Our world inside the office seemed to have stopped today. Not because our clients decided to run away… nor because our Big Boss was too exhausted or burnt-out to go to work.. But because our teaboy was on sick leave. Yes, our quiet and efficient little Indian teaboy named Raj.
Everybody today is a notch higher than the usual crankiness because nobody had any caffeine fix (of 2 or sometimes even more than 3 cups of daily coffee).
Everybody felt like dying out of thirst today… Nope, our water dispenser didn’t run out of water.. Everybody just got so used to having our glasses and coffee cups unnoticeably re-filled by Raj day in and day out..
I won’t be surprised if Raj is the lowest-paid in our office. But I am pretty sure that he is the most indispensable employee (…okay, maybe only a close second to our Big Boss).. And I can’t seem to agree or understand why he had to be the lowest- paid when he is in fact one of the most essential parts of William & Jones.
Raj is the first to arrive (an hour & a half earlier than the earliest employee in the office)… And the last to leave in the evening (to clean up after the mess of piled-up blueprints and worn-down floors). But you don’t hear him complaining about that. In fact, once I saw him at the hallway… smiling… and practically skipping and hopping too. And I can’t help but say.. “You look so happy, Raj.” To this, he replied in his sing-song little Indian boy voice… “I’m happy twenty-four-seven..”
It was just so refreshing to hear somebody say how happy he is even with one of the simplest jobs. And I must really commend him for that. Seeing him practically skipping and hopping is a constant reminder for me to also be happy 24-7 -- what with a job that I enjoy, a quiet and conducive-to-thinking office, a good Boss and happy officemates such as.. yes, you guessed it, Raj. And like Raj, we have more than enough reasons to be happy 24-7. :-)
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