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 Born in Mumbai, India. Currently resident of Oman due to my employment.Have been writing columns on various topics for a local mag here in Oman. Would love to write on various topics and hope to write a full fledged novel on the various experiences I have undergone in the corporate world
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MY RESIDENCE INFO:
City: Muscat
State/Country: Oman
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Masks:
We all have our punches to pull, gripes and the funny stories to tell. We all like to believe that we are right and all the others as if they…indicative of the ones with whom we interact socially or otherwise are standing deep down in a well and we are right at the top peering down at them and saying…”You, you out there are wrong, wrong and wrong” As a judge would banish the poor thief caught stealing a few coins from some one. When it comes to our castle that is our home we often bully and coerce either emotionally or physically the ones whom we consider weak. Here lies the crunch. Please leave me out. I am not the type who would hit below the belt at some unsuspecting victim leave alone my own. Brave words but not many including your spouse would believe this. Even if they did they would have lost the courage or wouldn’t want to disappoint you.
But then we all have been wearing masks at times or to be precise some of us at all times.
There were times it was necessary at other times it wasn’t but were wearing it either through sheer habit or through the need for hiding oneself.
Different occasions necessitates different masks, reminds you of Tootsie movie isn’t it? But then we are conditioned to wear them. A brief look at the different masks available would then make you wonder or for that matter encourage to come up with something new. That can be patented later but lets roll our sleeves and get to the task of unmasking the mask.
The Dumb Dodo Look: Whenever you see your Boss screaming at you and you know that you can’t hit back.. then measure just six inches above his forehead, keep a droopy mouth opened look and stare at him as said earlier, six inches above his head with a hangdog expression. Practice this expression, this can be used for any situations you feel you are not in control.
The Boss will berate you like a dragon snorting fire out of its nostrils. But Keep cool don’t let that dumb dodo look go away. At the end just as he finishes, resume your normal self and then go about doing your work which anyway you would be doing the way you understand.
Result: The boss will wear thin and then either give up and assign you the next job or pack you off to the nearest Kennel. In both the cases you are the beneficiary. At least you get a chance at making another mistake in the new assignment or if you happen to be packed off to the nearest kennel, then surely you would have met your old pals .Then its time to party. Instead of saying “Vow”. you would be barking “Bow, Vow”!
The “Clever Boss and the stupid Employee look”: We all have bosses who think they are clever who peer down their nose at the little you and me. What do they see is a wriggling worm at the end of his view, If he were to know what his wife thinks of him, then he would have fits or maybe he has got used to being a worm at home that he sees us in that role. In chemistry they call it chain reaction. You lie low at the situation because its no point being aggro’ when the going is not good for you, so always pep up the boss with great mental massages like “ Hey Boss I saw you in the last weeks’ World Economic Review (or The Harvard Review whichever suits you at the moment) Businessman of the month. You looked great in that Blue Jacket”. If the boss has not seen the Harvard or WER or for that matter even heard of it, the actual line of retort would be something like this. “Yes! Good to know that you liked it, as a matter of fact I am also appearing on the front cover of ‘Mime and Hand’ monthly publications, if you get it see it too”. (Not that you have ever laid your hands on any of the afore-mentioned magazines or for that matter wonder whether Mime and Hand is monthly or yearly, is it concerning arts or orthopedics or whether there is any magazine of that name available in the first place?)
If this happens then probably the magic has worked and then as it happens to most of the bosses they are on cloud nine, they instantly mutate into an intelligent, smart, good-looking, Media savvy successful entrepreneur and suddenly you see the change from last week’s human form, gone are the stooped shoulders. There is a new form emerging in that seedy suit. One who ‘thinks’ that he exudes nothing but charm and is so syrupy that the hens in the office would be making a beeline to his cabin…(I guess to puke.) So our peacock for the next two days struts around in style, unmindful of the sniggers that is muted and the apish cheeks hiding that laughter which seems to be roaring inside you and erupt uncontrollably and pour forth the lava of mirth…that this would be disaster no doubt but…Hell! Some times you can’t stop yourself.
The ‘clever Boss – Stupid employee’ can be played at all times and believe it or not it must be happening right in front of your eyes even now, may be since we are all part of the syndrome we accept it on a ‘as is where is basis’.
The ‘I am a Rich man and you are a poor wimp look’; I guess this is easy to spot and regardless of what you say we do wear it all the time. The typical situation is when you are in a public place or a gathering and it so happens that the host inadvertently takes you by the arm apparently to avoid you from being a damper to the social event or a party taking place and since everyone else is enjoying himself, you wouldn’t want that to happen, so he steers you to the centre, you pompously gravitate towards the stage with an air of self importance knowing fully well that someone whom you know is watching you and the mask rises with its nose in the air. If you don’t do it, you are a loser since competition is so hot that you will get trampled amidst the stampede.
The typical ‘Doormat’ look: This is a mask that can be worn to deceive anyone of the steely you inside and believe me not many recognize it so easily.
We all know that ‘If you behave like a doormat then people will walk all over you’. But the advantage is manifold. Look at it this way, there you are: a small mouse in front of a cat what do you? Run with wings of fire before the great paws strike you, else flatten yourself like a doormat…no ego, no bruises, nothing touches you…except a layer of dust, after the elephant has walked over you, just get up and brush off the dirt and you are back to business.
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