Thursday, June 28, 2007

That sorta day...

Yesterday I went through that sort of a day when you reach work thinking there is so much to do and realise on reaching office that you have been so damn efficient the previous day that there isnt much to do that particular day. That is confusing..lemme go through it again...well..you get the point..everybody's gone through a day like this..
Typically one would have reached office early on such a day...
You brace up to do some serious work, something proactive..the type that has your boss saying.."I appreciate the lead taken by you". Begin by checking official mails. And then maybe just a quick check on your personal mails, maybe orkut, just a sec more on ryze, your blog..what is this..a quick search on wiki..hmm interesting.. by this time you are off on a tangent...maybe just check who is online, aah..that girl from school who you have added from orkut is finally free..maybe a quick hi, lest she feels bad...desktop background's not changed for sometime now..wait..how abt changing the look of your blog..yeah..will do that..no..its boring..wait, you have a visitor..that beautiful summer trainee you handpicked for her good grades...you ask her to wait, obviously you cant let her think her project guide doesnt have work, meet her after 10 minutes, during which time you have checked your blog once more, give the trainee some gyan on market research and brand building..(that extra 5 minutes spent in the morning going through Brand Equity does pay off afterall)...lunch, post-lunch chatter and then some more wiki, orkut, ryze, wise crack on another frequently visited blog ...you start feeling guilty by now..its 3 in the afternoon and you havent done much work..spend the next hour calling up the ad agency guys and shouting at them for that bad creative that they have delivered, send a stinker to the guys at media about a competition report that was due a couple of days ago....happy that you've worked so hard..tea break..shucks, just realise that you are not so efficient after all...that launch plan report needs to be ready in the next one hour and you have left the final bit of number juggling for the end..rush back, call up the agency guys again to ask for some inputs, only to be told everybody's in a meeting (two can play the game, you can hear them snigger), call them on their mobiles..no response..10 minutes to go before you need to present the report...and you finally get a call from the ad agency, to be told that they dont have those specific details..go back to the presentation..fudge a few numbers in the hope that your boss will not notice 'em..and then he goes ahead and asks you pointed questions on that exact same slide...I guess you just develop a sixth sense when you become a boss and know when to catch the poor manager unawares...umm and aww your way through the presentation...6.30 by now...you want to go home, but the nice sales manager from Radio City wants to discuss a release plan with you for 5 minutes only, right away, because she has her deadlines, you see...the poor lady. You oblige and the 5 minutes ends up being an half-hour discussion...check personal mails, in the hope that the consultant you had spoken to, the other day, has found you that dream job...hungry....call for coffee even as you desperately search for those damn biscuits that you had kept on your table....a couple of biscuits and you should be off for the day, you think...coffee arrives and with it, your colleague who doesn't have a life..so another 20 minutes trying to wish him away and you are finally free to go...and on the way back home, you shudder at how busy the next day is going to be..and how you will do that "proactive" thing defnitely the next day...
PS: You owe me one, "blaahblah"

9 Comments:

Blogger Kumu said...

Oh Man !!!!!!! You stole my entry :))))))It's soooo funny ....and can't help relate to every line of it :))))))))

12:35 PM  
Blogger Shree said...

Kumu..seems funny only in hindsight, isnt it?? A struggle during the day..:)

1:15 PM  
Blogger Kumu said...

What's funny is how well I can relate to it :)

2:05 PM  
Blogger Shree said...

You better..haven't weaved you into the post for nothing..:)

2:48 PM  
Blogger Rafiki said...

:)I love ur job...
chk my way of evading guilt after not working
http://jackjilljohnandjane.blogspot.com/2007/05/sleepy.html

4:08 PM  
Blogger Shree said...

@rafiki, you can have it..
url's not working, but checked the post anyway..Jill's a lot like my boss..not letting guilt sink in is an art, mastered by him..:)

5:27 PM  
Blogger Mrinalini said...

Sounds like my kinda day.

3:00 PM  
Blogger Whiterays said...

It shows 3 on my PC and I have just read how my day has passed on till now. I got to finish up a campaign brief within next hour for me to avail a guilt-lesss tea break..

Fantastic post but its too close to home for comfort. :))

3:09 PM  
Blogger Shree said...

@mrinalini..what a lie..i dont get to go home at 5.30..
@swetha..if your agency guys are anywhere close to the types I deal with on a daily basis, better recheck your brief twice and..god save you..

4:59 PM  

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