“You have to finish that pending surveying work on the Queen's Road near zoo in a day and give me the report!”
Said the Big Boss setting the bench mark for the group. As the earlier survey reports were missing, the Company was tasked to do re-survey of the 1 km stretch of busy road and make a new report..
"It's truly an adventure to take up and finish this job in a day. Be prepared for a hard day boys!"
Said the Big Boss setting the bench mark for the group. As the earlier survey reports were missing, the Company was tasked to do re-survey of the 1 km stretch of busy road and make a new report..
"It's truly an adventure to take up and finish this job in a day. Be prepared for a hard day boys!"
Was the instruction from the immediate Boss covering up his own subconscious fear of losing job if something goes wrong in the process..
With their dreams of enjoying Sunday holiday shelved, the 3 got up very early as the alarm clock pulled them out of their beds, freshened up, moved to the spot, and started their work before dawn from one end of the black tarred road where street lights were seen still glowing, keeping the placard written in bold letters
With their dreams of enjoying Sunday holiday shelved, the 3 got up very early as the alarm clock pulled them out of their beds, freshened up, moved to the spot, and started their work before dawn from one end of the black tarred road where street lights were seen still glowing, keeping the placard written in bold letters
MEN AT WORK
Next to them..
“Without disturbing the smooth flow of traffic, let's finish our work by the end of the day!"
The Senior reminded his 2 Juniors..
Soon it was 9 AM and the sun was sharp. The 3 had breakfast and resumed their work..
“It's already hot.. Better our Bosses plan such hectic works on cool winter days. Let me remove this Apron!”
Soon it was 9 AM and the sun was sharp. The 3 had breakfast and resumed their work..
“It's already hot.. Better our Bosses plan such hectic works on cool winter days. Let me remove this Apron!”
Said the senior and the others followed. Many vehicle users were seen observing them keenly as they moved on and it was a bit irritating to them..
Time passed thus and it was 11 AM then. The heat picked up..
"I can no more bear this Blazer. Let it go!”
Again said the senior and the two simply followed. Suddenly, a cab driver shouted at them..
"Hey! Move. You are blocking me!”
Time passed thus and it was 11 AM then. The heat picked up..
"I can no more bear this Blazer. Let it go!”
Again said the senior and the two simply followed. Suddenly, a cab driver shouted at them..
"Hey! Move. You are blocking me!”
That quickly irritated the men at work.
"Hey! This is equally an important work. Unless we do this and give our report, you'll not get…. Do you know?”
"Hey! This is equally an important work. Unless we do this and give our report, you'll not get…. Do you know?”
Shouted back the Senior. The cab driver murmured aloud and moved on..
Time too moved on to 1 PM soon and it was a blast of heat wave around..
Profusely sweating, one of the Juniors just kept his equipment partly on to road for a while preparing to go for lunch. In no time, the Cab driver behind started honking. Quite annoyed the man shouted back,
“Hey! Stop honking. We are working here!”
Time too moved on to 1 PM soon and it was a blast of heat wave around..
Profusely sweating, one of the Juniors just kept his equipment partly on to road for a while preparing to go for lunch. In no time, the Cab driver behind started honking. Quite annoyed the man shouted back,
“Hey! Stop honking. We are working here!”
Next 15 minutes, heated exchanges were there and finally some good Samaritans had to intervene and cool the tempers..
As certain time was lost, the 3 decided to skip lunch, quickly grabbed some snacks from road side swallowing hot tea and once again resumed their work..
It was 3 PM and the sun turned and was straight shining on to their faces. The glare was too much, the heat was oppressive and there was no movement of wind. Fully exhausted, the trio inadvertently left one of their bags a little on to road and a vehicle went close to the bag. That’s all..
Tempers ran high and for the next half an hr, it was free for all. Time moved on, some calmness prevailed soon and the work was resumed..
It was 0600 PM.. The Sun was seen on the horizon with the 3 steadily doing their jobs..
It was 0630 PM.. Slowly, the sun went down the horizon with the bright colors of twilight fading off quickly. The 3 men closed their work for the day, picked up their blazers/aprons and slowly started walking back homewards with the heavy equipment on back..
In few minutes, it was totally a different scene in front with the 3 chit-chatting among themselves with all coolness simultaneously,
As certain time was lost, the 3 decided to skip lunch, quickly grabbed some snacks from road side swallowing hot tea and once again resumed their work..
It was 3 PM and the sun turned and was straight shining on to their faces. The glare was too much, the heat was oppressive and there was no movement of wind. Fully exhausted, the trio inadvertently left one of their bags a little on to road and a vehicle went close to the bag. That’s all..
Tempers ran high and for the next half an hr, it was free for all. Time moved on, some calmness prevailed soon and the work was resumed..
It was 0600 PM.. The Sun was seen on the horizon with the 3 steadily doing their jobs..
It was 0630 PM.. Slowly, the sun went down the horizon with the bright colors of twilight fading off quickly. The 3 men closed their work for the day, picked up their blazers/aprons and slowly started walking back homewards with the heavy equipment on back..
In few minutes, it was totally a different scene in front with the 3 chit-chatting among themselves with all coolness simultaneously,
One singing a sweet tune,
Another whistling aloud,
The third breathing deep relaxing in between
And
The traffic around moving calmly in spite being hectic
As the cool breeze of evening hrs gently touched every one without an exception
In no time
Bringing down the unending tensions of the hectic heat of the day
With
The Nature around instantly returning to it's Original Calmness
And
Beauty!
Keywords: heat, tensions
At the end of the day forget all good and bad of the work life and just relax. Great message, Sir.
ReplyDeleteYes.. You said it right Durga Prasad.. Thanks for the appreciation!
DeleteYes, cool evening breeze is always pleasant which buries all the tiredness and sufferings of heat... Great post sir...
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashish.. Nice to hear such a good comment from you on the Post!
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