A blog of my feelings…ranging from commenting about other's blogs to commenting about stuff which happens in life and from posting mails which I like, to ranting on stuff.

I hate pests, bugs and cockroaches.. and for that sake, I got my house disinfected paying Rs. 2K to clear it from all possible insects. The process was known as fumigation and all that I had to do was to keep my house sealed from all angles for a couple of days. No Big Deal, as I had an assurance from the Pest Control folks that the house would be bug free for atleast 6 months. Six months for Rs. 2K is a steal! (Or rather, that is what I thought!)

I had also casually enquired about their complete rate chart and they had responded that Rs. 2K was for a 2BHK House, Rs. 2.5K was for a 3BHK House and Rs. 5K was for commercial establishments. The guy had also given me a list of companies which had got the disinfectation done.

Unfortunately, for my luck, my office contains a lot of bugs. This is a completely carpeted surface and I doubt if the carpets get vaccumed even once a month or once a year. There are two seperate departments in my office and both the departments are INFECTED by PESTS & BUGS!

What pains is that these people do not even bother about these bugs as nobody stays back after dark except my team. We give overlap support to the US (Eastern Time) and hence, we stay back till about 11PM IST. We have to put up with bugs, cockroaches, mosquitoes, ants and lizards. WTF?

Another pain point about this office is that there is just 1 AC (in a conference room) and that too does not work. This entire premises is not air conditioned and we have to survive with fans on 24/7, thereby increasing the frequency of bugs “hitting on” us. I even wonder if the bugs “hit on” all my team members or is it just me being affected which makes me put all these “company confidential” information on my blog. Or is it that only I have to put up with them coz I sit directly beneath a fan which “enamors” the bugs to “hit on” me?

I love the work that I am doing.. And as per Mr. NRN (of Infosys),

Love your job, Don’t love your company. You never know when the company stops loving you.

It is scary at times to rant about my company on twitter too.. as there have been quite a lot of news articles which talk about ppl being fired coz of ranting about their companies on social networking pages. C’mon.. those rants are not worth being put on social networking sites. This is a valid rant, atleast IMHO!

You expect an atmosphere which will “motivate” you to work and one of the basic necessities, again IMHO, is cleanliness and employee friendliness. We do not demand coffee / tea / snacks / dinner / cafeteria. We are happy with the existing facilities. All that we (or should I again say I) ask for is some “clean” and “bug free” and “employee friendly” atmosphere for working. Is that too much to ask???

BTW, I became a murderer and in that murderous rage, I killed around 25 BUGS, within 20 mins.. and the below pic shows just 3 of them. I could not keep my desk messed with the dead bodies of the bugs.

Dead Bugs

Talking about the PESTS, How I wish I could… There are a lot of PESTS in my office who want to “disturb” you and your privacy by talking all nonsense and irritating you. Just coz you don’t find the need to retort or just coz you don’t want spoil the peace of your mind, these PESTS think you are vulnerable. How I wish….