So there is a cubicle. And every work-day confined to its mind numbing space, is a whole new (mis)adventure. Part 1 (I honestly din't think this could run into a Part II, but I also din't know a whole load of other stuff that is "corporate culture", so, ha.) was mostly about a routine day at work. Part II, is what NOT TO DO in your cubicle. These are the words that are a product of learning the hard way. It's stuff I have to remind myself everyday as i inch closer and closer to that blasted cubicle. And having it written down somewhere might help, i thought.
DO NOT leave chocolates lying on your desk. the cubicle maybe yours, but there people that eat your chocolate without your permission, as you watch, too shocked to react. And pretend like it does not matter , is no big deal at all. It is. A very big deal. But apparently only to me. Goodbye dark chocolate, i'm sure you would have been lovely, had i known you.
DO NOT log in to any social networking site from the cubicle. People will feel free to gawk at whatever pictures are displayed like you are a freak alien and not an average human. They will also feel free to comment on how "weird" you look, making you wonder if it is advisable to leave any pictures of your(weird) self on any said site.
DO NOT leave your ID card on your desk. Your megalomaniac superior will hide it. (juvenile behaviour? haha. Leadership qualities you see.) And upon realising that you do not care two hoots that your id card is missing, will give it back, and give you a lecture (throughout which you stare flabbergasted). Icing on the cake? Hiding the ID card was to show you that your ID card needs to be on you and not on the desk.
Corporate India, I might depend on you for a job, but you don't own me, and i refuse to wear something around my neck because I am not your slave. Megalomaniac superior or not.
DO NOT, even think, that you can have a phone conversation without people listening to you the whole time, and intently at that, without even blinking. I didn't think me telling my sister where the house keys are, can make for such an interesting conversation that people ignore work and give you their whole undivided attention. More than 5 people. For more than 5 minutes. It can be very disconcerting. It is advisable to text anybody who attempts to call you.
And DO NOT, ever , try to have a conversation, via IM. Or if you do, be prepared to have peeping toms look intently at your screen, blatantly invading your cubicle-space. And then ask you a billion gazillion questions.
I haven't yet found out a single good thing i can do in the cubicle. And no, work does not fall in that category.
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