A busy schedule off a non-busy schedule.

Just like you've to think a lot to even crack a PJ (Cracking a poor joke has to be given intense thought if it would live upto the expectation of a poor joke), it’s duely important to find importance of non-important time. Out of all the unimportant task that we do, the most important one is going through the daily newspaper. We techies, unusually have forgotten to read through the pages of books and have glued our eyes into the screens which reads various names like Samsung, LG, Viewsonic and so on at the bottom. Our fingers have been replaced with the scroll bar and the buttons on the mouse.

A much within this time, I made it a point to read the paper (not the e-paper) along with a cup of coffee/tea. This is rarely a time when you can be an observer, but few happenings in and around you, can't take away anything without being observed. Similar was the issue when a lady from my office sat infront of me to read the newspaper.

The time that i hopped on to read it today, did the lady stick on to "The Times of India", apart from this there were papers like "Deccan Herald" and "The Economic Times" left on the table. I wasn't a big time into finance and so let loose upon "Deccan Herald" half heartedly, While the lady (with embossed lipstick) already finished off the first page with "The Times of India". "Maybe, she'd already gone through the paper at home., only then quick to get onto the second page.." I thought.. I'd not even ended with the first big news of the day that she had turned a couple of more pages. By the time i was almost done with a couple of news, she'd done with almost 12-14 pages. (Her action of moving her hairs behind her ears seemed faster than moving the pages of the newspaper) Hmm... I thought she was already done with the headlines, city news, editorial, business too., so next would be the sports to come and then followed by the color pages, which is mostly useless. It would just have the parties which were on last night and the typical page 3 news.

God know if i was getting faster or she was getting any slower (I was talking about the newspaper), did i go through a couple of pages and hers not 1 did get over. She was still stuck on to the Sports main page and made me wonder whats the news for today on the sports main page ? Thats a huge compliment that more of a homely lady like hers was following the cricket and football news so closely and which of these gals dont like Machester United. There are way too many chocolate boys in there. By the way, why do i care about what she is reading ? After all, my requirement was "The Times of India", nothing more., She could have even read about yesterday's newspaper heroes in today's "Deccan Herald", they are usually a day late, that may be more because they publish it in the US.. LOL.

I started gathering pace and almost like went through the business headlines and sports section too... whereas she had just moved on to "Bangalore Times" (A very controlled smile was up on her face), I had a sense of urgency now, spending around 35-40 mins waiting for a newspaper was too boring... although, i was held with an unintresting newspaper. I could not hold nerves and put the newspaper on the desk and went off to my floor, where i caught eye with few of my earlier project mates working.

A "hi, hello" to them, exchanged few happenings from the last few days and a casual joke too made way for another 10 minutes. I'd almost forgotten that i'd still to read "The Times of India.." and happend to still pass by the place where i was sitting. I still found this lady, glued whole heartedly into "Bangalore Times" page 2 & 3. Maybe, she would be browsing through Cartoon Network's programs for her kids. But come on, its somewhere close to 30-35 mins that she had been stuck to the coloured papers of the day.

I was in no mood to give up, and wanted to anyhow set a start time from 1 hour to see, where she finishes, another 20 minutes gone and she put the papers down to stand up from the parking lot (the seat where she sat). For sure, I never wanted to occupy that seat for the warmth that it had and i was anyway warming some other seat. So then, as she rose,did i see a red tag (that means, she served our firm for more than 5 years in a stretch), Which should make her occupied with work all the time when compared to the jobless me.

I wasn't really interested in whats there on pages 2-3-4 of Bangalore times, but indeed admired a person for very religiously following it. For a moment, looking at her dedication to the colored papers, i now think, I should have titled this blog as "A busy task off a busy schedule.."

Luv, ME