Corporate Chai

One fine day I was discussing with my colleagues and thought of writing a post on the National Drink of India-CHAI. Since we were sitting in a corporate, it becomes-Corporate Chai, so four IT people are on break, what you think they are gonna talk about, think think think….think one more time…..

Yes, you are absolutely correct first of all the things in the world, they will talk about office politics, and they should not be blamed, because the small ODC, small office, ittusi building becomes their world, they cant think of anything else but office, they will discuss topics such as
who escalated whom,who cant digest without sending an escalation,who is cartoon of team, who is silent killer, who fights with everyone, who is having affairs, who is playboy/girl, who is too much workaholic that he wants his bed to move in ODC, who does not work at all and puts all the work pressure on others, who is going to file paper, who is too much kanjus, that on asking money will give us chillars, who keeps on sleeping, who keeps buttering leads, who is going to fly(onsite), who is going to ran away, who keeps on bugging with silly stuff, who keeps on asking silly Qs in mails (“may I know why.......”), cant they ask directly, after all everyone is sitting in same ODC – next to each other, meetings, racism and what not sometimes these discussions goes to higher level-politics, gf-bfs, marriages, life, and a lot to tell. Sometimes people have this table only to get everything out of their minds especially about the team because they cant even share such small things to other people.

Enough about topics, let me introduce you to my tea group, we have got people of all kinds, one senior is their but never shows seniority and always prefer tea. We can call him dude of the group, who looks simple, but always ready to help others and has big contacts too. A person who knows how to socialize and take everyone to trips.
If we talk about politics, leader of group will get emotional, yes we are talking about Gandhi but of a different kind, normally he wont speak much as he will be busy in comparing his height or will be in his own thoughts. He is a true leader and prefers tea or juice of my choice.
Lets move to Rose of our group who will order daily same kind of stuff(sandwich and lemon), now-a-days cashier don't even ask her order. An ambitious one, who is not attached to any of the silly affairs of office, never cares about any mails. Even at tea table she won’t speak much, but she will understand our first joke when second one is over.
Last but not the least, ME, they call me an experimenter in juices, yes I like to try each and every type of juice that is available for example- Citrus-a mix of Orange, amla and lemon, or a mix of green chili and orange, yes Sir I have tried that too.

I hope you would have enjoyed and drank the corporate Chai with me, if you have not,
let’s have a cup of tea.