Let me inform you from invaluable experience, that such a thing is not a good idea, for an overnight sea change in attitude or in working methodologies is, on the very least, a disastrous move.
I woke up early at about 7 AM on thursday morning, and after having a bath and having a light breakfast, went to the office by bike. It had rained cats and dogs the previous night, and I was unfortunate enough to have been caught in the downpour on returning home late (again, something never to be tried, in everyone’s best interests including that of your employer’s, considering one wouldn’t write acerbic posts of this nature and berate them). Now, the bad roads, lousy traffic and the rains together brought about a deadly combo, which I was not able to offset, even with some good music playing within my helmet (a motorcycle stereo – some funda whose explanations warrant another detailed post).
After getting my clothes a bit wet and dirty, and being a bit unsettled due to pathetic traffic moving at a snail’s pace due to blockages on the road caused as a result of seepage of sewage, I finally managed to take a left turn off Mysore Road towards my office, where another hurdle awaited.
The rains had caused the bridge connecting the location to my office with civilization to be flooded with the sewage river (Vrushabhavati, for those that know) and this river overflow had caused a lot of mud to be deposited, a six inch thick layer, through which motorists had to wade, so as to get to the office.
A scary prospect, but one which had to be tackled nevertheless to reach office, and due to other people on bikes who were ahead, and were forced to stop, so did I, and the resulting mayhem caused my lovely sneakers to get all caked in dirt.
My day had barely started and it was turning out to be one of the worst day of my life, and all just because I chose to wake up early and get to the office on time. The rest of the day was ok, forgettable, in fact, mercifully and I shall shudder whenever the thought of actually trying to turn over a new leaf henceforth crosses my mind.
