As I watch the cursor blink
on the blank page, I try to reminisce about something interesting and poignant,
but as I rifle through the deepest recesses of my mind, every thought both past
present and future seems to link to my quest of getting a job.
It’s been exactly 3 months
since I quit and my hunt for a new job is proving to be quite a pain in the Gluteus
Maximus.
I have however consciously decided to steer clear of writing about my
job hunt as I have already covered that topic in my previous posts.
I went over to a friend’s
place yesterday and we were talking about tradition and rules. It is surprising
how some people follow rules to a ‘T’ and are absolutely clueless why they are
doing such an activity.
They never question the task or purpose of that action. I have seen this irrational behavior
manifest itself abundantly at malls, restaurants and even in a big multinational.
Post the terror attacks,
every mall has ‘Beefed up’ security, so before entering a mall you are required
to go through a security check. If you walk in, then you are patted down and the
women have to get their handbags scanned.
If you drive to the mall the security will ask you to open the boot and
the hood and post that they let you go. They never check, in the car or have a bomb squad dog check the car.
Now if I was looking to
cause some serious harm, why in the world would I put a bomb in the
boot or the hood of the car? It would be easier to carry it in the car. When you go to a company,
they only check the boot of the car. So how secure are you really?
On the other hand I have seen a display of
great security at the Taj, they have sniffer dogs and they do check your car thoroughly,
even the body and bag scan is thorough.
Some might argue stating
that with the amount of footfall malls have each day, it’s not practical to
conduct an exhaustive scan for each person. My argument here is if you are
conducting an activity you should do it well, or not do it at all.
At some restaurants, the
staff will wear gloves to prevent bacteria from spreading, however while
wearing those sanitized gloves they will handle used plates and then food. So
the point of using the gloves ceases to exist.
At work, at times you are
required to create a report on your team or departments performance. Sometimes
the frequency of this report may become a daily affair if your team or
department is not doing well, or the project you are managing is new.
However when the business
stabilizes or the process changes some the reports are not required but still
get generated day after day consuming precious man hours.
I remember an
extremely time consuming activity that was done, because it was in the process,
however no one bothered to question why we were still doing that activity.
I have always challenged
decisions or sought clarity why I doing a certain task, I could never get
myself to follow something that didn’t make sense. If you are a leader or a person in power, encourage the people you work with, to challenge decisions, if they feel it doesn't make sense.
If people start
questioning the 'Status Quo' and use their head, our city and our businesses will do a lot better.
