Where is the time?

A recent workshop on time-management was held to open our eyes on the virtues of being on time. Impressive jargons were flashed over tedious presentation and tips were shared to be better organized. And I hoped my world will get slightly better to work. But hopes are made to be crashed and that is exactly what is happening now.
Whoever said ignorance is bliss, maybe knows my situation. In the past I wasn’t well-informed so no-sense of time was bearable. Now it looks like a torture when I am fully aware. Clients say in five minutes you’ll get the approval and there you wait taking each word literally. I am told to keep a watch on my time, but what about the wristwatch my client wears? Hey, I don’t even know the brand and it has a tendency to show late, always.
You should come on time and leave on time, is the utopia I live in every day. But what about the meetings which always start late and ends late? Thus, the whole concept on working with time goes to the rubbish bin. Not to mention the looks you get if you leave office on time, hey guys, I worked harder and finished all of them on time. Since when that is an issue?
The general mindset is that if you don’t stay back, you aren’t working and more so if the boss is around. You just can’t leave, leaving him behind. As if he can’t find his way back to his luxury car without you around. So pretend you’ve lots of work that can’t be finished within office hours even it means that you’ve to chat with strangers online or keep checking out hot babes on social networking site. Will then keeping a time sheet help or reveal more than you are ready to reflect?
In an industry I belong, most of the times client sleep till late. They wake up at the eleventh hour expecting you to sacrifice your weekends (and weeknights perhaps your life) for them. And if you refuse to work their way, you risk being sacked. So isn’t it better to work late than not work at all?
That’s another story that the trainer for the workshop was running late for reasons beyond her control. Isn’t it a fact that in life most things are beyond our control? Awareness educates us but what about the knowledge that kills you. The feeling that you are running late because somebody has forgotten to keep watching the watch, hanging somewhere, maybe in a neglected corner where it is meant to be ignored.
To top it all, all you get to hear is “Just give me a little time”. While you know you can afford anything but time.


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