Still on the matter….#MyOffice
Drama unfolds anywhere and anytime.
It is even very peculiar if you commute in public transport. Is it the annoying
conductor who insists that you must always have the exact fare or else he would
harass you? Or is it the bus driver who drives carelessly as if it is farm
animals loaded in his bus? There are many scenarios that happen in the course
of a commuting from place to place on daily basis. Some annoying, some funny,
some exciting and others risky but none can take the place of having your own
vehicle.
On a bus to Iyanaipaja, a fellow
passenger did not let us rest with the call he was making. He spoke English so
it was very easy to deduce the direction of his conversation. Normally I would
have just minded my business and go on with listening to music on my earphones
but his voice tone made him noticeable.
What struck out of his conversation
on phone was the way he kept on mentioning "my office". It appeared
he was using it to brag because the way he mentioned it was countless. From the
beginning of the journey to the end, all we heard was '' in my office'' ''
bring it to my office''....
I could not help but wonder if the
passenger just got a new office or he just landed a job that he could not help
but make emphasis with the word '' office''. So I had to really understand what an office really is. According to the dictionary, the
word '' office'' refers to a room, set of rooms or building used for non-manual
work. Based on definition, anything done in room(s) asides non-manual work is
not an office probably a workshop or workspace. Brings me to the topic of how
we love to show off with office. It is not unusual to see some people take
selfies and tag it # office things. Working in an office kinda builds ego and creates some form of respect, abi? There seems to be a perception that one working in an office is a big salary
earner. The office is also linked with white- collar jobs.
Then I used to cringed with the
thought of an office environment. When I go for interviews, the first thing was
to look at the office space and ask myself if it is really office-like. You
know how it is more dignifying to work in an office that has all the
furnishings, air conditioner and all, than a '' pako'' office. It is not new to see graduates lust for office jobs because of the dignity
attached to them and the thought of the working in an office.
Whether it is a farm,bus, stall, laboratory,
workshop, shop or school, there is dignity provided you do the needful and improve yourself. Working
in an office is not the standard. After forcefully listening to the passenger
echo of '' my office'', I was forced to believe that office or no office, there
is dignity in labour.
On a lighter note, please don’t brag about your office if it is not in Chevron or Sahara group or UBA or Shell …..
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