Monday Morning Blues

Garfield- Mondays

This phrase is nothing new. Every Monday morning most of us experience and keep hearing about this from all around us.

A recurring phenomena, repeats once every week for all who work on weekdays.

Yet we have not been able to devise a solution around it.

Organizations need to get more creative and think of ways to help people ward off Monday morning blues as soon as they reach for work. An example is organizing half-an-hour session every Monday morning to fill employees with enthusiasm for the ensuing week.

Else they'll keep following the trend of ranting about Morning Morning blues every monday morning, at least till noon.

5 reasons why I like Delhi Winters

These reasons are the realizations that I get during the winter months in Delhi which I would have missed in a place with mild winters.

Reason5: Winters make me realize the blessing of summer dressing when wearing one layer over another adds to my unease but I still shiver with cold.

Reason4: They make me realize the importance of advent of lip balm and moisturizing lotions when I feel the pain while giving presentations with cracked lips and try hard to hold the marker with dry hands.

Reason3: Whenever I use water geysers, heat convectors and exercise machines, I realize the importance of the gadgets invented with the purpose of providing warmth.

Reason2: When I miss out the turns on the road while driving, due to the winter fogs, I realize the importance of clear skies. The misty windscreen further makes me realize the significance of a clear dry weather.

Reason1: The benevolent warmth of the Sun in the chilly breeze makes me realize
why Sun is worshipped as God in India.

The Rat Trap Session

This piece is about an interesting anecdote that happened yesterday . Since we have moved to the new office building, rats have been found with in the office premises courtesy the open area and the pond nearby.

Yesterday a brainstorming session was being held on how to eradicate rats in the sitting area which were wreaking havoc on the network cables in our area despite the gum boards kept for trapping them. Our senior admin staff visited our sitting area to hold a standing meeting for deciding on action points to eradicate rats in this area. The graveness of the situation could be understood as this was the third time the rats had chewed a network cable of one of the systems. The chewing had been done quite creatively, the chewed cable showing like a flower crafted by a skilled artisan.

The system administrator had not faced such a problem in his career. He explained how these rats are so intelligent so as to chew only the data cables which won't harm them. Instead they get enjoyment out of chewing these cables as these cables are slightly charged. He suggested installing the wires which produced a sound that would ward away the rats and thus would help in keeping the area rat proof. In the meantime admin manager was replying to his phone calls saying he was busy catching rats :)

The final outcome was to place gum boards at some strategic locations suitable for rat trap. The success of the meeting is yet to be determined, but the session itself was quite amusing!