"JUST 5 MINUTES.."

 

"I was late.. Just 5 minutes.. That's nothing actually. My Boss straight away cut half day. I thought of telling the Boss, 'Any how you took away half day of my leave. Don't ask me any work for half day. I can even go out and finish my personal works for half day!'"

"You can't do that!"

"What are you saying? What right this Boss has to take away my half day leave like that?"

"At work, leave is a privilege.. Not a right!"

"Leave is given to me to use as per my wish!"

"You have to apply for it and it has to be sanctioned before use!"

"That is routine!"

"But the key is ever with the Boss!"

"What?"

"Yes.. If required, Boss can refuse sanctioning the leave. Then you have no option of using it!"

"Too much!"

"Not that alone, even if sanctioned, leave can be cancelled in the middle of your use and you can be asked to join the work!"

"What?"

"Even if you have gone outstation too, you can be asked to come back immediately!"

"Oh is it? Then I have my own trick here.  Say I am sick. Then they can't stop me from taking leave!"

"Agreed, you can do that. But it has its own weak point!"

"What is this one more?"

"Thru' sickness, you are making it known officially that you are not fit for work. If done repeatedly....."

"What? What if done repeatedly?"

"Boss has every right to say that you are not fit for work and so no more required. Do you want that?"

"?????"

Keywords: work, late

IN RETURN..

• "That person helped me in need. In return, I helped the person 80% of that help when in need. I am the happiest!"

Said one with a feeling deep in heart..

God Smiled and Blessed the individual..

• "That person helped me in need. In return, I helped the person 60% of that help when in need. I am very happy!"

Said the other with a feeling deep in heart..

God Smiled and Blessed the individual..

• "That person helped me in need. In return, I could help the person 40% of that help when in need. I am happy!"

Said the 3rd one with a feeling deep in heart..

God Smiled and Blessed the individual..

• "That person helped me in need. In return, I helped the person 20% of that help when in need. I could have done more!"

Said the 4th one with a feeling deep in heart..

God Smiled and Blessed the individual..

• "That person helped me in need. In return, I could help the person only 10% of that help when in need. I feel a lot but situation never permitted me beyond!"

Said the 5th one with a feeling deep in heart..

God Smiled and Blessed the individual..

• "That person helped me in need. In return, I couldn't help the person at all when in need. I feel sorry but I was helpless in the situation!"

Said the 6th one with a feeling deep in heart..

God Smiled and Blessed the individual..

• "It's very simple.That person helped me in need or no need. In return, I helped the person just that much. I go for 1:1 everywhere. Zero help from the other, I too don't help!"

Said the last one laughing aloud..

God remained Silent. Satan joined the laughter!

Keyword: return

AT TIMES, REALITY BECOMES FICTION AND FICTION BECOMES REALITY! #BLOGCHATTER HALF MARATHON 2025

The initial thoughts of mine were..

"This person is a headache. Pokes into every matter.. Doesn't have any decency. Mannerless one!"

Soon followed the thoughts..

"Let me see.. Sometimes when situations change, the earlier bad may appear not so bad and the earlier decency may be seen having hypocrisy. Let me just ignore this person for the time being. May not be that bad!"

Subsequently as those thoughts continued..

"May be I'm also not keeping off from the not required interactions with the person and that is producing this conflict. Let me maintain min decency in future interactions with him. Clapping is not possible unless both hands join!"

That noble thinking when not rested..

“Let me look at myself.. I may call him bad easily but am I great if I don't attempt doing something in this direction?"

Further up the refined thoughts..

"Good and bad are just the 2 sides of the coin. It's ever my duty to constantly turn the good in others in all my interactions and thus move myself in my life. Seen that way.. Let me constantly correct myself and myself alone everywhere!"

The calling bell rang.. As I opened the door, the same person at the door wished me and said..

• "Sir! I had been to the Office and there I saw your Photo ID of.... I requested the person at the counter to give to me and I hand over that to you as I know you but he refused. I convinced him saying that of late there is a problem with you and you are not able to go everywhere, convinced him and received the ID..

Please keep it safe!"

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Keywords: FICTION, REALITY

WHOLESOME EMPLOYMENT.. WHAT'S IT LIKE? #BLOGCHATTER HALF MARATHON 2025

 

In early 20s  

When

Time appears plenty,

Involvement lacks everywhere,

Money remains limited and 

Energies go out constantly

On the day of joining,

Employment is seen as place of doing wonders..

In mid 20s

When

Time gets rationed,

Involvement surfaces,

Money remains reasonable 

 and 

Energies touch skies, 

It is felt like an imposed responsibility..

Around mid 30s 

When

Time becomes limited,

Involvement deepens,

Money becomes wholesome 

 And 

Energies go everywhere,

It becomes the necessary responsibility 

And 

Quickly narrows down to day to day responsibility..

In mid 40s
When
Time becomes further limited,
Involvement deepens beyond,
Money becomes wholesome
And
Energies go on and on everywhere ,

It settles down to an endless responsibility..

In mid 40s to end 50s with one or two promotions

When

Time zeroes down,

Involvement starts talking,

Money becomes sizable 

 And 

Energies remain at brim,

It changes to a ruling responsibility,

In no time is experienced as a sweet responsibility,

Further rises to a loved responsibility 

And beyond

Settles down to a sacred responsibility..

On the eve of retirement around 60s 

When

Time becomes immaterial,

Involvement dictates,

Money accumulates 

 And 

Energies are put to test,

It is felt as worshipped responsibility well discharged..

Soon as the tempo of new life picks up,

From mid 60s to mid 70s 

When

Time creates sometimes an issue,

Involvement softens,

Money remains static

 And 

Energies start tapering down,

It is seen as part of life well lived with handsome monies on hand!

Finally beyond mid 70s 

When

Time at disposal remains immaterial,

Involvement becomes least,

Money creates sometimes an issue

And 

Energies touch almost zero,

IT LIVES IN SWEET MEMORIES ON AND OFF!

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Keyword: 

EMPLOYMENT

CONTEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS.. #BLOGCHATTER HALF MARATHON 2025

The child had to go for few extra curricular activities at the young age. Naturally those extra activities in school curriculum as well as outside the curriculum were invariably on Sundays and holidays and that way the child was continuously made to involve into all those activities..

The grand father felt for the child struggling to learn/do so many new beyond normal studies. For a while he was restless but as the elderly gentleman sat in his easy chair and thought over, slowly a certain message was seen opening up in front of him..

• 'Contemporary knowledge/skills are the most important entities in one’s work life..

• Any additional knowledge/skill with one away from own specialization is contemporary knowledge/skill assuming that he/she is update in his/her specialization..

• Partly, contemporary knowledge/skills are taught up to the class where the schooling ends in one’s life. Rest of that knowledge/skills are acquired through one’s interaction in society and extra interests and that varies from person to person..

• One always does one's work through one's specialization the best but that doing alone is not all and one has to sell his/her work else money will not come..

• That selling is a trick and one's basic skill or specialization alone can't do that unless there is less supply and more demand in the market. But most of the times it is the other way in the world. So one has to create demand and compete in respect of the supply..

• The quality of work which is out of one's skill alone may limit competition from others to certain extent when pricing and timely deliveries are taken care. But surely creation of demand depends upon one's skills of social interactions and knowledge in that direction. There alone, the contemporary knowledge/skills play a definite role..

• The Employer may primarily take up the task of creating demand but he/she definitely expects his/her Employee to assist in that. The Employee does not have much choice there..

So, next time when children are seen involving in anything beyond studies, pause and think..

• That requirement is part and parcel of the coming up life as well

• Of course, with the core specialization as the base!'

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Keywords: CONTEMPORARY, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE

'JEALOUSY, ROOTED YOU OUT!' 'HA! HA! HA!' #BLOGCHATTER HALF MARATHON 2025

"This treacherous enemy jealousy,

'Jeopardizes your interests,

Endangers your safety,

Attacks you with no less intensity, 

Lures you at every opportunity, 

Overpowers you in the nick of the moment, 

Unleashes it's evil intentions and makes you 

Sob profusely shedding crocodile tears 

Yielding temporarily thru' a smile!'

That was my life song all these years and I sang it deep in my heart, bi-hearted it to the core, went to the roots of structure of jealousy, grasped it and eliminated it once for all!"

The phone went thru' liberally..

• "Hello.. Yeah.. It's me.. Oh.. How are you dear? What? Is it? So nice to hear the good news. Great.. Oh.. You are giving party. Yes.. You should.. I'd be No 1 guest there. Ok.. Bye then.. All the best!"

Subsequently, as the thoughts of 

The huge extra benefit the friend got all other conditions remaining same 

Ran deep in the mind, the person was seen

Murmuring, 

Muttering, 

Cursing and 

Raging 

With an unknown anger as the enemy presumed to be eliminated long back was seen singing it's own song with a mischievous smile..

"May be, your life had passed 

All these years coolly with 

No major comparable events 

But today 

Caught you in the nick of time 

When such an event surfaced!"

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Keyword: Jealousy

THE 'NO ESCAPE' LOOP! #BLOGCHATTER HALF MARATHON 2025

The super rich business man of early 50s was given firm advice on health grounds and he decided to live through that discipline whatever the hurdles be.. 

“From today beyond my usual work, 

• Let me go for brisk walk for an hour daily,
• Let me climb min 3 floors as part of that walking,
• Let my diet be max bland and limited,
• Let me go to bed between 10&11 and have min 6 hrs sleep and beyond all
• Let me keep myself calm and cool as much with max cheerfulness in my life!”

He firmed up in his mind. The mobile phone rang instantly.. It was his Business Partner..

“Hello dear! How are you? Is everything fine? Yaar!  One important task with us presently.. Sometime back, there was a call from our Customer's Office.. 

It seems, a delegation of.... are planning to visit our premises tomorrow and they will be here for the whole of next week.  If we can truly please them, we will have life time fortune and the monies flow in for us. In this connection, our presence all these 7 days is very much required. The only difficulty for you may be that you have to bear all this till late night for a week..

But it is only in the evenings. Our regular work as planned will not get affected. These 7 days, I arranged dinner at Hotel.... you know, known for the finest international and continental cuisine..

On the last day, it's a big send off and the 'Best' would be at the disposal of all. Let us, do this in a grand way.  I agree, it's one week's tension for everyone but as monies flow in, it would be a fortune for us.  Be ready at 6 PM.. The vehicle will pick you up at your place. Bye, See you then!”

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Keyword: business