I know, I know. You would be probably wondering about the title. How can coming to office on a Sunday have any advantages.? Well, let me educate you about the various advantages of the deed. First off, you must be a highly important person if you have to come to office on a Sunday. The other ordinary nincompoops are not given such great honour. Unless you are very highly skilled at your craft, why would your company ask you to come on a Sunday sacrificing your personal life. Duh. So if you have ever gone to office on a Sunday, consider yourself special. Actually you should write it down in calligraphy fonts on a handmade paper and frame it to be hung on the walls of your home. I have three of them you know, one for Sundays, one for Saturdays and another one for coming on National holidays. What such important work I do, you ask.? Well, I work on image capturing and processing technologies on smart devices so that people can click selfies of their duckfaces to be posted on social networking sites. I know right? What would world do without me. Uff.
Now lets just assume as if I have not given enough reasons why it is advantageous. I will list the advantages of coming to office on a Sunday, in bullet points.
The non-stop elevators:
If you work at a office which is 12floors high and you sit at the 11th floor you will understand my plight. Everytime I have to go up to my floor or come down from there it's a nightmare. Not to mention the urge to punch people on their nose who use lifts to climb down a floor or two. Perfectly healthy people. And fart smell in the lift and the following awkward situation where everyone is suspecting the other person. Except the sneaky bastard who released the monster. I once got into the lift at my floor and it made a stop at each and every floor and no one got in or out. If I had been connected to a sphygmomanometer, the mercury would have broken the glass and shot up. So very frustrating. But come on a Sunday and elevator is all yours. No intermediate stops. I actually went up and came down and then went up again. Just to let this amazing feeling to sink in.
Uncrowded pantry:
I think most people would understand this. On a normal working day after a sumptuous lunch you are at your seat trying to stay awake. But sometimes the normal human limits are breached and you are left with no other option but to turn to caffeine. You go to the pantry for some double shot espresso. But there is a crowd of equally sleep induced zombie-like creatures standing there for their dose of caffeine. You want to push them all away and take your coffee and leave that place. But the stupid civility prevails and you wait till all of them are done. But come Sunday, you are the king. No queues, no waiting. It's a different matter that the milk would have been filled the previous day or there might be no milk at all and you have to drink the distasteful green tea.
Uninterrupted music time:
I love music. On most days it is what keeps me sane. If I have some work which does not involve discussions with others I turn the music on my phone or the workstation and go on about the the work. Music, like caffeine, actually makes me efficient. But there will always be someone who will come and ask/say something. And I have to pause the music and remove the earphones. Yeah, I may be slightly introvert. But I'm not unsocial. Just that I hate being disturbed during some good music. On a Sunday, the music keeps going on and on, uninterrupted. I even sing and whistle along with the songs, not caring about anyone mistaking it for a braying ass(the animal).
No need of stealth mode sleep:
This is the biggest advantage according to me. When nothing is going according to plan, when nothing is working out, when you want to escape from it all by taking a little nap and it is just 2pm. You try hard not to fall asleep. But there is only so much you can do. You close your eyes for few seconds and you are off to lala land. And then suddenly from the dark corners of the world you hear a voice calling out your name. You wake up to see your manager. You give an awkward apologetic smile and try to not fall asleep again. And for such situations we have the art of sleeping without the knowledge of others. It's a very tricky skill, learned through hours after hours of practice. And very hard to master. Quite embarrassing when caught. And not always safe. But on a Sunday, you need not worry about any of this. Feel like sleeping.? Play some soothing music and doze off to a sweet lullaby. The joy of falling asleep on your desk and not having to worry about being caught, quite impossible to put it in words.
Miscellaneous mundane daily office chores:
These are the various activities that are done during normal working days on a obligatory basis. The innumerous smiles and acknowledgements. The many group chats, both official and casual. The nonstop flow of official mails and the replies. Having to watch out for when reading/watching something interesting on the internet. Having to update on the progress of work or the lack of it. Following a time table like a clockwork. On a Sunday, you need not worry about any of these. No people, no mails, no replies, no one is pinging you, no fixed timings to follow. It is the perfect working environment one can imagine. Whether the work is getting done or not is entirely different matter.
There people. The advantages of coming to office on a Sunday. There might be many more that I may have overlooked. So go ahead and ask your boss to assign you work on Sundays and feel all important and worthy. You have not worked enough until you have worked on a Sunday.
