These are moments which I did not even recognize as significant. Usually these were attributed to the fact that they are just involuntary, monotonic or not a big deal (makes it sound that much more uninteresting!)
But a little more thought made me wonder if there was a probable design in their execution that could make the act itself and the reactions simply ingenious.
Here are a few I found worth pondering over. Some haven't happened in a long time now but still is no less amazing..
- finding a parking spot close to the entrance of a restaurant/ retail store I plan to go in a shopping mall
- the automated emails that inform that the salary for that pay period has been credited
- horrible traffic-jam on a day I carefully planned and started early to work (shit happens)
- the sense of accomplishment when I reach the counter after waiting in a serpentine queue (EB or aavin queue in India)
- being a couple of minutes early for a meeting
- always seeing a line during lunch (with almost the same group of ppl) waiting for their turn to use the microwave at the office kitchen. This happens irrespective of me adjusting my lunch timing to be a couple of minutes early or later the next day.. (shit happens)
- an elevator ride (?) in a multi-storey'ed building with no stops inbetween
- I try to help complete coding for someone on vacation and that person returns back and finds out that I broke a dozen areas in his code. (shit happens)
- finding fresh coffee that just finished brewing in espresso machine when I badly wanted one
- the day I got my name plate (sticker?) to put up on my office door when I joined my company
- getting a bug report on friday evening that needs to be fixed ASAP (shit happens)
- always forgetting if a door opens in or out (push or pull) situation and trying the wrong thing though I have used the door a zillion times before.
- having lunch buffet in an Indian restaurant (full, square meals) on a saturday, return home and take a nap while watching a movie!
- the awesum feeling while having froyo on a hot summer day
- (related but slightly different) stopping at hot-breads for hot veg-puff or vada-paav on a cold wintry day..
2 comments:
this queue thing and counter feeling.. is really relatable.. and have you noticed that the queue stops growing the moment you join it.. :)
yup, thats right.
Not only that I feel I am always at the end of that line, the line shrinks ever so slowly as the counter gets closer!
Especially when you need to pay that EB bill and go join friends waiting at the beach!
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