68.0 People In The Workplace. The Hidden Crowd!

When looking back the past few weeks, I understood that most of the people do not like to read or watch any more about Corona. Corona, Corona… What is this? I think it increases that pressure when living with it. When does shit over? However, when you are getting angry with this situation, please remember that this is a result of human actions. Okay..? I too believe that it's good to focus our mind on different productive things in this stage without thinking about it in unnecessary fear. So, I believe the time and effort you put here to read this article is a productive thing for your lives. Lol... 

After the previous article that was written about a balanced mind, I don't expect to write any more about this global pandemic after this analysis. So, today I'm moving back to reveal another stage of jobs I did. It's all about the people I dealt with though they were not my coworkers. But they helped us to do our job in various ways. This is a lovely gift for all of them. I know none of them won't read my article. It is not the purpose either. I don't expect them to read. But you, the one who reads this can think more about them than earlier. I believe that this will help to have a new view of them. You will look at them in a different and nice way.

As I said in the post, A lovely gift for IT guys..., that work exposure changed me. I could say that it happened for both good and bad sides. Later on, I’ll explain what are those bad sides? Please be patient… When I was leaving my home to join with that job, I could not manage my stuff without the support of others. Somehow, I wanted somebody for my support. So, the very first month was a horrible one for me. From beginning to the end of the day consisted of challenges apart from the work stuff. Among all, washing clothes was a big headache, and I used to bring my dirty clothes home and bring them back after washing when I was coming from my home.

When thinking about it now, I know how silly it was. Lol... So, I carried a huge bag on Fridays and Mondays for this purpose. Meantime, I was like an employee of a courier service company. When my parents asked me to give seasonal fruits kind of things to my uncle, then that bag was full of all those stuff. One day I brought some mangoes from home. 

We had to keep our bags in the outside and sometimes I forgot to bring it back when leaving the office. So, on that day, my bag was filled with washed clothes and mangoes. I kept it on a Monday, and I forgot to take it on Tuesday also. So, when it comes to Wednesday, I could feel the smell of mangoes and security guys also questioned about it from me. The same thing happened a few times. Therefore, those security guys used to remind me about the things I brought when I'm leaving the office. Lol...

When remembering them, I have a nice memory of them. All of us were kind to each other. They were the people who greet us when we were entering and leaving the office. So, it was nice to have a small chat with them in these two moments. Some of them gave gossip tips and I think they let us come up with more details. So, there was a good relationship among some of our colleagues and them with regard to the sharing of gossip information. Lol... There was one lady and we knew that weakness. As we could not bring the stuff to our cubicle areas, we passed some foodstuff to our cubicles while letting her talk with one of our friends. Though it was a small cunning work done for a few food packs, it burnt a few liters of our blood. One of our colleagues said that it's totally fine because we did it for a pregnant lady. However, we were a greedy gang when she was eating that special food. Lol...

Apart from them, the team who brought tea and snacks for us did a great job. They were very friendly to us. I remember the way they served Tea as per the different requirements of us. Some of our colleagues wanted to have tea or coffee with a little sugar and some of them wanted plain tea in the morning and coffee in the evening. 

Some of them wanted to have sugarless tea. Sometimes our ladies and girls changed their requirements very often. Lol... Those days I was late to go to the office on Mondays as I was coming from my home. As there was a flexible hour’s schedule, it was not a problem. So, morning tea time was over when I was going there on Monday. But they were kind enough to give my tea irrespective of their schedule. 

One day I met a Tea uncle in another office. There were a few friends who worked with me in an ex-office. So, it was a nice meeting with that uncle and our gang. It was an innocent get together where we shared and reminded our joyful memories. At that time also, he asked whether I would like to have a Tea.

The people who did the cleaning service is the other crowd. If I could not put a note about them, then it is lacking. Some of them were friendly to us. The time we used the washroom was the time they used to reveal their life journeys. Most of them were filled with many difficulties. 

There was one lady and she was old. She had her grandchildren too. When I was looking at her, always I thought that she is not physically strong enough to do cleaning stuff. She said that she is leaving home around 5 am to come to our office. So, it was not an easy job for her. However, she did not worry about her job or physical conditions. She came every day and did her job well. When our team gives a small gift to her at the year-end, she was so happy. Apart from her, there was one young gent and one of his kids had a tumor in the brain. For surgeries and medicine, our office crowd helped him a lot with his expenses. There was another lady and she was a bit tough. She blamed the people who did not keep the washroom clean. She used to say “now we are cleaning the others bladdy shits because of the bad karma we did in our past. In the next ego, you will do our job”.  However, nobody talked against her though we had to hear that curse when she was working on our floor. I was happy about our reactions as we could see her inner war.

The others were the drivers who gave transport to us when we were working till night. That office arranged cabs for us to go home. They were very disciplined people, and I think nobody made a complaint about them. Some of them thought we have a wonderful and happening job life. I think it's because of the chit chats we had with transport buddies. Lol... Some of them understood our real situation. They knew how hard time we had with such a work schedule. So, they instructed us to keep our health. There was one mature person and he always asked us not to use cold water for shower after working till late at night.

Regarding the coworkers, I could say that I'm lucky to have a few lifetime friends. Apart from them, I had a professional relationship with others. As everybody was not good for me, I was not good for everyone too. As I had a blacklist, I was in some other's blacklists too. As you know it cannot be avoided. So, looking back past, it was a wonderful journey to rewind. Some incidents gave good lessons for life. Still, there are some improvements to consider. But I hope that awareness directs me to the best path. 

I think this is a bit long article when comparing to previous posts.  I can write many things. Though there are many things to talk about "People at the workplace", I don't think that it is useful for you all. Here, I'm revealing this side of people because of one purpose that I have mentioned at the beginning.

The other important thing is, my career journey did not go with the other's favorations. It is all about hard-working, enormous effort, and courage. Apart from the financial benefits that I'm gaining today, that is the most rewarded thing I can share with you as a person who dealt according to the conscience.

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43.0 Let's Enjoy A Fruit Juice With Zero Sugar My Friends

I would like to put a note about 'fruit juice. I would like to offer my gratitude to one of my favorite drinks via this post. As well as this is a lovely gift for all fruit juice lovers around the world.

 

Actually, I did not use to drink fruit juice regularly in my school days and the higher studies era. I could say that I addicted to drink fruit juice because of the evening walk that scheduled two to three days per week after the office. It has totally stopped now as I'm not an office employee anymore. But still, that evening walk is on my schedule. 

I cannot remember the exact day I started drinking fruit juice. However, some fruit juice shops located on the route I used for my evening walk impressed me to have fruit juice. Plus, the thirsty I had after walking a few miles could be another reason. Somehow, I had a nice glass of fruit juice. A big glass of juice.

Most of the time I had Avocado juice and I switched to some other fruits if they did not have Avocado only. So, I did not need to order the juice type as they knew my choice. They asked me to order something if they did not have my favorite. As I used to have an Avocado smoothie with yogurt, sometimes they asked my preference. Otherwise, I just sat and waited for my juice if I wanted to have a normal one. Both parties had that mutual understanding.

That ordering mechanism was a relief for me, especially after office hours. After giving and receiving instructions for about nine hours, their understanding made me happy. I did not want to put an effort to have my drink except money. So, all those reasons dragged me there. I was like an ant, I think. Lol...

There were three shops and, most of the time I went to one shop because of the quality of the juice. As well as it's located on the route I used. One young boy was there. He managed that shop by preparing and serving fruit juice to the customers. As it was not a much-crowded place, he could manage his customers without the support of others. The location of that shop would be a reason for fewer customers, I think. But there were a few offices near the main road and they were regular customers. Though they did not visit the place, they ordered fruit juice and these guys delivered to them. That shop was famous among many because of its better quality.

They did not cheat their customers. For my drink, they prepared one glass using one Avocado and did not mix water much. Therefore, the required thickness was there, and it made a quality juice. After instructing the required sugar level for a few days, he knew the sugar preference also. He could remember the preferences of each customer and I think it's his capability. One day he said that 'Miss, I did not put sugar at all for your drink though I put some sugar for your friend. My cousin's sister also a regular customer. Once we went there, he thought that we were friends.

I did not drink Avocado with yogurt regularly. I felt sleepy after drinking it, and I did not want to walk anymore. One of my friends said that there won't be any progress in my exercises because of this fruit juice. 

She said that it would add more calories than burnt calories. Lol… However, I did not forget my Avocado juice. Even after the walk, I had a very light diet for dinner once I had that yogurt smoothie. It was that much heavy drink. However, it is a very nutritious drink.  Especially it is good food for vegetarian people like me. They can gain enough protein via Avocado and yogurt.

You know, one-day everything got changed by proving the uncertainty of everything. As usual, I went to my favorite shop to have my Avocado drink. Everything was happening as usual except for one thing which could change the view of my Avocado drink. 

At that time, I was enjoying my drink by reading a magazine which kept on my table, and my fruit juice friend started cleaning the stuff he used for juice preparation. I think I was the last customer on that day according to the time. Therefore, he arranged things to close the shop. He cleaned the jugs and glasses and kept them in a cupboard. He kept some additional fruits in the fridge. Finally, he took the blender to clean. First, he washed it with water and put some dish wash liquid to clean. Then he took a toothbrush and brushed the inside. It was a very unpleasant scene for me and at that time I almost finished my drink. I could not drink the last portion.

I wanted to vomit the entire drink. I started to think that he was not using someone's brush. As it is easy to clean the inside via a toothbrush, it might be his choice. So, I quickly made the payment and left. When I was telling the same with my cousin, she also said that he won't use a used toothbrush. However, after that incident, I could not drink juice from that shop anymore. I stopped drinking fruit juice for a couple of months. I did not go to any shop.

After resetting my mind, I went to another shop to have fruit juice. From the time I went there, I tried to observe the things available in their tables. There were jugs, glasses, sugar, ice, fruits, yogurts, soap, dishwasher, brushes and all. 

But I could not see any toothbrush. I checked near the blender as well. Finally, it was not there. So, I had the drink but I could not have it peacefully. It brought millions of doubts to my mind. Though it was not a nice one like my previous place, I went to that shop for my evening walk drink.

Everything was fine except the owner of that shop. He wanted to know every silly personal detail. I would give him a filled KYC (Know your customer) form as a bank customer. 

As it was an annoying thing to have a chat with him, and most of the times I shared the wrong information with him, later on, I choose another shop. There were a few girls in that shop to prepare fruit juice and sometimes the owner also joined with them. Most of the times he took the duty once those girls finished their duty and left. The quality of their fruit juice was good. But most of the time, my choice 'Avocado was not there. However, I went to that shop.

One day I met that fruit juice guy (Mr. Toothbrush) and he said that he did not see me for a long time. He asked why I did not come to have fruit juice. I wanted to say 'please don't use a toothbrush to clean the blender. But I told him that I'm working on a new office and using another route to come back. Lol…

By the way, what is your favorite fruit? Avocado? Great... I added you to my friends' list. However, try to have it with less/zero sugar buddy.