And what do you get? Chaos!
That's my current team. Grown up 'kids' at work. Not a day passes without teasings and laughters. You should take a look at the meeting room that we are in. The table can hardly be seen, covered with laptops, pencil cases, loose papers, cables, charges, bottles. The floor is covered with our bags, trash, files, stacks of papers and boxes. Have you seen kids fight for space? Come visit us one day.
Then there's the whiteboard. Not for work purposes. But for map directions, after work 'happy hour' schedules, movie listings and total unpaid amounts for lunches and dinners.
Speaking about food, we eat every single hour of everyday. There's a snack bar at a corner of the room. You will find one dozen of Nescafes, 10 packs of Extra chewing gums, one big packet of Mamee, 2 packets of chips, one pack of Lot 100, one packet of 'heong pneah', some kacang tumbuk, some pineapple tarts, one 'tong' of Julie's love letters. If that's not enough, you will see cups of bubble teas, Old Town's toast and McD's sundae on and off.
There's an issue with the air-conditioning as well. We fight for temperature. I come in early and set it at 21 degrees. 15 minutes later, someone complained too cold. So we increased it to 25 degrees. 15 minutes later, another complained too stuffy. So we lowered the temperature to 22 degrees. 15 minutes later..well, you know, it continues for the rest of the day.
To decide for lunch and dinner is also another fun part. You look at me, I look at you. No conclusion? So we vote. Still no conclusion? We look at each other again. Half an hour past and when we got really hungry, we head back to the same cafe as yesterdays. Nice.
If I were to leave the firm one day, this is what I'll miss. A whole bunch of people having a good time at work. Even when I make them work till 11pm. No. They made me stay till 11pm. I told them to cut off at 10pm. They said no! Unbelievable.
And at 11pm, we raced to get home. Once we hit the freeway, you'll see a total of 7 cars picking up speed, cutting in and out and zoom, they are no where in sight. And you'll hear this the first thing the next morning, "Why did you cut in front of me last night??".
I am anticipating our next movie night. Our next karaoke session. And to get that Ramli burger that we have been talking for weeks.
