Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Working:
You receive an email about work and you start on it. As you're working on it, another email comes in claiming to be urgent and you rush to work on that. When you're almost done, you receive a phone call about another account. You lose your train of thoughts here but still focus on the phone call.
You hang up and continue your work. Your boss calls out to you to join in a conference call, for a potential new business. You participate in the call, leaving behind the other work that is incomplete.
You return to your desk only to be distracted by a colleague who asks for opinions on a completely separate account. You tweak your brain to answer his questions and continue with your work. By this time, you almost forget what is required for that particular project. You do some additional reading quickly to get into the momentum. It takes a while, but you get into it. You channel all your attention to it and you get yet another phone call or sms from a client who thinks the world is ending.
You painstakingly get through all of this and eventually resume work on the project and casually glance towards the clock.
And the clock reads : 18.12
You realise you've passed the stated/standard/expected working hours but still have at least 17 windows open seeking your attention before you head home.
You constantly check the time..argue with yourself, check the time again and then resign to fate and slump back in your chair to continue working till your eyes are dry, your back feels strained and your stomach is growling and you sense the gastric attack coming your way.
And they say this is presumably the typical scenario : 9-5 till you are 95. Well at least 65 then.
Reality - Yes, we have 41 such years ahead...
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