u/haihukkuhaihai

I work at a prominent Investment Bank and this is what I noticed in the past couple of years.

1. People take the office coffee mugs on their desk and keep hoarding them and eventually after couple of hours, we don't have any cups to use. I see 2-3 used cups on the desk of people till evening. Some greater souls don't even keep it back at the end of the day. Even in Pantry/breakout area, some lle people drink tea/coffee and leave it there after they are done.

2. Chairs: We have one chair for one desk with spare chairs in conference rooms/breakout area. But if there are more people, they sit beside their colleage. No issue. But they take the chair of someone who is on the break, instead of taking common chairs from conference room/sitout area. Even if someone take those extra chairs, they don't keep it back in that area at the end of the day.

3. Lift: We have 3 Parking floors with most rush at ground level. During peak time, when lifts are full, the oversmart people , who need to go up, take the lift which is going down. So now the lifts, which are supposed to stop 3 times on 3 floors, now stops 5 times (both while going up and down) eventually carrying the same no if people. It piles up the crowd and people think they are smart by taking downwards lift. Also as soon as lift arrives, people disregard who arrived before them and just try to go in first as if their time is more important.

4. Spitting of chewing gum in urinals: disgusting and tells about their upbringing.

5. Charger. I keep my mobile charger in office on the seat where I generally sit (I come early so always get that seat). People take it with to charge their phones. Fine. But once they are done, they don't even return it back. If I need it, I need to search in all nearby desk where the charger is. I mean if your phone battery is weak, they why not buy a charger for yourself for 500rs and keep with you.

Ok enough ranting. I know nobody would improve until unless you penalize or shame them.

Nexon 22 owner. I renewed iRA once and probably used it couple of times either to lock/unlock vehicle remotely or to track the car during Tata service home pickup option. But I liked the assurance that if someone force open the vehicle it sent alert and had the option of engine immobilizer.

So confused between paying 2.5k per year for peace of mind, and frugal me trying to save the most and skipping it. Not able to decide.

Seeing Tall and Short people meetup, I am planning for chubby people meetup. Anyone more than 100kgs can join. Let me know how many are interested. Will plan accordingly.

Started for office in morning by bike, and was thinking about few of my normal problems (office/personal) and listening to songs. Saw a guy driving cycle on Nagar road in middle lane with decent speed matching nearby bikes. He was in a Swiggy shirt and carrying Swiggy cube bag. I thought he is driving in summer and probably driving fast to meet a delivery timeline. So I thought I would approach him from left and ask him to hold my hand or my bike and would take him ahead. Or would ask him to sit on my bike and roll his cycle in parallel.

As soon as I reached near his left side, I noticed that he was missing his left hand and holding his cycle with only his right hand. I felt so guilty suddenly for thinking about my petty problems a few seconds back and continued driving. I thought of offering him money but then I thought he might feel small as he is working hard and honest for his earnings. Who am I to take his self respect.

Spent the rest of the day humbled and rethinking about life and realizing how lucky I was to be born in a lower middle class family with perfect health which gave me a head start in life. Not everyone is as lucky.