Pissing away ur career.....

To all the men out there, has this ever happened to you:

You’re in the loo at the urinal and you’re relieving yourself, with your mind and body in total bliss and relaxed abandon as you’re finally able to take a load off yourself (J), when suddenly, your boss walks up and positions himself strategically in the urinal next to you.

What do you do?

I’ve had this instance one too many times and each time, my reaction to this situation has moved from utter awkwardness to even more. I still don’t know what to do in such a stress test (stress, by the way, is not really helpful for the problem in hand J). Friendly guy that I am, I blurt out to my boss in his intimate moment with himself, “Hey, how’s it going?” And his subsequent icy cold stare was more than enough for me to realize that that question was not the most apt one for that particular situation. It obviously is a tough question for him in that situation, and the probable list of answers to it can suggest the very unpalatable to even questioning his manhood. Of course, the intent of my question was pure and innocent bonhomie however the locational aspects of the particular question gave what was otherwise a very harmless question some seriously suggestive undertones. And understandably, my boss couldn’t answer; So all he resorted to in reply was a malevolent stare, enough to send a cold wave down the length and breadth of my already frozen body and the attached fleshy appendages. As I respond to his spiteful gaze with a sheepish smile, mental pictures of a bad appraisal, difficult projects and generally a hard time (no pun intended) in office came to my mind. Terms like ‘pissing away my career’ suddenly started to make sense to me.

This has happened one too many times, so now I try not to engage in small talk in the small room. But this is difficult for me; I've always been a friendly guy and am just used to saying ‘Hi’ even without thinking; so it’s difficult to for me to not say anything when I see a familiar face. The other obvious thing which I usually do nowadays, is to just shut up and focus on the task at hand and concentrate on not missing the imaginary target that I fire at with full force and with intense concentration.

So my boss’s boss walks in and stands in the urinal right next to me. Friendly guy that I am, I blurt out again, “So how’s it hanging?”

!!!

I might need another job.

(My friend Sachin gave me this idea..awesum one :))