There was an article in the papers this morning which reminded me of an incident from a while back. I had just joined the work force then. Some folks had come to work in jeans that day. Not standard regulations. Turned out that they were on leave. They were on leave as they could not claim their LTA otherwise. But apparently had too much work, were too busy, were too important to actually go on leave. Wearing jeans at work was their honour badge. The vacation … only on paper. It was the 90s. Kolkata actually. Not Mumbai. Then a new century started. A new city for me. Mumbai. Another corporate concept… ‘Half day’. I remember at least two occasions…in two different companies where folks went all the way to the office gate taunting their colleagues, who were leaving just a bit after official closing hours, with a kindergarten bully-like taunt of ‘half day … half day’. A very prevalent form of sledging then. Luck...
Because we have an opinion on everything under the sun