9 to 5!!!

BUZZ!!! BUZZ!! 5.45 AM. Smack the alarm. Get up. Brush and shave(once in 2 days -this goes with shaving). Sip of coffee! If possible glance at the news paper( reading paper sounds like a luxury). Run for shower. Dress up. Prayer ( less than 30 seconds). Corn flakes + Watch something on the TV at the same time. 7AM. Turn off everything... Rush to catch Bus! ooppsss... Did I lock the back door? Check! Done. 7.03AM.

Bus. If more than 1 hour, a small nap on commute. Office. 8 AM. Check Mails. Reminders popping up now and then. Snooze them! 10 AM. Meetings. Meetings getting extended. Speed up! Catch up! 11 AM. Mails. More Mails. Ouch - Missed to attach the doc. Re-send! 12 Noon. Issues and more issues. Solve it. Appreciations and Escalations. Both comes in the form of more work. 1.30PM.

Lunch. Eat. It's taking time. Eat Fast. Back to seat. Work goes at a relatively slower pace till 3. 3 PM. Back to old pace. Darn it - Never sent that mail. Late updates. Missed two meeting. Reschedule it tomorrow. 4 PM. Add reminder to meet Arun on way back home at 6. Call couple of Team members for progress check. 4.30PM. Unexpected new work. Change reminder to meet arun at 8. 5 PM. Design wrong. Change HLD and LLD. "Meet Arun at 8". Snooze.Check The new design.Hope this design works. 7 PM. OMG... 7 PM?!?. Status reports. check it once. Send it. "Meet Arun at 8". Ok I will. Missed couple of guys in CC. Forward it from Sent folder. 8 PM. Run. Catch the Bus. Standing.Traffic Jam.

8.45 PM. Home sweet home. Sink in couch. 9 PM. Ho no... Missed to meet Arun. Call him. Blah blah. 9.20PM. Have to cook?... Rice-Curd-pickle-Chips-water. 5 course dinner. 10.30PM. Call from offshore. 11.30PM. Go to bed. Sleep. 11.45 PM. Turn on the alarm to get up again at 5.45AM

Many of us cannot afford any surprises of life (good or bad) to change our pre-programmed daily routine! Monday thro Friday - Photo copies of each other! 9 to 5... ugh? Better rethink the title!