Banality @ Work
Since starting school, I've forgotten about the boredom and stagnation that awaits all of us at the office. At school, I'm able to choose my workstation, I'm able to choose the times in which I want to work, I'm able to choose the times that I want to hit the gym. Unfortunately, in the past week I've had to get used to something else altogether.However, no matter how boring and mundane a life it has proven to be, there are always loopholes to be exploited. Heck, the system is built to be exploited!
I've learnt that time is just a measure that everyone goes by. There's no real limit on time in terms of productivity. I guess in future, when I venture out into the working world and embrace the culture with open arms, I'll realise that skiving is frowned upon and I might give that up. Till then, yeah whatever.
My workstation is equipped with access to the internet, and administrator rights, effectively allowing me access to MSN, the web, and music. My one-stop entertainment centre at work. I felt like a king when I got everything set up last week. Until I whipped around on Tuesday and heard the familiar tap-tap, tap of conversation on the keyboard. I, apparently, wasn't the only one who exploited the fact that productivity, at least in this domain, was not relative to the time at the desk.
Plumperina, we shall call her. Plumperina was tearing down the MSN highway like a juggernaut, three windows open, complete with the visual excitement of webcam. Banging away at the keyboard, with a little Ctrl-Tab now and then to create the impression of productivity, she was unstoppable. Alas, at 4pm, Plumperina gave up, got off her seat, and never came back. I was astounded! Then I realised that the guy sitting next to me was the team manager. And he was out of the office for the day. Ingenious, Plumperina!
For the whole week, I've been occupying my time with learning the system, what the people here do, and also the rush-to-the-head experience of setting up a new MSN profile on a new workstation, with new emoticons and pictures. Of course, there's also the occasional blog and email that I send out to random friends when I'm bored shitless, or waiting to shit some bricks.
I guess at the end of the day, as long as I walk out of here knowing that I learnt something, be it about the company, the business that they're doing, or just how much I'll hate working in an office at the same bloody workstation for 8, 10, 12 hours on the trot, at least I've learnt something.
Just to update you, dear reader, this is the latest pic that I have on my MSN profile at the office.
This is Prakash P. in Miami Vice, courtesy of Yiping50. Looks liek I'm not the only one that has a shitload of time at work.
posted by Da Buffalo! @ 9:41 AM
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