Dumping my thoughts!!!
It'd been very very ordinary day til then. As the clock moved past One, it's time for much awaited lunch break.
I gently walked along blacktopped passage to the Cafeteria and merged onto the queue to the cashier.With a token for meals in hand, I joined the waiting line to pickup a plate.
I noticed something odd in a process that people here, including me, were doing over the years. Almost 99 out of 100 IT engineers here did that. I was not part of the remaing 1 percent till then.
What process do software engineers follow in the canteen?? It's nothing but wiping the plate they take with a tissue.
Why are they doing that while they are not supposed to insult workmanship by cleaning a clean plate, I started thinking through.
Maybe, the plates are not cleansed properly?? If that is the case, why are you doing that. Isn't the responsibility of the contractor to provide hygienic food?
With mindful of thoughts, I approached the stack of plates and got hold of the one at the top. Believe me, it looked absolutely clean. Pulling a few tissues out of the packet kept on the table, I noticed the next plate on the top. It looked even cleaner. I moved away to head for buffet. Yet I was very interested to see what the next guy in the queue was doing. I turned back, only to witness him cleaning the clean plate with a tissue paper. :-) :-) :-)
I never searched for an answer for the lone question "Who started this stupid activity??", as I was also among the goosy group of plate cleaners for about 2 years.
6 comments:
Its psychological. No insults consciously intended to the canteen workers. The same psychology with which people tug at a firmly locked door. It lets the individual confirm their belief that it's locked. Here, we confirm that it's clean(er)! :-)
....in another tangent, why did u change the color scheme? title blinds the eye :-(
have mercy dear sir.
hey double checking your work is different from re-doing other guys' work.. :-)).. i know you wont agree.. anyways do confirm..
and about the color scheme.. am very sorry about that, i already have spent too much of time working on the template.. give me some more time.. :-)
thiru good thought da..sema vetti poala.. but actually i once thought the same when i was standing in the queue, but eventually when i took the plate i took a tissue along with tat and wiped it :). obviously its just for a personal satisfaction. why do u say tat it is re-doing?
everytime i take the tissue to clean it, same question comes to me too..
To answer or rather convince myself with the act of cleaning it again i concentrate on the corners of the plate, where many times i ve found something unnecessary.
So the next time i take up the plate, automatically im gonna pick up a tissue too !
And Thiru..ur page looks very neat now !
hmmmm.. so supporting mat's words, is ti.. its all psychological.. :-)
thanks da.. look forward to maintain the same neatness.. :-)
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