Her cubicle is in a private cozy corner of the department. It has a wide window on one side that lets in abundant sunlight during the day. Her PC is a combination of a sleek looking, Pentium 4, 1GB RAM box, a regular keyboard and a flickering monitor. The mouse is not wireless but the effort to create an illusion of such, by reducing the wire length drastically is worth a mention- never mind the restricted mobility. Her desk is pretty much empty of any docs or books as she prefers to keep them with her all the time. It is sometimes important to know that you have the freedom to read everything possible on earth even though you really never will.
There is a bottle of VASA mineral water on her table that is filled with water from the cooler every day. Since the water is too cold for her, she microwaves some of it and mixes it back with the remaining in the bottle to make it drink-worthy. The AC vent right above her head is the only hitch in her pleasant work life. She is still an Indian thermodynamically and even the five cold winters in the US has not made her any more immune to cold. Her most comfortable room temperature is from 75-85F. Anything below that makes her shiver. An old sweater resting on the back of her chair provides the comfort she needs.
Not all of them come to office everyday, it is more or less a quiet workplace. Other than the familiar hum of typing keys, occasional footsteps and phone rings, the coffee maker at the desk of her near neighbor from middle east is the only music she hears all day. This one in particular while brewing coffee sounds much like someone smoking a Hookah (tobacco pipe). While she was still new at this office, this sound had intrigued her for sometime. Until one day she decided to take a good scan of the workplaces of her colleagues to unearth the mystery.
Life is good with intermittent lunch-time and otherwise unplanned- some finite and other infinite chats with colleagues. Chinese Orange flavored White tea in hot water and sugar cubes add to the zing.
There is a bottle of VASA mineral water on her table that is filled with water from the cooler every day. Since the water is too cold for her, she microwaves some of it and mixes it back with the remaining in the bottle to make it drink-worthy. The AC vent right above her head is the only hitch in her pleasant work life. She is still an Indian thermodynamically and even the five cold winters in the US has not made her any more immune to cold. Her most comfortable room temperature is from 75-85F. Anything below that makes her shiver. An old sweater resting on the back of her chair provides the comfort she needs.
Not all of them come to office everyday, it is more or less a quiet workplace. Other than the familiar hum of typing keys, occasional footsteps and phone rings, the coffee maker at the desk of her near neighbor from middle east is the only music she hears all day. This one in particular while brewing coffee sounds much like someone smoking a Hookah (tobacco pipe). While she was still new at this office, this sound had intrigued her for sometime. Until one day she decided to take a good scan of the workplaces of her colleagues to unearth the mystery.
Life is good with intermittent lunch-time and otherwise unplanned- some finite and other infinite chats with colleagues. Chinese Orange flavored White tea in hot water and sugar cubes add to the zing.
