Nine hours of office would appear seemingly long to some, but when there
is work they are just not enough. If you thought hanging around the
water cooler , visiting cafeteria in every break , taking personal
calls or hitting the gym might be the only activities that shrink
your day , then do try what I did yesterday.
A friend of mine and I had to get some documents printed and signed by the HR. We went to our floor common printer and tried to login to the machine kept there. Never in my life had I stared at the “Please Wait “for some 20 odd minutes. Had I been able to voice myself to the box of snail processors, I would’ve told them what being “on time” actually means. As time passed by PLEASE WAIT seemed mocking and a conjunction of etiquette and helplessness.
Since our machine was in client network, we could not connect to the common floor printer from our personal desktops too.
We went to the 7th floor just to discover that both the machines kept in the common area weren’t working: One didn’t download and one didn’t just work.The printer however was working fine.
After trying our luck at the “not downloadable” machine we went to the 5th floor.
The machine was working there but the printer wasn’t.We connected the machine with the 8th floor printer . Went all the way to see a very low quality print.
We came back on 5th floor , This time connected the machine with the 7th floor printer and after battling the long queue of associates who had similar experience that day , we were successful in printing 2 pages. Voila…………….we finally got our print outs. That the HR by the time we reached had gone for lunch and we had to wait for an hour or so is another story altogether.
I wonder how are some thousands of associates able to manage in offices of several floors where the probability of either the machine or printer not working is .75 (yes I did some maths :P )
A friend of mine and I had to get some documents printed and signed by the HR. We went to our floor common printer and tried to login to the machine kept there. Never in my life had I stared at the “Please Wait “for some 20 odd minutes. Had I been able to voice myself to the box of snail processors, I would’ve told them what being “on time” actually means. As time passed by PLEASE WAIT seemed mocking and a conjunction of etiquette and helplessness.
Since our machine was in client network, we could not connect to the common floor printer from our personal desktops too.
We went to the 7th floor just to discover that both the machines kept in the common area weren’t working: One didn’t download and one didn’t just work.The printer however was working fine.
After trying our luck at the “not downloadable” machine we went to the 5th floor.
The machine was working there but the printer wasn’t.We connected the machine with the 8th floor printer . Went all the way to see a very low quality print.
We came back on 5th floor , This time connected the machine with the 7th floor printer and after battling the long queue of associates who had similar experience that day , we were successful in printing 2 pages. Voila…………….we finally got our print outs. That the HR by the time we reached had gone for lunch and we had to wait for an hour or so is another story altogether.
I wonder how are some thousands of associates able to manage in offices of several floors where the probability of either the machine or printer not working is .75 (yes I did some maths :P )
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SYSTEM NOT WORKING PRINTER WORKING |
SYSTEM WORKING PRINTER NOT WORKING |
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SYSTEM NOT WORKING PRINTER NOT WORKING |
SYSTEM WORKING PRINTER WORKING |
The silver lining however was that now I know how much time a page will take to print in my office.
A simple task can sometimes turn into a big struggle utilizing your time, testing your patience and most importantly teaching you the meaning of the word : JUGAAD
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