Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Natural Actors!!!

Reach office and calculate the time you'll have to be in it. Reach home and calculate the time you have before you get back. You know, office in reality is a theater. Pretend to work hard when manager is around. Pretend to be intelligent when supervisor is around. Pretend to be inside the monitor when someone passes by. Pretend to read when actually you are checking if it is time for lunch. Pretend to have lunch, while you check out the girl sitting on the next table. Pretend to be ignoring her, while you still gawk at her through the corner of your eyes. Pretend to be smart, when you don't really understand the topic being discussed at the table. Pretend to yawn, when you have already taken a short nap on your desk. Pretend its because of the ease of your task and not because of the heavy lunch you dumped on yourself. Pretend to be thinking deeply of a problem when you stare at others' screens, just to check if everybody else is as useless as you. Pretend to be discussing intently with a colleague, when actually you are thinking of the TT match you played last evening. Pretend to be researching a topic on the net while you have google opened that says "Where to find chopsticks in Gurgaon?" Pretend to be needing a cup of coffee, when you hope it keeps you up till you find the answer of the question you googled. Make fun of others' deeds, while you pretend not to have done any such deed yourself. Pretend to have seen all the movies by simply nodding, when you curse yourself for not watching it when friends recommended. Pretend to be arranging your desk while you are ensuring if the coast is clear for you to claim your independence. Pretend to be indifferent while leaving the office, when your mind is offering coconuts and sweets to the holy God, praying that you don't get noticed. Pretend to be composed once you are out, although it is too difficult for you to control your happiness. Pretend that you had a long hard day, when you feel a tinge of guilt in your gut. Aaaarghhh!!! What am I, an actor?

p.s.: The above post is purely a work of fiction and sarcasm. Any resemblance to actual characters or incidents or any emotional damage done thereof is entirely coincidental and is not the responsibility of the author. The author doesn't wanna get fired you see.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

simple post but a very lively one

Unknown said...

that was nice bhaina

sonik said...

Hang on for long and you'd have internalised all this pretence :)

Jake_Sully said...

Thanks everyone.
@sonik: i think i already have the symptoms. :(

Prabir said...

Thats nice piece Nihar..infact a realistic one...which makes me to think whether we are pretending to living a life or life itself became a pretention.....

Nishant Neeraj said...

Pretend to be Jake_Sully while you're Enna_Raskala. Awesome post. :P

Jake_Sully said...

Thanks Prabir and Naishe.