Monthly Archives: August 2006

Apparently I have got bored from blog. So many things keep on moving in my head. I have so many topics to write. Not that, I create them, but I experienced them and feel like sharing at my blog. I prepare all the content but this time, I am becoming too lazy to write at my blog. Day before I wanted to write on “I wish I would be a boy”, then yesterday I wanted to write on “wrong education to Children’s”, few days before I wanted to write about my father in law and today I wanted to write on “going to Bangalore”.

Yea, tomorrow I am flying to Bangalore. I will be back on 16th. Let’s see if I make post in any of those topics on which I wanted to write. I have not checked so many blogs for quite some time. Sometimes I become so lazy that I even don’t feel like typing anything, just wanted to keep on playing chess. That is the new interest I have developed.

I have to go to home now.

Have a splendid week end

Nidhi

I have nothing particular to share nor did anything happen where I felt to share at my blog.

It was pouring so much since last 3 days. The week end I have spent playing Uno with family at home. It was fun. We have purchased PS also, it will be delivered today. Too many adjustments we need to do to put the Computer table and the CPU.

I am reading Sydney Sheldon (The Dooms day) from last one month and still its left. Most of the time when I start reading it, I feel like sleeping. May be because I love short stories not the novel. It’s a new interest I am trying to develop (lol). Since 7 months I have taken 4th novels to read, the previous 3 novels I have left in between. The first two were from the author Paulo Coelho and other two were from Sydney Sheldon. However I have almost finished “Calvin and Hobbes” comic, it’s too good. Yesterday I have completed few of the chapters of Sydney Sheldon, as if I am taking it as a School assignment where I have to read. I will update about it once I finish it.

On Week ends I have the duty of making lunch. Luckily, this time my chapattis were not in bad shape. I am practicing it from last 7 months, but still every time it’s a challenge. Lunch was also fine, not good as mom but still eatable (rest my partner can comment, how was that).

I am waiting for the Rakhi desperately, after Rakhi, Sawan will ends and I can again start eating non veg. It’s almost been a month; oh I am missing egg cakes so much.

Let me stop this and continue my office work.

Why blame Politicians, office people can also do good politics.

They don’t miss a single chance to degrade another person in front of Director/ Boss. If by any chance you make a mistake, don’t expect that senior will come to you and advise you something. He will officially write a mail, with a cc mark to hundred names. If there is an appreciation mail, it will be only send to you. All the other names will vanish.

Most of the time, Director/ Boss has never been aware of the internal office politics. He listens to the person next to him. The harassment and pressure on other level he can never understand. The subordinates also fear to report about the senior to the Director and more likely there are more chances of you loosing job then to him. The more you grow the more power you gain. Director/ Boss will think twice to comment or fire the senior designated person but on subordinates he can do it as a time pass, at any time, all frustrations can be relived by scolding you.

In one of the forwarded mail by collogue, he sent important tips.

1) Never walk without a document in your hands: People with documents in their hands looks like hardworking employees heading for important meetings. People with nothing in their hands looks like they’re heading for the canteen. People with the newspaper in their hands looks like they’re heading for the toilet. Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression you work longer hours than you do.

2) Use computers to look busy: Any time you use a computer, it looks like “work” to the casual observer. You can send or receive personal email, chat, blog and generally have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work. When you get caught by your boss- and you “will” get caught- your best defense is to claim you’re teaching yourself to use new software’s, thus saving valuable training expenses.

3) Messy Desk: Top management can get away with a clean desk. For the rest of us, it looks like we are not working hard enuf. Build huge piles of documents around your workspace. To the observer, last year’s work looks the same as today’s work; it’s volume that counts. PILE THEM HIGH AND WIDE. If you know somebody is coming to you desk, bury the document you’ll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/ she arrives.

4) Looking impatient and annoyed: Always try to look impatient and annoyed to give your bosses the impression that you are always busy.

5) Leave the office late: Always leave the office late, esp’ when the boss is still around. You could read magazines or storybooks that you always wanted to read but have no time until late before leaving. Make sure you walk past the boss’ room on your way out. Send important emails on unearthly hours (eg. 2135 hrs, 0705 hrs, etc) and during public holidays.

6) Creating Sighing Effect: Sigh loudly when there are many people around, giving the impression that you are under extreme pressure.

7) Stacking Strategy: It is not enuf to pile lots of documents on the table. Put lots of books on the floor etc (thick computer manuals are the best)

You can use these tips. I know one of my collogue who really follows the same and her subordinate sent me this mail. I was thinking he should send it to her to let her know that we understand that it’s just giving the wrong impression to Directors that they are too busy doing work, not that they are very hardworking or smart at work.