We spend one-third or more of our…
The Team Goes Out For A Meeting
On a particularly scorching day, five people jammed into a tiny soap-box (ooops…the Boss di gaddi…) with laptops, files, phones ringing, hands-free wires tangling, radio stations clashing and the road bump-bump-bumping along….provide enough fodder for yet another post in the Office Capers section. Waiting for AKB who’s late.SNC: Is that…
Freaky Friday Fun
You can tell the pressure is getting to us when the crazy jokes start flying. Today’s dose of hysteria flags off the weekend before that big meeting. It’s Friday! : GOD (a.k.a da Boss): So who gave the talk finally?Me: RC…that manager guySNC (Someone from the next cubicle): RC? Rajput…
Why I Love Saturdays And Hate Mondays
I slept over and nearly missed the bus, watched grey rain soiling the already wonderful roads of Mumbai and finally got to office to kick-start Monday with this conversation with SNC (Someone from the next cubicle, for those who missed my earlier post) Me: *Groan* I hate Mondays.SNC: Yeah, it…