Lessons learnt in the Corporate

Some things I learnt in the corporate world

1. If you are early your manager will definitely be at his seat.
2. If you’re late and rushing to make it in my time your manager will be late that day.
I SAY: I have no idea how this works and I should actually be happy since it’s actually better than having it the other way around. But it kind of gets on your nerves when you are just rushing to make it on time and reach there to realize no one is there yet! If there was some form of consistency, things would have been a lot easier at work.

3. There is always someone else in the bathroom at any given point of time during the day.
I SAY: This is another thing I don’t get. Irrespective of the number of people on the floor on a given weekday there is definitely going to be

a) Someone else in the bathroom when you enter
b) Someone entering the bathroom while your inside
c) Someone pushing the door while your pulling it to go out

It’s not like I take THAT much time!! And I’m just talking about the basic usage here!!

4. When your boss comes up behind you, it would inevitably be seconds after you minimize the actual work you are supposed to be doing.
I SAY: You know what I’m talking about. Regardless of how hard you were working, the moment you decide to take a break would be the moment that “rarely visiting” super boss of yours decides to make an appearance.

5. If you change screen in a hurry to hide what you were doing you’ll definitely end up with something worse.
I SAY: Although I have to confess that this could be a direct cause of the multiple useless tabs I keep open, it really is irritating. When you’re in situation 4 and you just want to act busy again. No amount of ALT + TAB will get you to your actual work!!

6. For any given day, the time spent for lunch by your manager and team is inversely proportional to your own lunch break .(This is only applicable if you aren’t eating with them)

7. If you’re in a hurry the elevator will stop at the maximum number of floors.

8. If there are 3 or 4 rooms in a line and you have booked one of those for a meeting, 90% of the time the room you booked will be occupied and the others will be free!

Well that’s about it for now. The corporate life has corroded my senses. Got a few posts on hold… Later then..